Tag: Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC)

CBN Cautions Nigerians Against Making Money Bouquet, Calls It Criminal Offence 

ADEOLA YUSUF

In light of the scarcity of the new naira notes, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has warned Nigerians against the abuse of the country’s currency.  In a tweet on Friday accompanied by a flier, the CBN listed money bouquet as a criminal offense in Nigeria. This is coming barely a few days that the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) arrested an actress, Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, for allegedly abusing the naira. READ ALSO: Minister Inspects Petrol Outlets In Lagos Four Months After Fuel Crisis Began Thousands Jostle…

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ICPC Re-Arrests Ex-JAMB Registrar, Ojerinde

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has re-arrested a former Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Adedibu Ojerinde, on Thursday in Abuja. Ojerinde’s re-arrest followed a warrant issued by the Federal High Court, Abuja. He is expected to face a team of investigators over new evidence uncovered in relation to his ongoing trial for diversion of funds while he was a public officer. ICPC operatives uncovered two accounts opened in the names of Trillium Learning Centre Ltd and Sapati International Schools Ltd…

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Buhari’s Son-In-Law declared Wanted Over N24.7bn Scam + PHOTOS

Aliyu Aliyu

  Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has declared Gimba Yau Kumo, son-in-law of President Muhammadu Buhari, wanted over an alleged $65 million fraud. In a notice published on Thursday, Azuka Ogugua, spokesperson of the anti-graft commission, said Kumo is declared wanted alongside Tarry Rufus and Bola Ogunsola over alleged misappropriation and dispersion of national housing funds. Kumo, a former managing director of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, married Fatima, the president’s daughter, in 2016 at Daura, Katsina state. In April, the senate…

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