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Sambo Dasuki

Dasukigate: ‘Stealing’ of public funds beyond corruption

By Anthony Kila Yes, I agree we must put issues into perspective. In so doing, we cannot but conclude that in the ongoing prosecution of the former national security...

Ibrahim Magu

Ibrahim Magu is Nigeria’s new anti-corruption boss

There’s a new sheriff in town to oversea Nigeria’s troubled anti-corruption agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). President Muhammadu...

Bukola Saraki with members of the Nigerian Labour Congress

The untouchable: Saraki taunts Nigerian workers over corruption

Amidst allegation of being a betrayal and being excessively corrupt, embattled Nigerian Senate President, Bukola Saraki, at a meeting with representatives of the...

EFCC vs Joe Musa and others Court Saga: Questions Need Asking

By Akintokunbo Adejumo It has long been certain that “the wheels of justice grind slowly”, (in Nigeria and other less refined societies, usually oiled by Corruption)...

EFCC boss Farida Waziri sacked

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has sacked the head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), a spokesman said on Wednesday, giving no reason. The...

Corruption on Trial?

Summary: Corruption on Trial? The Record of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes  Commission BY the Human Rights Watch, 2011 Corruption is so pervasive in...

Latest HRW Report on Nigeria: EFCC ineffective

AFP - Nigeria’s main anti-corruption agency has been hobbled by incompetence, internal graft allegations and suspicions of political interference, according...

Lawyer defraud Nigerian embassy of $1.6 million

Nigeria’s antigraft body says it is questioning a lawyer accused of pocketing a $1.6 million U.S. tax refund due to Nigeria’s embassy in Washington, D.C. A...

Ribadu promises to end corruption if elected

Nigeria’s former anti-corruption chief said he will end graft and improve government transparency if elected president in a vote scheduled for April. “Solving the...

EFCC detains Adamu over allegations of corruption

Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency has begun quizzing suspended FIFA executive member, Amos Adamu, over allegations of corruption. “We invited Adamu after he...