Tag: Anti-graft agency

Kano: Court restrains Police from arresting anti-graft boss, Rimingado

Aminu Imam
Kano court restrains police

A Kano High Court, presided over by Justice Sunusi Ado Ma’aji, yesterday restrained the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun and the Police from arresting the Kano State Chairman of the Public Complaints and Anti Corruption Commission (PCACC), Muhyi Magaji Rimingado. The Court granted an interim order restraining the Police from inviting, arresting or harassing Magaji pending the hearing of the substantive suit against his arrest last week. Recall that Magaji was whisked away by Police officers last week following his alleged confiscation of property allegedly linked to APC National…

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“Make public your investigation of Betta Edu” – CACOL urges anti-graft agencies

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CACOL urges

The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, (CACOL), has called on the nation’s anti-graft agencies to tell the public the state of their investigation of Betta Edu, the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu. CACOL recalled that Edu was suspended following an alleged diversion of a N585 million Federal Government grant meant for the vulnerable into private accounts. Its Chairman, Debo Adeniran,, in a statement signed by the Group’s Director of Administration and Programmes, Tola Oresanwo, noted that it was recently reported by some sections of…

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“Some religious organisations more corrupt than public offices” – EFCC Boss

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EFCC Olukoyede

Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, says he has evidence to prove that some religious organisations are “more corrupt” than public offices in Nigeria. Speaking during a leadership conference organised by the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) in Lagos on Friday, Olukoyede accused religious leaders of pointing fingers at others rather than themselves. Olukoyede made the revelation during a one-day dialogue in Abuja, with the theme: “Youth, Religion, and the Fight against Corruption”, said: “Just this last week, I have had cause to recover…

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Graft: “For every N10 we recovered, more than N50 was stolen” – EFCC boss

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EFCC boss on graft

Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has that for every N10 recovered by the anti-graft agency, more than N50 has been stolen. The EFCC boss, who stated this on Wednesday  after he was conferred with the “Man of Valour” Award by Global Peace Movement International, (GPMI), an international organisation with presence in 27 countries, added that for any N10 to be recovered, the Commission will need approximately N2.50k. Spokesperson for the anti-graft Commission, Dele Oyewale, in an issued statement, said two other awards, ‘Winner’ and…

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“Tinubu upright; supporting fight against graft” – EFCC chair

Aminu Imam

Chairman of the Economic Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has lauded President Bola Tinubu as a leader doing the right thing and supporting the anti-graft agency in the anti-corruption war. Olukoyede made the statement on Tuesday, while hosting Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, (ICPC), Musa Aliyu, at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja. The EFCC chair said, “We believe that with the kind of President we have, who is ready and willing to do the right thing and from what we have seen in…

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Kano anti-graft agency seizes 2 trucks of poisonous maize

Aminu Imam

The Kano State Public Complaint and Anti Corruption Commission, (PCACC), said it has seized two trucks of maize suspected to be contaminated with mycotoxins at Dawanau grain market in Kano metropolis. The Acting Chairman of the Commission, Mahmoud Balarabe, stated this at a press conference yesterday, in Kano. Balarabe said the Commission had also sealed a warehouse stocked with suspected poisonous maize at the market and arrested two persons in connection with the circulation of the harmful grain. He said the Commission received an intelligence report on Sept.16, at about…

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