Skip to content
NCDMB, ACAN partner on corruption-free workplace
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and the Anti-Corruption Agency of Nigeria (ACAN) recently concluded a three-day sensitization workshop on “Achieving Zero-tolerance for Corruption in the Workplace,” with staff educated on the types and potential consequences of corruption…
CBN in secret $8 bn deals with Goldman, JPMorgan
Granted unofficial N22.9 tn debt to Buhari’s govt Nigeria’s central bank disclosed huge $8.0 billion deals with JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs in documents that also confirmed it illegally advanced massive N23.18 trillion instead of statutory N252 billion to the…
ICPC hosts policy dialogue on corruption
Sopuruchi Onwuka The Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) says it has concluded plans to host its new policy dialogue aimed at addressing negative social norms and causing behavioural change in citizens. Spokesperson, Mrs. Azuka Ogugua, stated in a release at…
Why British court defied diplomatic pressure, jailed Ekweremadu
The law is clear Sopuruchi Onwuka Despite the waves of high profile pleas from diplomats and politician from Africa seeking clemency for convicted Senator Ike Ekweremadu over organ harvesting plot, the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, London, yesterday served jail…
Court permits INEC to reconfigure BVAS, litigants to inspect polls materials
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has granted approval to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to reconfigure the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) for the governorship and state house of assembly elections. The court also ordered the electoral…
Supreme Court advises CBN to ease cash crunch, adjourns to February 22
Sopuruchi Onwuka The Supreme Court on Wednesday reiterated its order for the old N200, N500 and N1000 notes to remain in the nation’s legal tender until the determination of the suit filed by Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara states challenging the…
Indian women protest to support child marriage
Mostly women protesters are battling the police after relatives suitors involved in marrying off kids were arrested. Hundreds of women are participating in the protest in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam after their male relatives were arrested as part…
$11 bn award: Danjuma’s Tita-Kuru tackles P&ID over project design
A local firm, Tita-Kuru Petrochemicals Limited associated with General Theophilus Danjuma has surfaced to be part of the deal in which Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) is taking pound of flesh from Nigeria over a botched gas monetization contract. According…
Court affirms Senator Bassey Otu Cross River APC guber candidate
From ANIEKAN ANIEKAN, Calabar The federal high court sitting in Calabar has affirmed the nomination of Senator Bassey Otu as the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial flag bearer in Cross River State. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu in her over 90 minutes…
Diezani: EFCC secures order to seize houses, cars
A Nigerian court has ordered a final seizure of two properties and cars owned by former oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke, the country’s economic crimes commission said on Monday, in the latest ruling related to graft allegations against her. Diezani was…
