Saturday, October 31, 2026

Anti-Corruption

January 8, 2025

Property Seizure: Ex-KASCO boss says Kano anti-graft agency violated court order

Mr Inuwa said the court granted his order directing the respondents to forthwith remove and retrieve the police officers stationed on the premises.

Kano anti-corruption commission
January 7, 2025

Alleged Money Laundering: Court orders temporary forfeiture of $378,000, Maybach to FG

Mr Aliyu said the alleged unlawful activities of the respondents had continued to cause untold hardship on honest Nigerians, especially, students of tertiary institutions.

ICPC
January 7, 2025

Nigerian man jailed 11 years in U.S. for money laundering, passport fraud

Chukwunonso Obiora organised scheme to receive and withdraw over $6.5 million in criminal proceeds from business email compromise schemes

Inmates in U.S. prison
January 6, 2025

EFCC says 27 anti-graft officials sacked for fraud, misconduct in 2024

The EFCC boss enjoined the public to always report such disreputable elements to the Commission.

Olanipekun Olukoyede and EFCC logo
January 6, 2025

Three Chinese nationals caught with gold bars, nearly $1 million cash

“They owed $10 million in taxes and fines to the government,” Mr Purusi said about another set of illegal miners.

Gold bars and dollar cash
January 6, 2025

Scandal rocks Niger civil service recruitment as politicians allegedly ‘hijack’ list of successful applicants

“I applied and wrote the exams. I scored below average. But I got a message later asking for my appearance at the commission headquarters,” an applicant admitted.

Niger governor and state secretariat
January 3, 2025

U.S. court orders FBI to transfer $6 million forfeited by American arms dealer to Nigeria’s lawyer Jovi Usude

The Ara Dolarian case —finally a big win for Nigeria — is among a litany of cases Nigeria is fighting on international soil to protect its assets from getting yanked.

Tinubu; military-grade weapons; Biden
January 3, 2025

UST, LUNA Crash: Terraform CEO Do Kwon extradited to U.S. over $40 billion fraud charges 

As a result, the value of UST and LUNA crashed and investors suffered over $40 billion in losses.

Kwon arrested
January 2, 2025

Tinubu’s cronies, politicians beneficiaries of economic reforms: Rhodes-Vivour

Mr Rhodes-Vivour slammed the president’s constant promises as unrealistic, accusing Mr Tinubu of favouring his friends and politicians with his reforms.

Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour
December 31, 2024

Corrupt Persons of the Year Award: Equatorial Guinea’s president wins Lifetime Non-Achievement honour

The report said Mr Obiang, one of the world’s longest-serving dictators, “mercilessly repressed any dissent with unlawful arrests, forced disappearances, and torture.”

Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo