Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Anti-Corruption

September 4, 2023

FCT judges accuse chief justice of stealing multibillion-naira allowances, leaving them vulnerable to bribe traffickers

In discreet interviews conducted over seven weeks, five judges, in a rare move, supplied our newsroom with unspeakable humiliation they endured under Husseini Baba-Yusuf.

Justice Husseini Baba-Yusuf
August 31, 2023

Nigeria’s Great Green Wall agency used N81.2 billion to plant trees: Reps

Mr Bukar said the agency planted one million trees in Borno, Yobe and other states, adding that N2.4 billion was released in the first phase and N7.3 billion in the second.

Nigerian Agency for Great Green Wall
August 31, 2023

UK-based Nigerian fraudster extradited to U.S., jailed 90 months

“International criminal organizations using schemes that target and steal from the elderly will be held responsible for their despicable actions,” said Special Agent in Charge Scott Brown of HSI

HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS OPERATIVES
August 30, 2023

Chinese secretly mining titanium ore in Nigeria intercepted; Ruitai firm shut

Ruitai’s board of directors are all Chinese nationals not eligible to acquire a small-scale mining licence as claimed.

Mining site
August 30, 2023

Cross River suspends hospital vendor over financial fraud, mismanagement

“How do you ensure quality assurance when you do not even have pharmacy technicians, which is a minimum requirement for such services?”

General Hospital Calabar, Cross River State
August 30, 2023

FBI takes down cybercriminal Qakbot malware in multinational operation

Qakbot malware infected over 700,000 victim computers, facilitated ransomware deployments and caused multimillion-dollar damages worldwide.

Qakbot and FBI operatives
August 29, 2023

Extortion: IGP Egbetokun warns police officers against stealing money from drivers

Acting inspector general of police Kayode Egbetokun has warned on Tuesday that severe sanctions await police officers extorting and harassing drivers.

POLICE OFFICERS ACCOSTING MOTORIST
August 29, 2023

Hundreds of thousands forced into internet fraud in Asia, UN says

At least 120,000 people are believed to be affected in Myanmar alone, with 100,000 more in Cambodia.

Internet Fraudster
August 29, 2023

Kano govt drags EFCC, ICPC to court for ‘intimidating’ state anti-corruption agency

”The recent intimidations and smear campaigns against the commission are the handiwork of people with skeletons in their cupboard.

Kano anti-corruption agency, EFCC, ICPC
August 28, 2023

Katsina first state to implement TSA to stop stealing: Commissioner

“If government accounts are unified in a single unit, it will block lickages.”

Governor Dikko Radda