Corruption

Corruption

Nigerians charged in $100m U.S. tax refund fraud scheme

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U.S. prosecutors have charged two Nigerians over an alleged scheme to defraud the Internal Revenue...
Corruption

How Nigeria secured a rare elite corruption conviction

Olawale Afolabi -
On Monday, a senior Nigerian official who once rose to oversee the country’s treasury...
Corruption

Freed by Biden, Nigerian in multimillion dollar fraud faces U.S. citizenship loss

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The U.S. Department of Justice has moved to revoke the American citizenship of a...
Oil & Gas

Tinubu meets Eni as Nigeria resolves OPL 245 dispute behind historic oil corruption trial

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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Claudio Descalzi, chief executive of Italian energy giant Eni,...
Corruption

Former NNPC general manager sentenced to prison in U.S. over $2.1 million bribe

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A former general manager of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has been sentenced...
Corruption

Court orders forfeiture of 57 properties linked to ex-Attorney General Malami

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A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the interim forfeiture of 57 high-value...
Corruption

Reporters worldwide reveal billions in dirty money moving through crypto

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A sweeping new investigation has revealed how some of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges...
Corruption

TIMELINE: Otudeko cleared of N12.3bn fraud a week after massive share sale

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Nigeria’s anti-graft agency has withdrawn a high-profile ₦12.3 billion fraud case against Oba Otudeko,...
Corruption

Binance executive detained in Nigeria accuses top officials of seeking bribe

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Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan who was detained for months by the Nigerian government has...
Corruption

Nigeria arraigns Chinese nationals for “cyber-terrorism & fraud”

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The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday...
Corruption

Former First Bank chiefs Otudeko, Onasanya face N12.3bn fraud charges

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a 13-count charge against Oba...
Corruption

Nigeria’s graft agency EFCC reveals rot within, sacks 27 for corruption

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nigeria’s foremost anti-corruption agency, has become embroiled...
Corruption

Nigeria Supreme Court scores zero in government ethics test

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Nigeria's Supreme Court scored zero in a government ethics and integrity test, trailing hundreds...
Corruption

Nigerian govt officials received over N700 billion in cash bribes in 2023

Glory Okah -
Nigerian public officials accepted at least N721 billion in cash bribes in 2023, the...
Corruption

Video prompts rare EFCC arrest of officers who assaulted woman

Deborah Alu -
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said its management has ordered the arrest...
Corruption

Kaduna Assembly seeks prosecution of El-Rufai for alleged corruption

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A committee set up by the Kaduna State House of Assembly to investigate the...
Corruption

Former Gov. Ganduje faces corruption charges over dollar video

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Abdullahi Ganduje, the former governor of Kano State and current national chairman of the...
Corruption

Nigeria’s corruption index score shows surprise improvement

Eric Ojo -
Nigeria recorded a modest improvement in Transparency International's 2023 Corruption Perception Index (CPI), released...
Corruption

Tinubu suspends Minister Edu accused of fraud

Eric Ojo -
President Bola Tinubu has suspended the humanitarian minister, Betta Edu, after revelations of multiple...
Corruption

Amount involved in Nigeria’s humanitarian ministry “fraud” may exceed N37 billion – EFCC

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says the amount allegedly stolen at the...
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