Tag: corruption

Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, EFCC, has filed separate money laundering charges against the immediate past managing directors of the Port Harcourt ...

The anti-graft agency is preparing to prosecute some former and serving officials of the NNPC and contractors over alleged abuse ...

CISLAC/Transparency International Nigeria says the acquittal of former Petroleum Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke by a UK court is a setback for ...

Introduction Corruption in Nigeria has gone beyond episodic or high-profile malfeasance to become a systemic, normalised, and almost ritualised feature ...

"They asked me to submit the account number so that some money would be sent to me and that I ...

After nearly four months of proceedings at London’s Southwark Crown Court, the jury in the bribery trial of former Nigerian ...

...the jury is in. Corruption renders an economy more fragile. It worsens insecurity simply from the ease with which it ...

The former Chinese defence ministers, Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu, were both sentenced to death with ​a two-year reprieve over ...

The former minister told the UK court on Wednesday that decisions on contracts were processed through multiple agencies before reaching ...

Henry Okoye, the police spokesperson in Imo, disclosed this at a news briefing in Owerri on Sunday.

Former petroleum minister Diezani Alison-Madueke has denied allegations of bribery and corruption before a UK court, insisting she neither solicited ...

As the 2027 elections approach, the implications are stark. If the current system remains unchanged, the country risks another cycle ...

The judge imposed a N500,000 fine on EFCC after the former CBN governor Godwin Emefiele’s corruption trial stalled on Tuesday.

The EFCC chair noted that only a few countries within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have enacted ...

The lawmakers were also told that other training programmes and procurement exercises undertaken by the commission involved inflated contract values.

BPP said the new system allows it to track the progress of constituency projects through both technological and manual mechanisms. ...

Nigeria fell two places to 142nd position out of 182 countries in the 2025 CPI ranking released on Tuesday.

Mr Hikima lamented that Mr Ganduje was sighted at the Kano State Government House celebrating with Governor Yusuf despite allegedly ...

The UK trial is expected to run for several weeks and could carry significant penalties if she is convicted.

Former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami. The lesson is stark and unavoidable: the office you hold today will ...

Until Africa returns to this fundamental truth, that no one is above the law and that justice must be blind ...

EFCC said suspects from ruling, opposition, and non-partisan backgrounds do not enjoy immunity and are investigated and prosecuted equally.

Mr Bello also said President Bola Tinubu has approved a massive increase in the CCB's budget from about N3 billion ...

The event was organised by the Leadership Institute Nigeria in collaboration with the African Leadership Institute USA.