Nuhu Ribadu, pioneer chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says there was widespread corruption during the administration of former president Goodluck Jonathan.He made the remark at a convocation lecture at the Federal University Dutsin-Ma, Katsina state, on Friday.He also said there was “nothing positively significant” that took place in the anti-graft war under the last administration.The former [...]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Nuhu Ribadu, former chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), for winning the anti-corruption lifetime achievement award.Ribadu was conferred with the honour at an event organised by Sheikh Tamin Bin Hamad Al Thani International Anti-Corruption Excellence (ACE) Award in Malaysia on Friday.The former EFCC boss was one of eight recipients from five continents.According to [...]
Nuhu Ribadu, former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says the nomadic Fulani are not benefiting from Nigeria in any way.Ribadu said the Fulani think President Muhammadu Buhari has “abandoned” them and are angry with him.According to The Nation, he made the statement on Monday while speaking at a conflict resolution summit on the farmers/herders crisis.Ribadu said [...]
Nuhu Ribadu, a governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa state, has demanded for cancellation of the election which held in the state on Friday.Ribadu, the pioneer chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), made the call during a press conference in Yola, the state capital, on Saturday.The APC governorship aspirant had pulled out of [...]
Nuhu Ribadu says he will participate in the rescheduled Adamawa All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election.Ribadu withdrew from the race on Sunday, saying he was under no illusion that the exercise will be fair.In a swift turnaround, the former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) chairman said the abnormalities in the primary have been corrected.NAN reports that Salihu Bawuro, [...]
Nuhu Ribadu, governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa, has withdrawn from the race.The development was contained in a statement signed on Sunday by Salihu Bawuro, director-general of his campaign.The pioneer chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says the APC in the state did not agree to a direct primary election demanded by [...]
Some stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa have kicked against the option of indirect primary for elective positions in the state.Babachir Lawal, former secretary of the government of the federation (SGF), and Nuhu Ribadu, a former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), are among the stakeholders.On Monday, some APC members led by Boss Mustapha, [...]
Nuhu Ribadu, former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says the people of northern Nigeria are the most backward in the world.Ribadu said this on Wednesday while speaking at the launch of "Sect and social disorder" and "Quaranic Schools in Northern Nigeria", books edited by Abdul Rafau Mustapha and Hannah Hoechner.The event organised by Premium Times Books took [...]
Nuhu Ribadu, former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says Nigerian children will inherit failure and problems if corruption is not checked.Ribadu said this in a chat with TheCable at the one year anniversary of the implementation of the whistleblower, a project by Corruption Anonymous (CORA).The programme took place in Abuja on ThursdayHe said for the country [...]
Nuhu Ribadu, former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is doing “extremely well” in the fight against corruption.Speaking on the sideline of an anti-corruption townhall meeting tagged ‘A spanner in the wheel of corruption’, organised by the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Foundation in Abuja, Ribadu said there is “so much noise” [...]
Nuhu Ribadu, pioneer chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says the commission has done “fairly well” in its fight against corruption.He, however, added that for the war to be successful, law enforcement agencies like the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and the police must “wake up from their slumber”.Ribadu was speaking at an [...]
Nuhu Ribadu, former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says the unholy alliance of corrupt people against the anti-corruption war is reminiscent of 2007.Ribadu was in December 2007 removed from the position of EFCC chairman, a decision which was believed to have been engineered by parties averse to his anti-corruption crusade.According to Ribadu, the present EFCC chairman Ibrahim Magu is doing a [...]
Nuhu Ribadu, former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says Nigerians must collectively fight the war against corruption because the crooks have been winning the battle.Ribadu said this while speaking to journalists after the 12th annual public symposium organised by the Abuja chapter of Muslim Media Practitioners of Nigeria (MMPN).The chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) [...]
An FCT high court, Jabi, has struck out an application seeking an order to compel the attorney-general of the federation (AGF) to investigate former Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) chairmen for alleged corruption.Abba-Bello Muhammad, the judge, struck out the application after listening to the submission of Frank Tietie, the applicants’ counsel.Plaintiffs in the matter with suit number M/4853/17 were [...]
Nuhu Ribadu, a former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says ethnic jingoism and religious acrimony propounded by "our leaders" are the bane of Nigeria.According to the former anti-graft chief, Nigeria's challenges are linked to the shortcomings of its leaders at all levels.He noted that despite appearing cordial in public, the country's leaders scheme against each other in [...]
Farida Waziri, a former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says Nuhu Ribadu is enjoying the wealth of people he once labelled as corrupt.Ribadu, pioneer chairman of EFCC, had alleged that Mike Aondoakaa, a former attorney-general of the federation; Ben Nwabueze, a senior lawyer; and Waziri were among those who frustrated the fight against corruption in the country.But [...]
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