anti corruption

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has urged the global anti corruption body Transparency International to support, rather than condemn, the Buhari Administration’s fight against corruption. "Nigeria has never had a more transparent, more accountable government than...

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has reacted to statement credit to the National Publicity Secretary of APC, Bolaji Abdullahi that that nobody could have looted like his administration did. Last week, the National publicity secretary of PDP, Dayo Adeyeye, released a statement in which he...

The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered that a $37.5m mansion on Banana Island, Lagos linked to a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, be permanently forfeited to the Federal Government. The court also ordered that the sums of sums of $2,740,197.96 and...

Justice Adeniyi Ademola of a Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday resumed sitting following his recall by the National Judicial Council last week, Vanguard reports. The NJC had recalled the six judges who were arrested by the DSS and paraded as corrupt. Chief Okoi Obono Obla, Special...

A former Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, has been arrested by the Department of State Services, DSS. The ex-governor was arrested over items recovered inside cars in a building in Abuja, reportedly belonging to him. DSS in a statement by its spokesman, Tony Opuiyo on Sunday, said...

President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government has approved a new policy on whistle blowing that aims to encourage Nigerians to report financial and other related crimes to relevant authorities. The policy is that every whistleblower whose revelations lead to recovery of money will be...

The pioneer Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, on Thursday appealed to the National Judicial Council (NJC) to cooperate with the Department of State Service (DSS) and the anti-graft agency in the ongoing war against corrupt judges. He said even...

Pastor William Kumuyi, General Superintendent, Deeper Life Bible Church, has urged the Federal Government to find solution to the current economic recession with the future of the country at heart. Kumuyi gave the advice on Wednesday in Abuja while interacting with journalists ahead of a...

The Chairman of Atlantic Energy Drilling Concept Nigeria Limited, Jide Omokore, has reportedly returned N200m to the Federal Government, PUNCH reports. Omokore, who is one of allies of the immediate past Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, among five others, are currently...

The Federal Government has so far recovered a whopping N3.4 trillion in cash and assets from looters in the country, the Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi has said. Amaechi also said that the federal government discovered N115 billion looted cash and assets in the United States...

President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration will not hide anything from Nigerians in its resolute commitment to restoring the economic fortunes of the country and delivering prosperity to her citizens. The President said this while receiving the Northern Christian Leaders Eagles Eyes...

Senator Dino Melaye, who represented Nigeria's upper chamber at the Anti- Corruption summit in London has lashed out seriously at the statement credit to David Cameron Describing Nigeria as fantastically corrupt. See Melaye's interview on Channels Televisison

Former chief security officer (CSO) to late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha has criticized the anti-corruption project of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration saying that it leaves much to be seen, The Sun reports. Al-Mustapha who spoke to journalist in...

Human rights lawyer and activist, Mr Femi Falana says the current anti-corruption war by the Federal Government may not yield any meaningful result after all. This, according to the Senior Advocate of Nigeria, is because the criminal justice system in the country has been hijacked by those...

After meeting of the APC caucus with President Mohammadu Buhari in the Presidential Villa, Oyegun said what is critical to the party now is to ensure that as soon as the budget is out, the administration will begin implementation of its promises to the Nigerian people. APC Chairman, John Oyegun...

Since the inception of president Muhammadu Buhari's administration in May, 2015, a lot of controversial corruption cases have popped up and many prominent Nigerians are currently facing various charges. This is the list of alleged looters facing the music of President Muhammadu Buhari's anti...

A pensioner, Mrs. Rose Arabameh Julius, has donated her entire monthly pension of Ten Thousand Naira to support the Buhari administration's war against corruption. Mrs. Julius, who retired as a cleaner from the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, also promised to contribute N1,000 every month...

An European News Agency, Agence France-Presse, AFP, yesterday urged the President, Muhammadu Buhari to prosecute his predecessor, former President, Goodluck Jonathan if his anti-corruption war must succeed. The news agency which acknowledged the several anti-corruption trials that are ongoing...

Christopher Oghenebrorie Okotie, Nigerian televangelist and the pastor of the Household of God Church International Ministries, has described President Mohammadu Buhari's anti corruption crusade as a strong, pathological approach aims to get to the root of every situations. Okotie said in a...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday said as far his administration’s ongoing anti-corruption fight was concerned, the nation’s judiciary remained his major headache and needs urgent attention. He said the fight against corruption in Nigeria could only be effectively tackled with the strong...