Team Asue Media Organisation (TAMO) has criticised Senator Monday Okpebholo’s plan for fixing dilapidated federal roads in Edo State, if elected governor, calling it “pure, brazen corruption”. TAMO is the media team of the state’s governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr. Asue Ighodalo, while Okpebholo is his counterpart in the All Progressives Congress. In a statement in Benin …

The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC), Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu; and his counterpart in the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), Abdullahi Bello, have called for urgently passing a whistleblower protection law in Nigeria. The duo made the call during a radio town hall meeting organised by Progressive Impact Organisation for Community Development (PRIMORG) in partnership with Africa …

It was different 16 years ago. Very different. At that time, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was relatively new and walking where angels feared to tread. That was unusual for a government institution, especially a law enforcement agency. So unusual that one of Nigeria’s most courageous social crusaders, Gani Fawehinmi, a thorn in government’s side, joined forces with …

Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa has charged Chairmen and members of Boards and Commissions to avoid corrupt practices, warning that it had no place in his administration. Fintiri gave the charge at their swearing-in ceremony in Yola on Thursday. He said that transparency and accountability were not negotiable, while corruption would not be tolerated. The governor warned that those found …

The Progressive Impact Organisation for Community Development (PRIMORG) said that the problem of corruption and the dearth of integrity in Nigerian society are undoubtedly some of the major hindrances to national development since independence. At the ‘Project Report Dissemination Meeting’ on Thursday, in Abuja, PRIMORG’s Executive Director, Mr. Augustine Okhiria Agbonsuremi said: “Regrettably, corruption runs through every level of the Nigerian …

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 …