Some senior officials of the ministry of justice have been quizzed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over suspicion of corruption in the compilation of presidential pardon list, TheCable understands. President Muhammadu Buhari controversially pardoned Joshua Dariye and Jolly Nyame, two former governors currently serving jail terms for corruption, after getting the […]
Former Commissioner of Information in Edo State and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Kassim Afegbua, has called for the extradition of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to the United States over lingering corruption allegations that have trailed him for years and led to the imprisonment of a US political official. […]
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission says some federal lawmakers have been found to be using vague description of constituency projects to convert public property to private use. The commission, in its ‘Constituency and Executive Projects Tracking Exercise Phase 3 Report’, said soft projects of empowerment and supplies of vehicles are […]
A former acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, will retire from the police on May 5, 2022, after attaining 60 years of age. He was enlisted into the Nigeria Police Force as Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police on March 3, 1990. He rose to the rank of Commissioner of […]
A former governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye, may recover his N500m mansion in Asokoro, Federal Capital Territory, from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission following his pardon by the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), Sunday PUNCH has learnt. Dariye, who was convicted for stealing N1.16bn while he was governor […]
Nobel laurate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has said the President, Major General, Muhammadu Buhari (retd), squashed a putrid egg against Nigerian faces with the pardon granted ex-governors of Plateau State, Senator Joshua Dariye; and Taraba State, Rev. Jolly Nyame. He noted that it was an action that the people shall not forget – or wipe […]
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, says the presidential pardon for persons prosecuted on corruption charges by the Federal Government only suggests that there is no need to have anti-corruption agencies in the country. He believes the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) have been made to suffer […]
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently review and withdraw the pardon granted to former governors of Plateau and Taraba States, Senator Joshua Dariye, and Rev Jolly Nyame, respectively, who are serving jail terms for corruption. SERAP also urged Buhari to “propose constitutional amendment to the National Assembly […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission spent hundreds of millions of naira prosecuting the pardoned former governors of Plateau State, Senator Joshua Dariye; and Taraba State, Rev Jolly Nyame, Saturday PUNCH can confirm. Several EFCC operatives, some of whom were involved in the handling of the two cases, told one of our correspondents that […]
The Human Rights Liberty Accessand Peace Defenders Foundation (HURIDE), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the chairman of Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) for lack of political will to prosecute ex-governors and other political leaders who defrauded and enriched themselves with public money. The rights group which made the call in […]
