The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has taken formal steps to investigate allegations made by billionaire businessman Aliko Dangote against the former Managing Director of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Alhaji Farouk Ahmed. The anti-graft agency made it clear that the burden of proof lies with the…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the House of Representatives has launched an investigation into the handling of more than $4.6 billion in health grants received by Nigeria between 2021 and 2025. The funds, provided by the Global Fund and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), were meant to tackle HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, as…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has secured a 24-year jail term for Mr Garuba Duku, a retired Director of Finance and Administration with the Abuja Metropolitan Management Council under the Federal Capital Territory Administration, over a ₦318 million fraud. This is according to a statement made available to newsmen by the…
Some bureau de change operators have implicated Abdullahi Rogo, Director-General of Protocol to the Kano State Governor, in a multi-billion-naira corruption scandal now under investigation by Nigeria’s anti-graft agencies: the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The operators, in detailed statements given to EFCC…
The Federal Government, on Tuesday, disclosed that looted funds totalling $ 967.5 billion and N277 billion have been recovered in cash and assets. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, said the recovery was made in 2024 alone. According to him, whereas the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,…
A bill seeking to strip the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Offences Commission(ICPC) and other anti-graft agencies of the power to manage proceeds of crime has passed second reading in the Senate. The bill, titled the Proceeds of Crime (Recovery and Management) Act Amendment Bill, seeks to create a…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says there are no discrepancies in the student loan disbursements by the Nigeria Education Loan Fund (NELFUND). A statement issued on Thursday by Demola Bakare, ICPC spokesperson, said the absence of “not” in the agency’s earlier statement created an impression of alleged discrepancies in the…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission said it confirmed discrepancies in the administration of the student loan scheme. The ICPC’s Director, Public Enlightenment and Education, Demola Bakare, said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. He said that with the confirmation of discrepancies in the administration of the loan; the commission…
A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, has granted an interim order restraining the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) from taking any further action against the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Professor Abayomi Fasina. Presiding judge, Justice Akintayo Aluko, directed the ICPC and its agents to maintain…
A Deputy Commandant of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Kogi State, Adam Imam Yusuf, has been arrested over the alleged diversion of more than ₦3 billion. Yusuf was arrested by officials of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). ICPC disclosed this in a statement on its website,…