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High profile corruption cases Nigerians expect in 2021 The Supreme Court in 2020 overturned convictions of some politically exposed persons for corruption and directed the prosecuting agencies to conduct fresh trials. 6 min read The Supreme Court of Nigeria in 2020 overturned the convictions in some high-profile corruption cases involving politically exposed persons and directed the prosecuting agencies to conduct fresh trials. Other courts during the year also adjourned the trial of several other corruption cases to next year. The convicts who got out of jail and now face fre...

‘Still Far from a Country’ In my piece of 4/9/2018 titled “Still Far from a Country”, I said: “Today, most of the signs that Nigeria may be on its way to being a failed State, are apparent. Even if we do not qualify to be called a failed State, Nigeria is certainly a dysfunctional, fragile/crisis State”. I gave some reasons for my assertion – weak and failing institutions, poor infrastructure, insecurity and internal violence (Boko Haram, Robbers and Herdsmen), poverty, hunger and suffering of majority of Nigerians, greedy elite, political shenanigans, high level of corruption a...

Views: Visits 62 One of the campaign promises of President Muhammadu Buhari was to stage an all-round war against corruption using the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). It is almost six years down the line and to say that genuine efforts have been made in this war, would be akin to a scenario where a basket is being used to fill a bucket. However, the Buhari administration believes otherwise. It is of the opinion that a milestone in the corruption fight was is gradually being reached. The Street Journal shares some of these corruption cases tied with unusual strings of...

By Alex Enumah Following the foreclosure of his right to file a no-case submission in his alleged money laundering trial, former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, yesterday disclosed that he would call 24 witnesses to prove his innocence of the charges against him. Maina and a firm, Common Input Ltd are standing trial on a 12-count charge bordering on money laundering to the tune of N2 billion preferred against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Maina had, on December 9, hinted of filing a no-case submission since all the ...

Political and legal experts have expressed worry over the Federal Government’s several investigative panels without tangible results brought back to the public. The experts said the panels which are supposed to bring public office holders to account should be more transparent to the Nigerian public. “Over the years, the government has set up probe panels which only made the news, gathered the reactions and agitations of Nigerians for a short while and fizzled out. It is not surprising though that those who are heads of these panels end up being charged with corruption themselves at the en...