Thursday, November 5, 2026

Anti-Corruption

December 16, 2022

EFCC nabs Yahaya Bello’s nephew Aliyu over N10 billion fraud

Kogi’s information commissioner Kingsley Fanwo accused EFCC of “desperation to crucify Kogi state at all costs.”

ALIYU BELLO AND YAHAYA BELLO
December 15, 2022

Ex-Twitter employee selling users’ private info to Saudi government arrested, jailed

Twitter policies required Abouammo to protect user information and disclose conflicts of interest, but he did not.

A composite of Ahmad Abouammo and Twitter used to illustrate story.
December 15, 2022

EFCC recovered N134.3 billion, $121 million from fraudsters in 10 months: Bawa

Mr Bawa said that President Muhammadu Buhari had directed that the recovered funds be deployed to critical projects across the country.

Abdulrasheed Bawa
December 15, 2022

Asset Forfeiture: We have no hands in Ekweremadu’s London detention, EFCC tells court

He said the EFCC was neither the agency that arrested Mr Ekweremadu and his wife in London nor was it a party in the case abroad.

Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice Ekweremadu
December 15, 2022

Ruling on Ekweremadu’s plea against seized property set for January

January 25 has been fixed to rule Mr Ekweremadu’s plea against forfeiture of his seized

Ike Ekweremadu and Nwanneka Ekeremadu
December 15, 2022

Civil Defence inaugurates anti-corruption unit

According to the NSCDC chief, from 2018 to date, ACTU has recovered over N120 million from various corruption-related cases.

NSCDC officers
December 14, 2022

Court restrains police from harassing suspended Kano anti-graft agency boss

Mr Rimin-Gado instituted the suit challenging his suspension against the Kano State government and five others.

Muhuyi Rimin-Gado
December 14, 2022

FTX cofounder Sam Bankman-Fried denied bail in Bahamas 

Disgraced FTX cofounder Sam Bankman-Fried was denied bail by a Bahamas judge who cited a ‘great’ risk of flight as the reason for the denial.

December 13, 2022

Denmark largest bank Danske defrauds U.S. banks, forfeits $2 billion

Today Danske Bank pled guilty to conspiring to commit bank fraud, will forfeit over $2 billion, and will implement and maintain a revamped compliance program and AML controls.

DANSKE BANK and FBI
December 13, 2022

Large turnout as EFCC auctions 80 forfeited cars in Ibadan

Bidders at the auction, held at the Lekan Salami Stadium in Ibadan, Oyo State, expressed mixed feelings towards the process.

EFCC auctions cars