VP Yemi Osinbajo   To further improve the country’s business climate, the Federal government says there will now be a direct connection between the anti-corruption agenda and the reform efforts of the Federal Government, in a bid to secure the reforms through criminal investigation and prosecution of public complaints. This was contained in a statement ...

The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the arrest of a former Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Abdullahi Dikko. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu issued a bench warrant for Dikko’s arrest, Mrs Rasheedat Okoduwa who is the spokesperson for the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) said in a statement on Monday. ...

The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says it recovered N77.04 billion worth of stolen assets in 2019. This was revealed in an infographic posted on the official Twitter handle of the anti-corruption agency over the weekend revealing the 2019 activities of the commission. The infographic shows that the amount was recovered ...

A coalition of 24 Civil Society Organisations (C24) has advised President Muhammed Buhari to relieve Prof. Itse,  Sagay SAN, of his appointment as Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC). Hajia Zainab Mohammed, National Secretary of the organisation made the call in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Mohammed said Sagay’s removal would be the ...

The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) will soon commence investigations into the ownership of unoccupied houses in the Federal Capital Territory. This, according to the agency, is as a result of the increase in the number of unoccupied houses in the FCT. Despite the increase, many residents of the city still ...

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Gwagwalada, has sentenced an officer with the Kuje Correctional Centre, Ahmed Abdu, to a four-year jail term for engaging in employment scam. Abdu was charged before the court in 2014 by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) for defrauding one Adamu Abubakar ...

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned a former staff of the Judiciary, Mr Joseph Udoh, and his wife over allegations of money laundering. Udoh, a former registrar with the Kaduna Division of the Federal High Court and his wife, Mrs Grace, were arraigned before Justice Mallong Hoommuck on 12 ...

The Federal Government has intensified the fight against corruption through the enforcement of the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS). This comes as the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) said it has saved the government over N18 billion through the system. “We’ve saved about N18 billion right now that we told ...

  The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has called for the handover of constituency projects to local government authorities after completion. This is to ensure ownership by beneficiaries as well as for effective maintenance and sustainability. Chairman of the commission, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, stated this at a media roundtable in Abuja, according ...

    The President also urged the judiciary to embrace and support the creation of special crimes court in the country. He made the call on Tuesday at the National summit on “Diminishing Corruption in the Public Service”. “The fight against corruption is of course not only for government and anti-corruption agencies alone. All arms ...