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The Digest: A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has called for the dissolution of the NDLEA, EFCC, and ICPC, arguing that President Tinubu’s presidential pardon for drug traffickers and other convicts has rendered the agencies “irrelevant and worthless.”...

The Digest: The ICPC secured a 24-year prison sentence for Garuba Duku, a retired FCTA finance director, for laundering ₦318 million meant for the Abuja Metropolitan Management Council. Key Points: Garuba Duku, a retired FCTA Director, was sentenced to 24 years in prison. He was convicted...

The Digest: The Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) has received a petition calling for an investigation into how former Rivers State Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), handled over N283 billion in federal allocations during his six-month tenure. Key Points...

The Digest: A Federal High Court in Abuja has declared Plateau State House of Assembly member Adamu Aliyu wanted for allegedly defrauding a businessman of N73.6 million using a fake Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) contract. Rooted in the Storm. Key Points: Justice Emeka Nwite issued...

The ICPC has arraigned Munirat Abdulazeez, a dismissed Court of Appeal staff, for allegedly defrauding job seekers of N9.2 million by promising fake government jobs. Abdulazeez allegedly promised jobs in CBN, FIRS, and NIMASA between 2022 and 2023. ICPC says she collected N9.2 million from...

The Nigerian Senate has advanced a bill to centralize asset recovery, reducing EFCC and ICPC’s roles. The proposed agency aims to tackle inefficiencies and increase transparency in managing recovered assets. The bill seeks to amend the 2022 Proceeds of Crime Act by creating a single asset...