The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), the country’s premier Film Trade Association Body, has announced good news for cinema lovers on the occasion of the International Cinema Day. Opeyemi Ajayi, the chairman of the…
Breaking: Top Zimbabwean journalist detained after his home…
A Zimbabwean journalist, Hopewell Chin'ono; was violently detained at his home in the capital Harare by state agents Monday. His lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa was cited by local media outlets as confirming the early morning raid…
Nigerian president removes anti-corruption body boss
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday ordered the immediate suspension of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, and instituted an investigation against him for his alleged involvement in various…
Nigeria: Osinbajo didn’t collect N4bn from Magu –Aide
The Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, on Wednesday said there was no truth in some reports (The PUNCH not included) that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo received N4bn…
Nigerian president suspends head of anti-corruption agency
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has suspended the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu on charges of embezzlement. Magu was on Monday invited to appear before a Presidential Panel that…
Zimbabwe: Health minister Moyo sacked
Health and Child Care Minister Dr Obadiah Moyo was yesterday fired by President Mnangagwa for inappropriate conduct. He is facing criminal charges over a procurement deal for overpriced medical supplies that was eventually killed on…
Ex-Algerian prime minister jailed 12 years for corruption
An Algerian criminal court sentenced a former prime minister and energy minister to prison on corruption charges, in the latest crackdown on former officials in an OPEC nation struggling to allay youth discontent with the…
DR Congo president’s ex-chief of staff jailed 20…
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s embattled chief of staff, Vital Kamerhe, was jailed 20 years with hard labour on charges of corruption. State prosecution having accused Kamerhe of embezzling state funds through the award of…
Sports: Corruption trial of Lamine Diack opens
Lamine Diack, the former head of athletics’ governing body, goes on trial in Paris on Monday on charges of corruption and money laundering linked to a Russian doping scandal. Prosecutors allege he solicited 3.45 million…
U.S calls for probe against AfDB president
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has rejected plans by the African Development Bank’s board to end an investigation into its president, Akinwumi Adesina, and called for an independent probe into allegations against him. In a…
Nigeria arrests Chinese over $250K cash bribe for…
Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC; reported the arrest of two Chinese businessmen who attempted to bribe an official to cover up corrupt deals. The EFCC via its social media handles…
Former Ivorian Prime Minister Guillaume Soro jailed 20…
An Ivorian court on Tuesday sentenced former Prime Minister Guillaume Soro, who has been living in exile since December 2019, to 20 years in prison for corruption. This ruling is likely to end Soro’s political…
Jacob Zuma appoints a new lawyer and threatens…
It’s yet unclear whether the Jacob Zuma corruption trial will resume on its scheduled date, but the former South African president has made a big change to his counsel. There has been long-standing speculation over…
Account in Nigeria linked to European COVID-19 mask…
INTERPOL on Tuesday unmasked an international COVID-19 fraud racket straddling three European countries – Germany, Ireland and the Netherlands. Nigeria was mentioned, as home to an account that was to receive a fraudulent onward transfer…
Corruption, lack of rule of law will be…
Uganda is yet to fully appreciate the extent of the exposure that citizens have been put to, but this could happen within a week or two after a number of officials, who claimed to love…
Court rejects ex-South African president Zuma’s bid to…
South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has rejected former president Jacob Zuma’s application to appeal a lower court’s decision that he should stand trial for corruption, a registrar of the court said on Friday.…
Uganda Hosts Commonwealth Anti-Corruption Conference
Anti-corruption chiefs will convene in Kampala from 6th to 11th May 2019 to discuss ways of dealing with corruption, one of the major problems facing governments around the globe. The Inspectorate of Government will tomorrow…
