LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The federal high court in Abuja has dismissed charges of fraud brought against Abdullahi Inde Dikko, a former comptroller-general of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). Ijeoma Ojukwu, the judge dismissed the charges following an application by the ICPC to withdraw the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday issued a bench warrant for the arrest of former Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Abdullahi Dikko. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu issued the warrant over Mr Dikko’s sustained failure to attend court to answer to a charge of fraud brought against him and…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured the conviction of Zachaeus Atte, a former Commissioner for Agriculture in Kogi State. Atte was convicted on corruption charges by a Kogi State High Court sitting in Okene, Kogi State and presided over by Hon. Justice J.J Majebi. He was…
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has accused National Assembly members of stealing billions of naira in the name of constituency projects. The ICPC, in a report tagged “Constituency Projects Tracking Group”, tracked 424 projects from 2015-2018 constituency projects between June and August 2019 across the 12 states of…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has revealed that Nigeria is awaiting the return of $400 million Abacha loot stashed away in the US. Speaking at the 42nd annual conference of the Nigerian Society of International Law (NSIL) in Lagos, on Wednesday, ICPC Chairman, Bolaji Owasanoye, said it…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (NEWRANGERS)-A female Judge has been discovered to have opened an account with the name of her maid, amassing a princely sum of N870,321,492.15 million in a period of one year. The discovery was made by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission. The Judge, Margareth Igbeta, is a retired President…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Joint Inter-Agency Team led by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arrested 37 officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) for allegedly extorting money from motorists on Nigerian highways. The Team, comprising officials of ICPC, FRSC and the Department of State Security (DSS) also arrested…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The woes of former Senate Minority Leader, Chief Godswill Akpabio has been further compounded with seizing of his International Passports and other travel documents by the nation’s anti-corruption agency, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other-related offences Commission, ICPC. The confiscation of Akpabio’s international passport follows the diversion of multi-million naira medical equipment…