Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Anti-Corruption

August 20, 2023

Police charge Lagos businessman Akintoye Akindele for offering N150 million bribe to officer probing $5.6 million fraud

The police said the investigation followed a petition submitted to the Inspector-General of Police FIB by Summit Oil International Limited.

Akintoye Akindele
August 19, 2023

Reps summon accountant-general, EFCC, others over non-remittance of housing funds

He also urged the affected institutions and government officials to submit memorandums and other relevant documents to the committee’s secretariat.

House of Reps
August 19, 2023

FBI arraigns Nigerian, Sakiru Ambali, over $25 million wire fraud; faces 30-year imprisonment

Mr Ambali was arrested in Frankfurt, Germany, as he travelled back to Canada from Nigeria.

U.S prison
August 18, 2023

Bauchi govt. sacks two senior civil servants for alleged forgery, corruption

This is contained in a statement by the information officer, BSCSC, Saleh Umar, in Bauchi on Friday.

Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed
August 18, 2023

SSS arrests NIRSAL boss Abbas Masanawa for ‘conspiring with Emefiele’ to loot printing and minting corporation

It was not immediately clear why President Bola Tinubu approved the detention of Mr Masanawa without first suspending him from office.

Abbas Umar Masanawa and SSS agents
August 17, 2023

U.S. court convicts, jails Nigerian fraudster 45 months for wire fraud

Okechukwu Iwuji obtained at least $475,710 of victim funds from Roberto and other co-conspirators and transferred some funds to third party-Nigerian bank accounts.

United States District Court of Guam and FBI AGENTS
August 17, 2023

Fraudsters issuing invitation letters for recruitment into immigration service: NIS

NIS has warned the public, especially applicants, to be wary of fraudulent invitation letters for recruitment.

NIS OPERATIVES
August 17, 2023

NEITI reviews 2020-2021 oil, gas, mining industries’ reports

The reports covered 69 companies and 12 government agencies, and one state-owned enterprise for the oil and gas reports.

Dangote refinery
August 17, 2023

Administrative bail is free; no money collected from lawyers, detained suspects’ families: EFCC

Ms Rufa’u said EFCC does not charge a fee from lawyers or family members of detained suspects before releasing them on bail.

EFCC, Ruben Abati, Musiliu Obanikoro and Femi Fani-Kayode
August 16, 2023

State Department bans Congolese officials from entering U.S. over corruption, collecting bribes from China

They were found guilty of abusing their positions by trafficking chimpanzees, gorillas, okapi, and other protected wildlife from the DRC to China.

Cosma Wilungula Balongelwa and Augustin Ngumbi Amuri