•Former Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates Portugal’s former prime minister, Jose Socrates went on trial today on corruption charges in a long-running case already being dubbed the “trial of the century” in local media. Socrates, who led the country between 2005 and 2011, is accused of amassing a fortune of more than 34 million euros [&he...
•Timur Ivanov A Russian court jailed ex-deputy defence minister Timur Ivanov for 13 years on corruption charges today, part of a sweeping crackdown on military leaders during Moscow’s Ukraine offensive. Russia has prosecuted more than a dozen military officials and defence sector workers since last year, targeting senior figures accused of ste...
•Nasir El-Rufai Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, has alleged widespread corruption in the Nigerian judiciary, saying many judges and lawyers are corrupt. Also, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, yesterday, charged newly appointed magistrates and judges of the lower courts to uphold the highest standards of in...
•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...
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