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The Journal seeks to become the most reliable, first-choice Pan-Nigerian information and public knowledge platform. The Journal Nigeria is a serious Journalism from an African Worldview
A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed December 2 for judgment in the N1 billion fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, against the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, the Inspector-General of Police and the Attorney-General of the Federation. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik fixed the date on…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit filed by former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai seeking to restrain the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission and other federal agencies from freezing his bank accounts or seizing his assets, in a ruling that further complicates the legal position of the…
The Court of Appeal in Kaduna has reserved judgment in the appeal filed by former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai against the refusal of his bail by the Kaduna State High Court, leaving his release pending while he remains in custody over corruption charges. A three member panel led by Justice Onyekachi Aja Otisi took…
The disclosure by the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) regarding the nationwide operations of an illegal, self-styled federal “Made-in-Nigeria” agency marks a disturbing milestone in the erosion of public administration. Operating under the name “National Brands Development and Made in Nigeria Special Project Office,” this fictitious parastatal was discovered soliciting funds from subnational governments, leasing…
A widening anti corruption inquiry into fictitious government bodies has met a firm rebuttal from George Buchi Nwabueze, who maintains that the office at the centre of the latest scandal is a legitimate special project domiciled in the Presidency since 2010, and not the fake federal agency the authorities have described. Nwabueze, National Coordinator…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission has turned its searchlight on Osun State, opening a fresh round of checks on more than N1 billion worth of federally funded projects, a move that places the state inside one of Nigeria’s largest and least understood accountability exercises. The commission’s tracking team lead, Mrs…
A fake presidential council that carried a title, a director-general, an office inside the Presidential Villa complex and even a line in the national budget has forced the Federal Government to confront an uncomfortable question: how many other fictitious bodies are buried in the machinery of state? The Federal Executive Council has now ordered…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission to conduct a joint investigation into alleged vote-buying, financial inducement, violence and other electoral offences recorded during Saturday’s Osun State governorship election. The demand…
The federal civil service remains an elaborate cash machine for fraudsters. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has uncovered nine hundred and eight suspected ghost workers across fifty government agencies. Anti-graft agents recovered nearly nine hundred and forty-two million naira in stolen salary payments. The Nigeria Police Force topped the list of…
A disputed agency that lawmakers say never legally existed has forced the Nigerian state to account for itself in real time, with the House of Representatives on Tuesday handing defaulting government offices a 48 hour ultimatum to produce documents and officials in a probe that has now drawn in two ministers, the National Security…