The House of Representatives is considering a bill that seeks to impose a seven-year jail term or a N5 million fine on anyone found guilty of giving or receiving bribes in workplaces across the country. The bill, sponsored by Paul Nnamchi (Enugu East/Isi-Uzo Federal Constituency) and three others, aims to curb bribery in both public and private workplaces. It is …

Ondo State Governor, Mr. Lucky Aiyedatiwa has dismissed one of his special assistants, Adeboye Ewenla, for alleged involvement in bribery. Ewenla, who was the governor’s Special Assistant on Forestry, was accused by timber merchants in the state. In a statement on Wednesday, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Ebenezer Adeniyan said the action of the governor took immediate …

New York’s scandal-plagued mayor Eric Adams was federally charged Thursday with crimes including wire fraud, soliciting illegal foreign campaign donations and bribery conspiracy, a stunning indictment unsealed amid calls for him to resign. The grand jury indictment follows a sweeping probe into the mayor’s campaign and his close associates on whether he conspired with Turkish government officials to receive illegal …

Friends and associates of a Superintendent of Police (SP), Ibrahim Ezekiel Sini, who declined a bribe of N150 million from a Lagos businessman and founder of Platform Capital, Akintoye Akindele, on Friday honoured him in Abuja. One of the organisers of the event, CEO of Vegas Homes, Prince Chukwuemeka Asudeogu said SP Sini’s conduct remains exemplary and should inspire others …

Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, Aderemi Adeoye has rewarded Inspector Charity Oyor with N250,000 for rejecting a bribe from a suspect. This was contained in a statement on Friday by the spokesman of the Anambra Police Command Tochukwu Ikenga who said Inspector Charity serves at the Main Market Division, Onitsha. According to him, the female officer had rejected a …

The Chairperson of Panel Two of the Election Petition Tribunal (EPT), sitting in Kano, Justice Flora Azinge on Tuesday raised the alarm that some lawyers were attempting to bribe judges in her team. According to her, this was the second time a judge complained about how some lawyers prosecuting election matters before she tried to corrupt the system by offering …

A suspected ritualist, identified as Ifasoji Ayangbesan has tried to bribe policemen who arrested him with N1 million over the killing of one Ms Oyindamola Adeyemi. The said victim was reportedly killed last 28th January by Ayangbesan and other members of a notorious ritualist syndicate. The Ogun State police spokesman, Deputy Superintendent Abimbola Oyeyemi recalled that some ritualists had killed …