Nigeria’s anti-graft agency seized over $43 million in cash during a raid on a Lagos apartment in what it hailed as a victory for President Muhammadu Buhari’s war on corruption following a string of setbacks. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said in a statement issued late Wednesday it discovered the “humongous” amount of … Read more
A judge in Lagos on Thursday ordered Nigeria’s anti-graft agency to release one of several bank accounts frozen as part of an inquiry into the wife of former president Goodluck Jonathan. Patience Jonathan had filed a complaint against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in September, claiming that she is the rightful owner of … Read more
One of the national media highlights of year 2016 happened on October 14, 2016, when Dr. Reuben Abati, the former Special Assistant on Media to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, GCFR, inundated the print and electronic media with a write-up tagged, “The Spiritual Side of Aso Rock,”Nigeria’s presidential office/residence. The macabre narrative showed the administration of President … Read more
Patience Jonathan’s husband was voted out of office last year Nigeria’s former First Lady Patience Jonathan is suing the anti-corruption agency for freezing some of her bank accounts, the private Vanguard newspaper reports. She has filed court papers, demanding that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) unfreeze the accounts and pay her $200m (£160m) … Read more
Public communication is one of the most delicate challenges that people in public life face, either in the corporate or the public sector. Many people suddenly find themselves in high places, and they become a source of news, a potential interview subject, and they get chased around by journalists and other media figures who want … Read more
Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency has confirmed to the BBC that former first lady Patience Jonathan is taking the agency to court following an investigation into the four of her bank accounts. But the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) refused to confirm whether it had blocked any of her funds. A letter from her lawyers, published … Read more