Ahead of Ghana’s December 2024 general elections, elder statesman and former chairman of the Citizens’ Vetting Committee (CVC), Major Kwabena Adutu (rtd.) has advised Ghanaians, especially the current crop of leaders, not to allow corruption derail the country’s hard-won democratic achievements. Adutu was CVC chairman under the erstwhile Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC), as the Ghanaian military regime was known …

President Bola Tinubu has been urged to extend enquiry into all government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) indicted for paying over N159 billion public funds into private accounts in violation of financial transparency laws. The call is coming on the heels of a recent investigative report by Premium Times and data published by Govspend, a platform tracking government spending, which …

Transparency International Nigeria says Nigeria now ranks 145 out of 180 on the Corruption Perception Index. The latest index, recently released by TI, indicated that Nigeria moved up five places from the previous CPI ranking released in 2022. In the previous report, Nigeria was ranked 150 out of 180 countries on the scale of corruption. The latest report, which is …

A former Governor of Osun State, Chief Adebisi Akande has said successive administrations in Nigeria have failed to defeat corruption due to a “corrupt mindset” of Nigerians. Akande, who spoke to journalists in his Ila-Orangun country home on Saturday as part of activities marking his 85th birthday, said until Nigerians have a change of mindset and embrace the virtues of …

The Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) has said there is no crisis at the forum’s secretariat as alleged by its former director of Media and Public Affairs, Abdulrazaque Bello Barkindo, and published in a national daily. The NGF legal director, Chijioke Chuku who disclosed this in a statement also dismissed allegations of corruption at the forum’s secretariat by Barkindo. Barkindo had …

Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has once again called on Nigerians to join hands in the fight against corruption. In a statement in Lagos, Lagos State Anti-Corruption Commissioner of the ICPC, Mr. Kabir Elelu made the call during an Awareness and Sensitisation rally to commemorate this year’s International Anti-Corruption Day. He said it was pertinent for …

The Managing Director, Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Mr. Sule Abdulaziz has said that the management in recognising the gravity of corruption, is poised to prevent and stamp out the menace in the agency. At the unveiling of a Preventive Guide Handbook to educate members of staff against corrupt practices by the agency’s Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit (ACTU) on Thursday …

The 10th session of the Senate said it is considering the consolidation of revenue collection into a single agency through a legislative action to curb duplication, tackle corruption and ensure seamless transactions by taxpayers. This was contained in a communiqué on Sunday at the end of the three-day retreat organised by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) …

Brazil’s Supreme Court has sentenced former president, Fernando Collor de Mello to eight years and 10 months in prison for corruption on Wednesday, part of the fallout from the country’s sweeping Car Wash graft investigation. The high court had convicted Collor of taking 20 million reais ($4 million) in bribes as a senator from 2010 to 2014 in exchange for …

An Akure High Court, in Ondo State has assumed jurisdiction over the trial of the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Bamidele Oloyelogun, and two others for alleged fraud involving the N2.4 million fund belonging to the Assembly. Justice Adegboyega Adebusoye of Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) …