Tag: ICPC

ICPC declares President Buharis in-law, Kumo, wanted over $65m fraud

Aminu Imam

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, (ICPC), has declared as ‘wanted’ a son-in-law of President Muhammadu Buhari, Gimba Ya’u Kumo, over an alleged $65 million fraud. The ICPC stated, in a ‘Notice of Wanted Persons’, that Kumo, along with three others, are wanted over misappropriation of $65million belonging to the National Housing Fund, (NHF). The spokesperson of the anti-graft agency, Azuka Ogugua, in the notice, said Kumo was declared wanted alongside Tarry Rufus and Bola Ogunsola over alleged misappropriation and diversion of NHF funds. The anti-corruption agency…

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Buharis son-in-law declared wanted over alleged $65m fraud

Aminu Imam

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, (ICPC), has declared wanted the son-in-law of President Muhammadu Buhari, Gimba Yau Kumo, over an alleged $65 million fraud. This was contained in a notice published by the anti-graft agency on Thursday. The spokesperson of the ICPC, Azuka Ogugua, said Kumo was declared wanted alongside Tarry Rufus and Bola Ogunsola over alleged misappropriation and dispersion of national housing funds. Kumo, a former Managing Director of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, married Fatima, President Buharis daughter, in 2016 in Daura, Katsina…

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FG to slash civil servants’ salaries, merge agencies, others – Zainab Ahmed

Aminu Imam

…Says it’s to cut cost The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the salaries committee to review payroll and also review the number of agencies. Ahmed disclosed this at the on-going National Policy Dialogue on Corruption and Cost of Governance in Nigeria, which held in Abuja yesterday. The government also said it will also remove some redundant items from the Budget, as a move to cut the cost of governance in the country. The programme was organised by the…

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ICPC arrests ex-JAMB Registrar over alleged N900m fraud

Aminu Imam

…Suspect awarded N450m contracts for supply of pencils, erasers  The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, (ICPC), has arrested a former Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, (JAMB), Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, for allegedly misappropriating N900 million.  Prof. Ojerinde, who was arrested on Monday in Abuja, by operatives of ICPC, is alleged to have committed multiple frauds while heading JAMB and the National Examination Council (NECO). The anti-graft agency said he has been detained for questioning over allegations of multiple identities, abuse of office, money…

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Ex-Customs Comptr-Gen., Dikko Inde, Acct-Gen. of Federation refund N8bn into FG’s coffer

Aminu Imam

Two top retired government officials, the Ex-Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Customs Service, Abdullahi Dikko Inde and Accountant-General of the Federation, Jonah Ogunniyi Otunla have revealed how they refunded the sum of N8.2billion loot to the Federal Government’s treasury. It was learnt that the two retired top officials refunded the monies to avoid prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other-related offenses Commission, (ICPC). Details of the refunds were revealed in court documents filed by the two former public officials. In the suits,…

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Nigerian Judiciary tops Corruption Index with N9.4bn bribes

Aminu Imam

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Tuesday said the Judiciary is on top of the Nigeria Corruption Index between 2018 and 2020. These details are contained in a report: Nigeria Corruption Index: Report of a pilot survey, which was made available on Tuesday by the Chairman of ICPC, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye (SAN), in Abuja. The anti-corruption Commission claimed that about N9.457 billion was offered and paid as bribes by lawyers. Six female judges, according to the agency, reported that they were offered N3.307billion while five…

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N2.67bn school feeding fraud: Humanitarian Ministry not involved, says ICPC

Ishaku Yohanna

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has clarified that the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, did not divert N2.67 billion for school feeding as alleged by some publications. Spokesperson of the ICPC, Mrs Azuka Ogugua, in a statement on Tuesday said that the commission chairman, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, was misquoted and urged the public to disregard such publication. The statement said: The attention of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has been drawn to some reports…

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ICPC traces N2.67bn school feeding funds to private accounts

Ishaku Yohanna

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), on Monday revealed that it has uncovered a whopping N2.67 billion payment made to some federal colleges for school feeding during the lockdown when children were not in school, which ended up in personal accounts. The Chairman of ICPC, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, who stated this at the 2nd National Summit on Diminishing Corruption with the theme: Together Against Corruption and Launch of the National Ethics and Integrity Policysaid preliminary investigation had indicated that part of the N2.67billion was diverted to…

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