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  An Abuja High Court has remanded a former Minister of State for Power, Mohammed Wakil, in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over allegations of corruption. Wakil, who was arrested by the EFCC at his Abuja residence on Sunday, was arraigned on Monday before Justice Suleiman Belgore on two counts bordering on corruption and abuse of office. He was arraigned alongside two companies, Corozzeria Nigeria Limited and Pikat Properties Nigeria Limited. According to th...

Senator Richard Gordon (Senate of the Philippines / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Gordon, who chairs the said panel investigating the slow implementation of the Motorcycle Crime Prevention Act, said the delay in the issuance of license plates have caused undue damage to vehicle owners and is considered a violation of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act. “Whoever causes damage to third parties and other agencies—that’s anti-graft. Because you’re talking here of a huge amount of money ...

By Kingsley Nwezeh The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday arraigned a former Director-General of the Bureau for Public Enterprises (BPE), Benjamin Ezra Dikki, before Justice Yusuf Halilu of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Abuja on four counts of alleged corruption and abuse of office. A statement issued by EFCC said Dikki, who was docked alongside his company, Kebna Studios and Communications Limited, allegedly received about a billion naira as gratifica...

Punch Newspapers Sections SUNDAY ABORISADE , in this piece, examines the growing cases of age falsification among workers in private and public sectors even as experts finger intellectual laziness as the cause of the ugly trend There have been rising cases of age falsification among some Nigerians in recent times, either in a bid to reach the peak of their career or to qualify for the age limit prescribed by employers of labour. The trend which started many decades ago, has refused to stop desp...

Ex-BPE boss Dikki arraigned for N1bn PHCN severance benefit scam Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday arraigned a former Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises, Benjamin Dikki, before Justice Yusuf Halilu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, on four counts of alleged corruption and abuse of office. Dikki who was arraigned alongside his company, Kebna Studios & Communications Limited, allegedly received about N1 billion bribe...

Representative Image ANI | Updated: Mar 06, 2021 15:57 IST Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], March 1 (ANI): A delegation of BJP leaders on Monday wrote to the Kolkata Police Commissioner stating that an exercise is being carried out within police force to collect photocopies of voter cards and Aadhaar cards of police personnel to enable collection of postal ballot of all concerned and to effect proxy votes. The letter read, "Our attention has been drawn to a m...

Search BJP delegation alleges foul play by cops to enable proxy voting in Bengal Leaders write to Calcutta police commissioner demanding enquiry A BJP delegation on Monday wrote to Calcutta Police Commissioner Soumen Mitra alleging that an illegal exercise was being carried out in the force to "enable collection of postal ballot and effect proxy votes" during assembly elections, set to begin on March...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday arraigned a former Director General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Benjamin Ezra

Anti-corruption NGO slams ‘weak’ Swiss corporate crime laws Commodities trader Gunvor is one of the few Swiss companies to be prosecuted since corporate criminal law was introduced in 2003. Keystone / Martial Trezzini Too few Swiss companies are made to answer for corruption or money laundering offences, exposing gaps in current legislation, says the Swiss chapter of campaigning NGO Transparency International. This content was published on March 1, 2021 - 13:04 March 1, 2021 - 13:04 s...

ON THE GO Buhari appoints Oyegun as UI governing council chairman President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed John Oyegun, a former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as chairman of University of Ibadan (UI) governing council.Advertisement Aside from UI, the... Ganduje: How I escaped plane crash in 1996 Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano, has narrated how he escaped a plane crash almost 25 years ago.Advertisement He shared his experience on Thursday when h...