{"id":32313,"date":"2020-09-02T19:07:31","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T16:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anticorr.media\/?p=32313"},"modified":"2020-09-02T19:08:06","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T16:08:06","slug":"nigerian-authorities-investigate-140-million-corruption-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/en\/nigerian-authorities-investigate-140-million-corruption-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian authorities investigate $ 140 million corruption case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has quizzed top management staff of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), over allegations of various acts of corruption such as diversion of funds, procurement fraud and misappropriation of the agency\u2019s Covid-19 funds, <a href=\"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/\">the Guardian Nigeria<\/a> newspaper reports.<\/p>\n<p>ICPC spokesman Azuka Ogugua, said some directors of NDDC were questioned at the Commission\u2019s headquarters recently, after months of gathering information for an investigation, following petitions from Nigerians on the alleged illegalities and contracts fraud by some officials of the agency.<\/p>\n<p>Ogugua also added that the investigation is related to the involvement of employees of NDDC in the alleged theft of Nigerian naira 5.47 billion ($ 140 million) meant for the purchase of personal protective equipment for medical workers fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The Commission is also investigating the payments of millions of naira to staff of the agency for foreign trainings during the Covid-19 full lockdown which were never attended, as well as the non-payment of entitlements to students on foreign scholarships, &#8211; Ogugua noted.<\/p>\n<p>Other allegations being investigated by ICPC include the selling of back-dated contract award letters for projects and awards of contracts that were not captured in the budget of the NDDC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has quizzed top management staff of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), over allegations of various acts of corruption such as diversion of funds, procurement fraud and misappropriation of the agency\u2019s Covid-19 funds, the Guardian Nigeria newspaper reports. ICPC spokesman Azuka Ogugua, said some directors [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32286,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2284],"class_list":["post-32313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-nigeria","has-thumb"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.2","language":"en","enabled_languages":["ru","en"],"languages":{"ru":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"en":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false}}},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nigerian authorities investigate $ 140 million corruption case - Anticorr.media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/en\/nigerian-authorities-investigate-140-million-corruption-case\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nigerian authorities investigate $ 140 million corruption case - Anticorr.media\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/en\/nigerian-authorities-investigate-140-million-corruption-case\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Anticorr.media\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/%d0%9c%d0%b5%d0%b6%d0%b4%d1%83%d0%bd%d0%b0%d1%80%d0%be%d0%b4%d0%bd%d1%8b%d0%b9-%d0%b0%d0%bd%d1%82%d0%b8%d0%ba%d0%be%d1%80%d1%80%d1%83%d0%bf%d1%86%d0%b8%d0%be%d0%bd%d0%bd%d1%8b%d0%b9-%d0%bf%d0%be%d1%80%d1%82%d0%b0%d0%bb-1862646897394802\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-09-02T16:07:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-09-02T16:08:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/0fb817e1-bd31-4cf9-bab5-2a9718a6a941.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1225\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"789\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"red_1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"red_1\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/en\/nigerian-authorities-investigate-140-million-corruption-case\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/en\/nigerian-authorities-investigate-140-million-corruption-case\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"red_1\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/#\/schema\/person\/c62c45e92e27d1c1c90683f827484a75\"},\"headline\":\"Nigerian authorities investigate $ 140 million corruption case\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-02T16:07:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-09-02T16:08:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/en\/nigerian-authorities-investigate-140-million-corruption-case\/\"},\"wordCount\":210,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/en\/nigerian-authorities-investigate-140-million-corruption-case\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/0fb817e1-bd31-4cf9-bab5-2a9718a6a941.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/en\/nigerian-authorities-investigate-140-million-corruption-case\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/en\/nigerian-authorities-investigate-140-million-corruption-case\/\",\"name\":\"Nigerian authorities investigate $ 140 million corruption case - Anticorr.media\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/en\/nigerian-authorities-investigate-140-million-corruption-case\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/en\/nigerian-authorities-investigate-140-million-corruption-case\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/0fb817e1-bd31-4cf9-bab5-2a9718a6a941.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-02T16:07:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-09-02T16:08:06+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/en\/nigerian-authorities-investigate-140-million-corruption-case\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/en\/nigerian-authorities-investigate-140-million-corruption-case\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/en\/nigerian-authorities-investigate-140-million-corruption-case\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/0fb817e1-bd31-4cf9-bab5-2a9718a6a941.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/0fb817e1-bd31-4cf9-bab5-2a9718a6a941.jpg\",\"width\":1225,\"height\":789},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/en\/nigerian-authorities-investigate-140-million-corruption-case\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"\u0413\u043b\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0430\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Nigerian authorities investigate $ 140 million corruption case\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/\",\"name\":\"Anticorr.media\",\"description\":\"International Anticorruption Media\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/#organization\",\"name\":\"\u041e\u041e\u041e \\\"\u0410\u043d\u0442\u0438\u043a\u043e\u0440\u0440-\u043c\u0435\u0434\u0438\u0430\\\"\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo_3.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo_3.jpg\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":1080,\"caption\":\"\u041e\u041e\u041e \\\"\u0410\u043d\u0442\u0438\u043a\u043e\u0440\u0440-\u043c\u0435\u0434\u0438\u0430\\\"\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\u041c\u0435\u0436\u0434\u0443\u043d\u0430\u0440\u043e\u0434\u043d\u044b\u0439-\u0430\u043d\u0442\u0438\u043a\u043e\u0440\u0440\u0443\u043f\u0446\u0438\u043e\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0439-\u043f\u043e\u0440\u0442\u0430\u043b-1862646897394802\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/#\/schema\/person\/c62c45e92e27d1c1c90683f827484a75\",\"name\":\"red_1\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/016b9a223c2bee21f7ac1a560639e9199e10f15f0295d81f54ab41aff89b5578?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/016b9a223c2bee21f7ac1a560639e9199e10f15f0295d81f54ab41aff89b5578?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"red_1\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.anticorr.media\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Nigerian authorities investigate $ 140 million corruption case - Anticorr.media","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/en\/nigerian-authorities-investigate-140-million-corruption-case\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Nigerian authorities investigate $ 140 million corruption case - Anticorr.media","og_url":"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/en\/nigerian-authorities-investigate-140-million-corruption-case\/","og_site_name":"Anticorr.media","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/%d0%9c%d0%b5%d0%b6%d0%b4%d1%83%d0%bd%d0%b0%d1%80%d0%be%d0%b4%d0%bd%d1%8b%d0%b9-%d0%b0%d0%bd%d1%82%d0%b8%d0%ba%d0%be%d1%80%d1%80%d1%83%d0%bf%d1%86%d0%b8%d0%be%d0%bd%d0%bd%d1%8b%d0%b9-%d0%bf%d0%be%d1%80%d1%82%d0%b0%d0%bb-1862646897394802\/","article_published_time":"2020-09-02T16:07:31+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-09-02T16:08:06+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1225,"height":789,"url":"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/0fb817e1-bd31-4cf9-bab5-2a9718a6a941.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"red_1","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"red_1","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/en\/nigerian-authorities-investigate-140-million-corruption-case\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/en\/nigerian-authorities-investigate-140-million-corruption-case\/"},"author":{"name":"red_1","@id":"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/#\/schema\/person\/c62c45e92e27d1c1c90683f827484a75"},"headline":"Nigerian authorities investigate $ 140 million corruption case","datePublished":"2020-09-02T16:07:31+00:00","dateModified":"2020-09-02T16:08:06+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/en\/nigerian-authorities-investigate-140-million-corruption-case\/"},"wordCount":210,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/en\/nigerian-authorities-investigate-140-million-corruption-case\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/0fb817e1-bd31-4cf9-bab5-2a9718a6a941.jpg","keywords":["Nigeria"],"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/en\/nigerian-authorities-investigate-140-million-corruption-case\/","url":"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/en\/nigerian-authorities-investigate-140-million-corruption-case\/","name":"Nigerian authorities investigate $ 140 million corruption case - Anticorr.media","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/en\/nigerian-authorities-investigate-140-million-corruption-case\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/en\/nigerian-authorities-investigate-140-million-corruption-case\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/0fb817e1-bd31-4cf9-bab5-2a9718a6a941.jpg","datePublished":"2020-09-02T16:07:31+00:00","dateModified":"2020-09-02T16:08:06+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/en\/nigerian-authorities-investigate-140-million-corruption-case\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/anticorr.media\/en\/nigerian-authorities-investigate-140-million-corruption-case\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/en\/nigerian-authorities-investigate-140-million-corruption-case\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/0fb817e1-bd31-4cf9-bab5-2a9718a6a941.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/0fb817e1-bd31-4cf9-bab5-2a9718a6a941.jpg","width":1225,"height":789},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/en\/nigerian-authorities-investigate-140-million-corruption-case\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"\u0413\u043b\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0430","item":"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Nigerian authorities investigate $ 140 million corruption case"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/#website","url":"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/","name":"Anticorr.media","description":"International Anticorruption Media","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/#organization","name":"\u041e\u041e\u041e \"\u0410\u043d\u0442\u0438\u043a\u043e\u0440\u0440-\u043c\u0435\u0434\u0438\u0430\"","url":"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo_3.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo_3.jpg","width":1080,"height":1080,"caption":"\u041e\u041e\u041e \"\u0410\u043d\u0442\u0438\u043a\u043e\u0440\u0440-\u043c\u0435\u0434\u0438\u0430\""},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\u041c\u0435\u0436\u0434\u0443\u043d\u0430\u0440\u043e\u0434\u043d\u044b\u0439-\u0430\u043d\u0442\u0438\u043a\u043e\u0440\u0440\u0443\u043f\u0446\u0438\u043e\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0439-\u043f\u043e\u0440\u0442\u0430\u043b-1862646897394802\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/#\/schema\/person\/c62c45e92e27d1c1c90683f827484a75","name":"red_1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/016b9a223c2bee21f7ac1a560639e9199e10f15f0295d81f54ab41aff89b5578?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/016b9a223c2bee21f7ac1a560639e9199e10f15f0295d81f54ab41aff89b5578?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"red_1"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.anticorr.media"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32313"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32315,"href":"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32313\/revisions\/32315"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}