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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu as the new Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). Dr. Aliyu’s appointment was announced by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, on Tuesday. According to Ngelale, the appointment is “in furtherance of […]
The Federal Government is to arraign Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, former Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on seven-count charge bordering on money laundering at a Federal High Court, Abuja. Ojerinde is being arraigned alongside his four children; Mary Funmilola, Olumide Abiodun, Adedayo and Oluwaseun Adeniyi, by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn in seven board members for the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other related offences (ICPC). The swearing-in took place shortly before the commencement of the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting at the State House in Abuja on Wednesday. The reappointed ICPC board members sworn in by the President include Retired Justice […]
An Abuja-based ‘serial entrepreneur’ has been arrested by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) for offering to sell the new Naira notes on social media. The accused, who operates with the handle @SimisolaGold and Twitter name Simisola of Lala, was identified as Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin. Acting on intelligence, officials of the commission sought out and […]
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Thursday rearrested former Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Adedibu Ojerinde. The Spokesperson for ICPC, Mrs Azuka Ogugua in a statement said that Ojerinde was rearrest following a warrant issued by the Federal High Court, Abuja. He is expected to […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to consider and approve the nomination of seven persons for reappointment as National Commissioners of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). The president made the request in a letter read during plenary by the Senate President Ahmad Lawan, Tuesday. The letter read in part: […]
Nigerian musician, Oladapo Oyebanji, popularly known as D’banj will remain in the custody of Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) over a fresh discovery of 20,000 ghost workers infused into the N-Power Programme. The anti-graft agency detained D’banj on Tuesday over fraud allegations involving the N-Power Programme. It was reported how top […]
