By Chukwudi Nweje Assistant Features Editor

Culled from Daily Independent

Thursday, 31 2013

Debo Adeniran

What would have been a bloodbath was averted on Wednesday when the Police at the office of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission (ICPC) shot into the air to disperse members of the Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders  (CACOL) who had come to submit a petition at the commission’s Ikoyi office in Lagos.

CACOL, led by Debo Adeniran, its Executive Chairman, had gone to the ICPC office to submit a petition demanding the investigation of Stella Oduah, the Minister of Aviation, over the controversial purchase of two bulletproof armoured cars at a possibly over invoiced cost of N225 million. Continue reading “Group clashes with security agents at ICPC office”

What would have been a bloodbath was averted on Wednesday when the Police at the office of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission (ICPC) shot into the air to disperse members of the Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) who had come to submit a petition at the commission’s Ikoyi office in Lagos.

CACOL, led by Debo Adeniran, its Executive Chairman, had gone to the ICPC office to submit a petition demanding the investigation of Stella Oduah, the Minister of Aviation, over the controversial purchase of two bulletproof armoured cars at a possibly over invoiced cost of N225 million. Continue reading “Group Clashes With Security Agents At ICPC Office”

Published on October 30, 2013 by pmnews

The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) on Wednesday staged a protest in Lagos to demand investigation and prosecution of Aviation Minister, Ms Stella Oduah, over the alleged purchase of two armoured BMW cars.

CACOL, an NGO, staged the protest at the office of the Independent Corrupt Practice and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) in Lagos, and presented a petition to the commission.

Oduah had been embroiled in controversy over the alleged purchase of two armoured BMW cars for her by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) valued at N225 million. Continue reading “CACOL Petitions ICPC Over Armoured Cars Scandal”

Culled from THE PUNCH

Members of the Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders protesting at the Independent Corrupt Practices and other-Related Offences Commission office in Ikoyi, Lagos … on Wednesday.
| credits: Goke Famadewa.

Protesters on Wednesday stormed the Lagos Office of the Independent Corrupt Practice and Other Related Offences Commission, requesting that the embattled Minister of Aviation, Ms Stella Oduah, be tried and jailed if found guilty.

The protesters, who stormed the ICPC office around 10.15am, defied confrontation by armed policemen who shot thrice into the air and civil defence officers to gain entrance into the premises of the commission. Continue reading “Anti-corruption protesters want Oduah jailed”

Monday, October 28, 2013

Culled from Daily Independent

It is not news that Nigeria has some of the largest deposits of natural resources to be found in any single country in the world. With a crud oil industry averaging over 2.28 million barrels per day, Nigeria is one of the largest producers of crud oil in Africa and the 11th largest in the world. As a matter of fact, informed analysts estimate that at the current level of exploration and even if no new deposits are discovered, the deposits being explored would last no less than 45 years. The country also has an estimated 100 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and is richly endowed with a variety of solid minerals ranging from precious metals to various stones and other industrial minerals. In addition to these, Nigeria also has vast arable land that can sustain agriculture. With these potentials, expectations are that Nigerians would rank among the richest people in the world. This is however not the case. To the contrary, the United Nations poverty index estimates that about 70 per cent of Nigerians live below the poverty level. Continue reading “Sanusi’s antidote to poverty in Nigeria”

Culled from Daily Sun

Our Reporter October 28, 2013

By RAZAQ BAMIDELE

When the Senate Committee on Constitution Review under the leadership of the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu organized public hearing over the exercise, one of the aspects of the constitution that elicited the hottest debate is the immunity clause.
The clause, which is number 308 in the 1999 constitution provides shield for the President, his vice as well as governors and their deputies against prosecution as long as they are in office. The outcry that followed the insistence of a section of the country to retain the controversial clause was borne out of the belief that it gives room for high level corruption and outright impunity. Continue reading “Immunity clause and post tenure prosecution”