Nigeria Corruption Statistics

A retired Air Force senior officer, Air Vice-Marshal Alkali Mohammadu Mamu, jailed over bribery charges, has regained his freedom after paying N500,000 fine.

The House of Representatives has said it is still considering filing a defamation suit against the minister of Niger Delta affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio.

Maina's lawyer, Adeola Adedipe, on Tuesday, July 28 confirmed his client's release on Monday, July 27, adding that he has completed the necessary documents.

A report has indicated that top former governors and traditional rulers were listed as beneficiaries of contracts from the Niger Delta Development Commission.

Rab’iu Kwankwaso, a former governor of Kano said the rampant corrupt practices in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) made him resign from the agency.

Former Emir of Kano and ex-Central Bank of Nigeria governor, Muhammad Sanusi, has described nepotism as the worst form of corruption in the W/African country.