Tag: Code of Conduct Bureau

Electoral Act amendment, Tax reform laws: SERAP petitions CCB over alleged abuse of office

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SERAP CCB

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) to promptly and effectively investigate members of the Senate allegedly involved in removing provisions on electronic transmission of election results from the Electoral Act amendment Bill during plenary.  SERAP claims the removal occurred after a majority of senators had voted for the provisions and without debate on the proposed change. SERAP also urged the Bureau to investigate members of the National Assembly and executive officials allegedly linked to alterations of the Tax Reform Bills that…

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Alleged corruption: ‘Ministers, top Govt. officials under investigation’ – CCB

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CCB on investigation

The Code of Conduct Bureau, (CBB), says it is investigating corruption cases involving former ministers, current top government officials and senior public office holders at both federal and state levels. The CCB Chairman, Dr. Abubakar Bello, who disclosed this yesterday in an interview in Abuja, said: “We have started investigating high-profile individuals. There is a former minister we have already taken to court. “Right now, we are investigating another former minister and also a serving top government official. I won’t mention names because we are still at the investigation stage.…

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Alleged misconduct: Senate removes CCT chairman, ?anladi Umar

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Senate removes CCT chairman

The Senate has removed the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, (CCT), ?anladi Umar, over alleged gross misconduct. This decision was made pursuant to Section 157(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, (as amended), which empowers the Senate to remove key public officials following due process. The sacking followed a closed-door session lasting over one and a half hours. Upon resumption of plenary, the Senate announced that more than 84 lawmakers supported the decision. The Motion leading to Umars removal was sponsored by the Senate…

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Asset Declaration: CCB tells Tinubu, others to submit forms before May 29

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With barely 3 weeks to presidential inauguration, the Code of Conduct Bureau, (CCB), has said the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; Vice President-elect, Kashim Shettima and 28 incoming State governors must declare their assets before May 29. Other officials, including Senators-elect and Reps-elect, are expected to declare their assets before June 5 when they would be sworn-in. The CCB spokesperson, Veronica Kato, in Abuja, said that asset declaration was an integral part of the swearing-in ceremony, according to the law. She disclosed that several elected officials had started picking their assets…

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Crisis looms in CCB, as commissioners petition NASS over chairmans alleged corruption

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Federal Commissioners in the Code of Conduct Bureau, (CCB), have accused the chairman, Professor Mohammed Isah, of running the agency as a sole administrator and alleged corruption. The commissioners, who petitioned both the Senate and the House of Representatives, said the chairman, in contravention of the provisions of the Act establishing the CCB, single-handedly transferred staff without reference to the Board. They also alleged he by-passed the members against the approved organogram of the Bureau, asking the National Assembly to, as a matter of urgency, intervene in the matter to…

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Pandora Papers: Code of Conduct Bureau set to probe Peter Obi, Bello-Koko others

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The Code of Conduct Bureau, (CCB), which is the agency dealing with corruption, conflict of interest, and abuse of office by public servants, has declared interest in the Pandora Papers’ revelations regarding Nigerian past and present public officers reported to have owned undeclared assets offshore. The agency has expressed a commitment to open investigations into the allegations. In an October 12 letter to the on-line news platform, Premium Times, the bureau acknowledged the Pandora Papers project and what it portends as well as how the landmark global investigation led by…

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CCB to prosecute Magu over dormant account, P/Harcourt property

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Barring any hitches, the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) will arraign Ibrahim Magu, the suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CTC) any moment from now, an online platform, The Cable,reported yesterday. It said that according to sources, Magu is to be prosecuted for allegedly failing to list a bank account in his asset declaration form. It was learnt that the First Bank account had not been operated by Magu for five years and gone dormant. The CCB has also listed…

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