June 14th, 2018A Nigerian court on Tuesday sentenced a serving senator, Joshua Dariye, to 14 years over corruption charges.
Dariye, a former governor of the North-central Plateau State, was charged for allegedly diverting about 1.2 billion naira (about 3.3 million U.S. dollars) while in office as governor.
Two weeks ago, the same high court in...
May 28th, 2018Anti-corruption group Transparency International said on Monday Nigeria’s government has in the run-up to elections expanded the use of opaque $670 million-a-year funds that fuel graft.
The funds, known as “security votes”, are a relic of military rule, mainly disbursed in hard cash and nominally released for dealing with...
March 29th, 2018Royal Dutch Shell has filed a criminal complaint against a former senior employee over suspected bribes in the $390 million sale of an oilfield in Nigeria, where the company is already under investigation over a separate deal.
Dutch prosecutors confirmed they had received the complaint against Peter Robinson, a former vice president...
March 5th, 2018An Italian trial which sees Anglo Dutch firm Shell and Italy’s Eni face corruption charges over a $1.3bn Nigerian oil deal should act as a wake-up call to the oil industry, campaigners have said.
The court case starting on Monday has been brought by Milan prosecutors and centres on alleged bribes paid by the oil companies to win a...
November 30th, 2017The European Union (EU) has launched a four-year programme in support of justice sector reforms and anti-corruption war in Nigeria.
This was disclosed on Tuesday by the EU Ambassador and Head of Delegation to Nigeria and Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS), Mr.Kurt Cornelis, at the official launch of the programme in...
November 14th, 2017The Nigerian government has paid more than 20 whistleblowers since the policy introduced in 2016 as part of initiatives against corruption. Kemi Adeosun, the Minister of Finance, disclosed the numbers as she denied government was withholding any funds to whistleblowers.
It could not be ascertained how much had been paid. Adeosun thus...
November 1st, 2017Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari fired two top aides facing graft allegations after receiving the report of an investigation he ordered.
David Lawal was replaced as the secretary to the government by Boss Mustapha with “immediate effect,” while Ayo Oke was fired as the director general of the National Intelligence Agency...
August 22nd, 2017Nigeria has joined 71 other countries to combat tax evasion as the Federal Inland Revenue Service has signed two major multilateral instruments.
These instruments are the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (MLI) and the Common Reporting Standard (CRS)...
August 11th, 2017Nigeria’s anti-graft agency said it traced at least $615 million of allegedly illegally acquired cash and properties to the West Africa nation’s former oil minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke.
In addition to “boxes of gold, silver and diamond jewelry, worth several million pounds” found at her residence, the Economic and...
July 25th, 2017Some federal lawmakers from Nigeria, together with their counterparts from other African countries, have pledged to tackle modern slavery and related issues like human trafficking, forced labour and commercial sexual exploitation.
The lawmakers promised to combat modern slavery through the reviewing and strengthening of the existing...
