The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has highlighted a recent report showing that doctors and nurses in the public sector have the lowest bribery rate compared to other public sectors. NMA President, Prof. Bala Audu, discussed the findings during a news briefing in Abuja. The report, titled “Corruption in Nigeria: Patterns and Trends Third […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja has recommended two Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) – Abdulwahab Mohammed and Adeola Adedipe – to the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) for investigation and necessary sanctions over alleged professional misconduct. Mohammed and Adedipe are leading the legal team of former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello in […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, granted former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, bail in the sum of N10 billion with two sureties in like sum. Mamman is facing 12 counts of money laundering to the tune of N33bn preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The court, in […]
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says 70 per cent of Nigerians refused to pay bribes in 2023 on at least one occasion. This is according to the NBS Corruption in Nigeria: Patterns and Trends Report released in Abuja on Thursday. The report said the bribery refusal rate was found to be highest in […]
The trial of the immediate-past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, continued on Tuesday with a banker, Mrs Ifeoma Ogbonaya, telling the court that the ex-CBN helmsman abused his office by awarding CBN contracts to his personal firms. Emefiele is standing trial, alongside one Henry Omoile, before Justice Rahman Oshodi of […]
The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, has declined the request to transfer the N80.2bn fraud trial of ex-Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, from Abuja to Kogi State. The CJ, in a letter dated July 2 and signed by his Special Assistant, Joshua Aji, said he agreed with the Economic […]
Yahaya Bello, former Kogi state governor, has asked a federal high court in Abuja to transfer his pending criminal case to Kogi. At a court session on Thursday, Bello through Adeola Adedipe, his lawyer, submitted that since the offence was alleged to have been committed in Kogi, it is only proper for the case […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Wednesday, said ex-Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, who is accused of N80.2bn fraud, had ridiculed the Nigerian justice system by failing to present himself for trial in court. The EFCC acting Zonal Director, Benin Zonal Command, Mr Effa Okim, stated this during a familiarisation visit to the […]
The federal high court sitting in Abuja has ordered the final forfeiture of NOK University and all of its assets said to be linked to one Anthony Hassan, a former director of finance and accounts at the federal ministry of health. In a 2022 ruling on an ex parte motion marked FHC/ABJ/CS/688/2022, and filed […]
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned Usman Kwakwa, an official of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), for allegedly stealing N298 million through the agency’s payment platform. He was arraigned on Thursday before a federal high court in Abuja on a four-count charge. Kwakwa is one of several officers […]
