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The chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, has faulted Transparency International’s corruption perception index. Owansanoye spoke during a two-day training organized by the Commission for journalists in Abuja. According to him, TI’s report is usually…

Operatives of a private pipeline surveillance contractor to the NPDC/Splat Joint Venture, Abicity Security, in collaboration with personnel of the Nigerian Army stationed at Ubagboro community along the Amokpe Escravos Pipeline in the creeks of Delta State have intercepted boats loaded with…

The immediate past Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom is currently in custody of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The ex-Governor was invited by the anti-graft body for questioning over his stewardship. Ortom, however, drove into the Makurdi zonal office of the agency,…

The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, who was appointed by President Bola Tinubu on Monday night, is expected to retire from the Nigeria Police Force on September 4, 2024. This is based on the civil service rule, which stipulates that civil servants…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said that it has not declared the immediate-past governor of Zamfara State, Muhammad Bello Matawalle, wanted contrary to news reports by some national dailies on Sunday. Reacting to the news report captioned, “Alleged N70b Fraud:…

The Police Service Commission has frowned at what it describes as the disproportional and lopsided recruitment and deployments by the Nigeria Police Force in which the North-East and South-East regions of the country are under-represented, advising the Inspector General of Police, Mister…

The Department of State Services has clarified that the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, had never been denied access to his lawyers, medical officers, as well as his relatives. This clarification is coming after a Federal Capital Territory High…

The Zamfara State Police Command on Saturday said it has returned all vehicles it seized from a former governor of the state, Bello Matawalle. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Yazid Abubakar, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…

The Inspector-general of Police, IGP Usman Baba, has approved the redeployment of DIG Hafiz Inuwa, to head the Department of Logistics and Supply of the Nigeria Police Force, while the newly promoted Deputy Inspectors-general of Police, Bala Ciroma, and Emeka Frank Mba,…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has taken into custody Mr. Kamilu Omokide, the Receiver Manager appointed by the Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) for Arik Nigeria Limited, over allegations of misappropriation and diversion of approximately N120 billion. Captain Samuel Caulcrick…