The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) has called for a detailed probe into the budget padding allegations being publicly traded by the Speaker of the...
Archive - July 2016
Principal officers at the Nigerian House of Representatives should be immediately investigated over allegations that they had wanted to pad (inflate...
ALLEGATIONS OF BUDGET PADDING IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; A CAN OF WORMS REQUIRING A THOROUGH PROBE AND PROSECUTION OF THE CULPABLE - CACOL Sequel to the...
Adewale, who was the Aide-de-Camp to Obanikoro when the latter was the Minister of State for Defence, said this on Wednesday when he was grilled by detectives...
Dogara diverted FG water project to his farm –Jibrin A former Chairman, Committee on Appropriation, Mr. Abdulmumin Jibrin, has vowed to continue making fresh...
The Sokoto State Government said on Thursday that it had discovered no fewer than 12,915 ‘ghost workers,’ in the payrolls of the 23 local government areas of...
The Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, has asked the sacked Chairman, Appropriation Committee of the House, Mr. Abdulmumin Jibrin, to...
Worried by the activities of herdsmen, religious fanatics and ethnic bigots across the country, a group, Centre for Cultural and Religious Rights (CECCUR), has...
A civil society organisation, Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL), has lauded the decision of the Federal government to reopen the corruptions cases...
The media recently reported the decision of the Federal Government in line with its anti-corruption drive to reopen corruption cases against former Delta state...
The House of Representatives said on Tuesday that it would investigate the budget-padding allegations its former Chairman, Committee on Appropriation, Mr...
The Senate on Tuesday began the screening of the 47 ambassadorial nominees sent to it by President Muhammadu Buhari for legislative approval. Buhari had on...
A former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, on Tuesday, called on Nigerians to support the current effort of the Federal Government to fight corruption...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said that President Mohammadu Buhari has fulfilled its campaign promises to address...
The Deputy Majority Leader of the Senate, Bala Na’Allah, on Tuesday, took a swipe at former President Olusegun Obasanjo for describing members of the National...
The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders, CACOL, through its Executive Chairman Mr. Debo Adeniran has called for the immediate investigations into the claims of...
A former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Chief Chibudom Nwuche, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, for an...
The Nigeria Labour Congress has called on state governors to call off their planned trip to Germany for vocational training. The General Secretary of the NLC...
Members of the National Association of Nigerian Students have declared their support for President Muhammadu Buhari’s ongoing anti-corruption war, saying it...
Fresh troubles may be ahead of some former governors as the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abukakar Malami, is set to reopen...
We at the Centre for Cultural and Religious Rights, CECCUR, bemoan the murderous activities of certain groups and individuals acting collectively or as...
President Muhammadu Buhari said that he was kicked out of office on August 27, 1985 by the then Chief of Army Staff, Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, because he...
Politicians, lawyers, activist comment on the desirability of the immunity clause in Nigeria’s political system In my personal opinion, the immunity clause...
The Federal Government is planning to prosecute nine out of 26 members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly for alleged forgery of their academic results, The...
Nigerian civil society groups on Sunday called on the leadership of the House of Representatives to allow anti-corruption agencies commence detailed...
Critics of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration have latched on to the recent arrest of former Army Chief, Azubuike Ihejerika, to accuse it of...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday released a former Deputy Governor of Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, after 19 days in detention. It...
In a new twist to the recent drama in the House of Representatives, men close the Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara, have said that Mr. Abdulmumin Jibrin was...
President Muhammadu Buhari has been told to move against some officials of government who have been alleged to have soiled their hands in corrupt practices...
The Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari, dropped the hint on Wednesday night while briefing State House correspondents on the...
The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity has told Nigerians bluntly, to put a...
The All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State has faulted claims by Governor Ayodele Fayose that he had been discharged and acquitted by the Federal High Court...
What is your position on President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption war and the issue of plea bargain? Our Coalition has always insisted on punishing...
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State recently appointed sole administrators to replace the executive secretaries who have been running the affairs of the...
There have been renew call for restructuring of Nigeria, how do you see this development? The recent renewed call for the restructuring of Nigeria’s body...
The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders, CACOL, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate the roles of Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau...
The pronouncement of the Chief Justice of Nigeria that there will be no more dismissal of corruption cases without trail for high profile citizens, was also...
What is your assessment of the state of the nation? One year after ascension to power, it is apparent that the hope President Muhammadu Buhari and the All...
A group, Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) has praised the National Judicial Council (NJC) on its decision to sack errant judges from the bench. The...
The reported step to be taken by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to prosecute the disgraced retired Judge, Mohammed Yunusa over the bribery...