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Friday, 26 Feb 2021 01:33 PM MYT Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know. FEBRUARY  26 ― As part of on-going efforts and measures to combat corruption, it’s vital that anti-corruption laws are constantly updated, improved and reformed ― over time. This is to ensure that anti-corruption laws keep up with newer developments that may render these to be left behind and incapable of being implemented effectively as before. A good example is Section 17...

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) yesterday said it has secured the final forfeiture of $919,202.07 fraudulently kept in an interest yielding bank account by some staff of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt. The Commission, in a statement that was signed by its Spokesperson, Mrs. Azuka Ogugua, said it recovered the money from three respondents that included the Chief Registrar and Deputy Registrar of the High Court, as well from a branch of a bank...

FIFA aborts Beckenbauer bribery prosecution Beckenbauers reputation has taken a hit from repeated allegations of foul play as a football administrator. Keystone / Barbara Gindl The world governing body for football, FIFA, says it has run out of time to prosecute Franz Beckenbauer and two others for allegedly paying bribes in the build up to the 2006 World Cup. This content was published on February 26, 2021 - 11:48 February 26, 2021 - 11:48 swissinfo.ch/mga FIFA’s adjudicatory chamber, which ...

JUST IN: ICPC recovers $919,207 from Federal High Court Staff On By Ikechukwu Nnochiri The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, on Thursday, said it has secured the final forfeiture of $919,202.07 fraudulently kept in an interest yielding bank account by some staff of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt. The Commission, in a statement that was signed by its Spokesperson, Mrs. Azuka Ogugua, said it recovered the money from three Respondents that included ...

Published February 22, 2021, 9:26 AM The Sandiganbayan has acquitted former Cagayan Gov. Edgar Ramones Lara of two graft charges in connection with the construction of the P213.7 million Cagayan Town Center (CTC) that was primarily funded out of the proceeds of the province’s bonds floatation in 2001. Sandiganbayan (MANILA BULLETIN) In a decision promulgated on Feb. 19, 2021, the Sandiganbayan ruled that the prosecutors of the Office of the Ombudsman “failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt...

Daily Post Nigeria Published The trial of Ope Saraki, cousin to former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, resumed on Thursday at a Kwara State High Court in Ilorin, with the cross examination of the second prosecution witness, Ijaya Adedeji by the defence. Ope Saraki, former Special Adviser to the former Kwara State Governor on Millennium Development Goals, MDGs, is facing trial for allegedly acquiring a contract to the tune of N220m through a company of interest. The contract, according to the I...

Daily Post Nigeria Published The late member of the Body of Benchers was his close political associate. In a statement by presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, Buhari recalled that Azike contested for a seat in the Senate in 1999 on the platform of the All Peoples Party (APP). He also contested for the governorship of Imo State under the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) in 2007. Buhari described the death as a “painful loss,” adding that “the nation has really lost a patriotic citizen.” ...

The contract involved the purchase of 13 units of ambulances for general/specialist hospitals in Kwara State. by SaharaReporters, New York Feb 18, 2021 A Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin on Thursday continued the trial of a former Special Adviser to the Kwara State Governor on Millennium Development Goals, Alhaji Ope Saraki, over N220 million contract fraud. The trial continued in Ilorin with the cross-examination of the second prosecution witness, Ijaya Adedeji, by the defence counsel...

ICPC docks Former Fed Poly Rector, Bursar over Fraud ICPC docks Former Fed Poly Rector, Bursar over Fraud The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has arraigned a former Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Dr. Theresa Taiwo Akande, for allegedly receiving bribes from contractors handling projects in the school. The Commission also docked a former Bursar of the school, Mr. Onaolapo Elijah Aderemi, alongside Dr. Akande, over his compli...

ICPC arraigns ex-rector, bursar for receiving kickbacks from contractor The anti-corruption agency says the two former officials of the school received kickback from contractors handling the construction and furnishing of the lecture theatre and other projects. The Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, for fraud and receiving bribes from contractors of the school. Theresa Akande, a former rector of the institution, and Onaolapo Aderemi, a former bursar, were arraigned before a judge of ...