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Anyone who read the Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index report for 2018 will surely not have a good picture of what is happening in Nigeria. But it will not be the fault of TI, which appropriately categorized the report as mere perception-because that’s what it is. In the report, Nigeria still scored 27 out of 100 points as it did in 2017 even though so much have happened since then. The only positive in the report is that Nigeria moved four steps up in the list of countries with positive perception…

The chairman of presidential advisory committee against corruption (PACAC), Itse Sagay, has said former president Olusegun Obasanjo is addicted to a substance called power. He said that Obasanjo has never recovered from his power addiction and is parading himself as the President-General of Nigeria for life. He further accused the former president of lacking respect, dignity, restraint and decorum. Sagay, who spoke in reaction to Obasanjo’s latest criticism of President Muhammadu Buhari, said: “We have had a number…

Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Prof Itse Sagay (SAN) has reacted to the allegation of non-declaration of asset levelled against the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen. Recall that the petition was first written to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) by the Anti-Corruption and Research Based Date Initiative (ARDI). The CCB, thereafter acted on it by writing a petition to the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT.…

On November 14, 2018, the Saturday Sun led its front page with the bold headline: "The Atiku Dilemma," with two accompanying riders: 1. We want to prosecute him for graft but no evidence to nail him, says Itse Sagay; and 2. Ex-VP now vindicated - PDP. Sagay is chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), one of the bodies empanelled by President Muhammadu Buhari to deepen his so-called war against graft in Nigeria. Given the albeit selective disposition of the Buhari administration to the…

Sources close to the Presidency say Mrs Kemi Adeosun, who resigned as minister of finance this morning, may face prosecution over alleged forgery. Adeosun, THE WHISTLER reliably learnt, was asked by the Presidency to turn in her resignation letter on Thursday. The former finance minister has been enmeshed in a scandal after Premium Times, an online newspaper, reported that the minister forged an exemption certificate of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). The NYSC law stipulates that, “with effect from 1…

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, has accused Switzerland of condoning the huge amount of money stolen and stashed in the country by late Nigerian ruler, Sani Abacha. He said this while speaking on Tuesday morning at the opening of 2nd International Conference on Combating Illicit Financial Flows and Enhancing Asset Recovery for Sustainable Development, organised by the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC). The minister queried the country for making the process of repatriation of…

Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Itse Sagay, says the federal government can fund the 2019 elections if the National Assembly fails to approve funds for the polls. In a statement on Wednesday, Sagay said the legislature will constitute a sabotage to Nigeria’s democracy if elections are not held. President Muhammadu Buhari had last month written to the National Assembly requesting for the approval of N242 billion for the 2019 polls. The President’s request came shortly…

Chairman of Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Itse Sagay, has said that nothing will make the federal government sack the minister of finance, Kemi Adeosun who has been accused of forging her National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) exemption certificate. Recall that Premium Times had broken the news of the forgery of Adeosun’s NYSC exemption certificate 34 days ago. She is, however, yet to react to the allegation. Speaking with The Nation on Thursday, Sagay said the youth service is irrelevant…

Chairman of Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Itse Sagay, has urged Bukola Saraki to relinquish his position as Senate President. Sagay, who said this in reaction to the Senate president’s defection to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, said he should step down as a matter of honour. Although he is not compelled by law to step down, Sagay who is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, said two-thirds of senators present and voting at a meeting, and not the entire Senate is needed to…

Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN) has reacted to the siege laid on the National Assembly by Department of State Service (DSS) operatives. Reacting shortly after Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo sacked the DG DSS, Lawal Daura, Sagay said he was “very shocked” to hear that Daura ordered the barricading of the National Assembly without authorisation from the Presidency. Sagay said Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo had no choice than to fire the ex-DSS boss.…