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- 19 Aug 2016
US Embassy Officials Aid Corruption in Nigeria- Report
A recent report by the Council on Foreign Relations says that despite the United States’ government efforts to combat illicit finance, poor governance, and violent extremism in Nigeria and the world…
- 20 Jun 2017
Siemens Says Corruption Will Cost Nigeria 37% of its GDP by 2030
Giving the Federal Government’s determination to stop corruption, Siemens Nigeria has said that corruption will cost the nation 37 percent of its Gross Domestic Product, GDP, if both the public and…
- 6 Jun 2021
Foreign Banks aid $18Bn Corruption in Nigeria Annually- TI
Transparency International (TI) has alleged that international enablers headquartered in Beijing, Dubai, London and New York are parts of every single illicit transaction perpetrated in Nigeria,…
- 17 Jan 2017
Rolls-Royce Forks Out $807m to Settle Bribery Cases in Nigeria, Others
Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc agreed to pay about 670 million pounds ($807 million) to resolve long-running U.S. and U.K. investigations into allegations its representatives bribed foreign officials to…
- 19 Jan 2017
Nigeria Risks Losing 37% Of GDP to Corruption By 2030- Allianz
Corruption in Nigeria could cost up to 37% of GDP by 2030 if it’s not dealt with immediately, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) has warned. AGCS is the Allianz centre of expertise for…
- 28 Aug 2017
Economic Summit Makes Case for Innovation to Transform Nigeria
The WorldStage Economic Summit 2017 held at the Event Centre of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Lagos on August 23, with the theme ‘Transforming Business and Economy Through Innovation’ has…
- 6 Dec 2017
Firm Seeks Criminal Case against Shell, CEO over Nigeria Deal
A Dutch law firm has asked the public prosecutor in the Netherlands to file a case against Royal Dutch Shell, its CEO and former executives of over what it says were criminal actions relating to a…
- 28 Apr 2025
US Identifies Corruption as Key Barrier to Trade and Investment in Nigeria
United States government has identified corruption as the primary obstacle to trade and investment in Nigeria, as outlined in the 2025 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers. The…
- 19 May 2017
Military Chiefs, Others Steal $15Bn- TI
Former military chiefs and politicians have reportedly stolen a whopping $15 billion – a sum equivalent to half of Nigeria’s foreign currency reserves – through “fraudulent arms procurement deals” in…
- 21 Oct 2013
Key Measures Point Stinky Fingers @ Nigeria
From pervasive corruption to alarming incidences of intellectual property theft, Nigeria has been ranked among the bottom 10 performers in the world according to a compilation by ENDS.ng, Every…
- 22 Oct 2016
Under Jonathan N1.3Trillon was Stolen by 55 People
Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) has said that 55 people stole N1.3trillion from the national treasury in seven years under President Goodluck Jonathan’s watch. The…
- 10 Nov 2019
Group, CBN in War of Words over Redeployment of Suspended Deputy Gov
Citizens Committee for Corruption-Free Nigeria (CCCN), an anti-corruption group, has called out Mr. Godwin Emefiele, governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), for redeploying a deputy governor to the…
- 9 Sept 2015
NLC Calls for Death Penalty against Corrupt Officials
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and Civil Society on Tuesday advocated for capital punishment against corrupt officials as obtained in China and India. Ayuba Wabba, NLC…
- 14 Mar 2014
Fighting Corruption: A War for All
Corruption is a global, stigmatic and dreaded bane of economic development. It is a societal endemic plague that has ravaging effects on the progress of every nation, no matter how wealthy the nation…
- 19 Feb 2016
Rule of Law not Defence for Corruption Suspects - Minister
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, minister of Information and Culture, has said that the present administration will continue to fight corruption within the confines of the Rule of Law, but warned that it (Rule…
- 8 Oct 2016
Buhari Asks EFCC to Probe His Children if Found Corrupt
President Muhammadu Buhari has got sterner with his war against corruption as he has reportedly told the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and other anti-graft agencies to probe even…
- 17 Jun 2015
Buhari Demands Seized $9.3m Arms Money from S/Africa, Probes Deal
Federal Government has said that it will demand for the release of the $9.3 million weapon money seized from some agents of the immediate past administration of Goodluck Jonathan by the…
- 28 Dec 2017
Forensic Auditors Raise Alarm over Looting in Public Sector
Association of Forensic and Investigative Auditors (AFIA) has raised alarm over increasing rate of fraud and corruption in Nigeria and the Africa’s public sector. AFIA noted that with fraud…
- 19 Jun 2018
CACOL Accuses CBN of Misappropriating ABP’s N55Bn
Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership (CACOL) has urged the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to probe the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over…
- 25 Jan 2016
Reps Mull Hanging, Amputation for Treasury Looters
Umar Yakubu Barde, minority whip of the House of Representatives, has said some concerned members of the House “have started talking on how to enact laws that will ensure that looters are either hang…
- 25 Jul 2018
Judiciary, Banks Chase Shadows as another Banking Crisis Looms
Nearly ten years ago the Central Bank of Nigeria conducted a deep assessment of the country’s banks. The 2009 exercise exposed large-scale fraud committed by a number of CEOs. To save…
- 30 Aug 2016
Messy Fight, Corruption Allegations Stall Return of N218Bn Abacha Loot
Nigeria stands the risk of forfeiting a hefty N218.3 billion ($550 million) already recovered from Nigeria’s late military dictator Sani Abacha’s, estate if a suit filed by an American-based Nigerian…
- 8 Aug 2024
Some N700Bn Paid as Bribes in 2023 in Nigeria — ICPC Boss
Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu, chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has said that an estimated 87 million bribes amounting to N700 billion were paid in 2023…
- 17 May 2020
ASCSN Says NIMC Can Help Improve Security, Fight Corruption
The organised Labour has said that the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), can improve the security situation and fight against corruption in Nigeria in no small measure if the Federal…
- 10 May 2022
FG Withdraws Charges of Cyberstalking against Suraju, HEDA Chair
Federal government on Tuesday withdrew cyberstalking charges against Olanrewaju Suraju, chairman, Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA). Olanrewaju Suraju, chairman, Human and…
- 25 Jul 2016
Youths Key to Winning Anti-Corruption Fight- Badejo-Okusanya
The federal government’s on-going fight against corruption stands the risk of being totally dissipated if concise and strategic effort is not made to drive change in the mindset of the today’s…
- 24 Apr 2017
EFCC Requires Computer Forensic Experts in Anti-Graft Fight- Adeoye
Concerned by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) inability to win high-profile cases in its anti-graft fight, Information technology expert, Mr. Aderogba Adeoye, has suggested the Agency…
- 29 Sept 2018
From Brazil to Nigeria, a Trail of Samsung's Graft Inclination
Samsung Heavy Industries, SHI, the South Korean ship builder, has been in the news in Nigeria, since January this year following the arrival into the country of the multi-billion dollar Egina…
- 14 Jul 2021
EFCC Launches Eagle Eye App for Online Reporting of Economic Crimes
Economic and Financial Crimes commission, (EFCC), has launched Eagle Eye, an App, designed to ease the process of reporting economic and financial crimes in Nigeria. Abdulrasheed Bawa, executive…
- 8 May 2015
Buhari Reveals His 3 Top To-Do List
Muhammadu Buhari, president-elect, has listed his three most important to-do-things after he would be inaugurated on May 29, saying that his administration would kill corruption before it kills…