Lai Mohammed reveals why Ikoyi whistle blower is yet to be paid

Nigeria - Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, has explained why the statutory 5% has not been paid to the Ikoyi whistle blower.

The Minister said Federal Government has not paid due to controversy surrounding the identity of the real whistleblower.

Finance Minister reveals success of Whistle blowing policy: 5000 tips received, N11bn recovered

Nigeria - The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, has said that the Federal Government recovered N11.6 billion so far from the tips they received since the Whistleblower Policy was launched in December 2016.

Speaking yesterday in Abuja at the fifth Bureau of Public Service Reform (BPSR) Lunch Time Seminar, with the theme: ‘The Whistleblower Policy and its Implications for Public Servants’, Adeosun said that out of the 5,000 tips received government only acted on 365 of them and that N375.8 million had been paid to 20 whistleblowers who provided information that led to the recovery.

Kaboom!!! Another whistle blower leads EFCC to N4bn

Nigeria - Again, a whistle blower on Tuesday led the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to a staggering sum of N4 billion suspected to be proceeds of corruption, NAN reports.

The commission disclosed this in a Facebook post on Tuesday evening.