•Trump and Tinubu The United States government has said that corruption remains a substantial barrier to trade and investment in Nigeria. In its latest 2025 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers, the Office of the United States Trade Representative said corruption and lack of transparency in tender processes are of great con...
•Peru’s former President Ollanta Humala A Peruvian court yesterday sentenced former President Ollanta Humala and his wife to 15 years in prison for graft linked to a globe-spanning corruption scandal involving Brazilian construction group Odebrecht paying bribes to politicians. The court found the 62-year-old and his wife Nadine Heredia guilty...
•Dollar notes The Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) Commission has revealed that the African continent is currently losing $88.6 billion yearly to corruption and illicit financial flows. The commission’s Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, Ambassador Abdel-Fatau Musah, who disclosed this yesterday in Niger S...
•Atiku Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has accused the leadership of the National Assembly of corruption over the swift approval of the state of emergency declared in Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu. Atiku made the allegation during an interview with journalist Adesuwa Giwa-Osagie on Untold Stories, a snippet of which was posted on ...
•Kenya Flag A Kenyan court today sentenced a former county governor to 12 years in prison for corruption, alongside his wife and three others. Ferdinand Waititu, former governor of the major county of Kiambu, is one of the most high-profile officials to be convicted under the government’s anti-corruption drive, reports AFP. The court in Nairob...
•Oil spillage in Ogoniland The clean-up project in Ogoniland in the Niger Delta region by Shell has been described as a “con” and a “scam” that has wasted money and left the people of the land to continue living with the devastating impact of oil pollution—13 years after a ground-breaking UN report exposed the seriousness […]...
•Kenneth Ofori-Atta Ghana’s former finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta was today declared a wanted fugitive and accused of corruption by the country’s special prosecutor. “You have two choices: either return to the jurisdiction voluntarily or the OSP (Office of the Special Prosecutor) will enforce your return,” Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng sa...
•ICPC operatives The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has arrested a Deputy Commandant of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps in Kogi State, Adam Yusuf, over alleged corruption. In a statement issued today, ICPC spokesperson Demola Bakare said Yusuf, who had been evading authorities, was apprehended...
•JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede The sacked deputy director of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Mr Yisa Usman, has said that he was determined to expose corruption in the board irrespective of the threat and intimidation against him. Usman told Justice Osatohanmwen Obaseki-Osaghae of the National Industrial Court, Abuja...
The Police Service Commission has approved the dismissal and prosecution of two Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASP) for misconduct, dishonesty, corruption, sabotage and acts unbecoming of public officers. The Commission also approved the reduction in ranks of six other officers on related offences. The officers include two Superintendent...
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