Nigeria’s leading anti-corruption group, Human and Environmental Development Agenda, (HEDA Resource Centre) has described as unfortunate a publication by PremiumTimes newspaper with the caption, ‘Malabu: Report accusing HEDA’s chair of maligning Adoke not fake – Police; We stand by our position,’ stating that the report fell short of every journalism ethics. HEDA in a statement…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (URHOBOTODAY)-Anti-corruption groups HEDA, Re:Common and Corner House have welcomed the appeals lodged by the Milan Prosecutor and the Federal Republic of Nigeria against the acquittal of Shell, Eni and 13 other defendants for alleged corruption in the acquisition of the giant OPL 245 oil field in Nigeria. The defendants, who all denied…
LAGOS JULY 23RD )NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) has received a petition detailing over N92b and millions of money in foreign currencies of public funds squandered by several Federal Government agencies including the country’s foreign missions. In a petition sent to the Chairman, EFCC Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, Nigeria’s anti-corruption group, Human and Environmental…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Board of the Annual Gani Fawehinmi Impact and Integrity Awards (GFIIA) has officially launched the 2021 edition as it called on members of the public; Nigerians, both home and in diaspora, to nominate worthy individuals for various categories of the Awards through the Award website: “gfa.hedang.org.” The GFIIA timetable was also…
LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission, (ICPC) has been asked not to let off the hook former Acting Director, Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi, (FIIRO), Mr Chima Igwe who was accused of serial manipulation of his educational status to exploit the system for personal fortunes. The former FIIRO…
LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria loses not less than N100b every year in tax related fraud, experts at a conference organised by the country’s leading anti-corruption group said at the weekend. Speaking at the 25th Anti-corruption Situation Room organised by HEDA Resource Centre held at Sheraton Hotel on Saturday in commemoration of the June 12, 1993…
LAGOS MAY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector General of Police,(IG) has been asked to investigate former Attorney General of the Federation, Mohammed Adoke and the former Petroleum Minister, Dan Etete and Abubakar Aliyu over a string of forgery allegations linked to the OPL245 scandal. In a petition sent to the Inspector General of Police (IG), Human and…
LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)- International anti-corruption and human rights groups have strongly condemned the detention of leading Nigerian anti-corruption activist Olanrewaju Suraju of HEDA, one of the first non-governmental groups to expose corruption allegations surrounding the acquisition of the OPL 245 oil field by oil multinationals Shell and Eni. Mr Suraju, along with the NGOs Corner…