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Immunity from prosecution for corruption

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • Nigeria, United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 14 2013

Transparency International has published an interesting news feature on the numerous examples of corrupt senior politicians relying on immunities to

Anti-fraud EFCC agents jailed for taking bribes

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • Nigeria
  • -
  • November 1 2012

In early October, two Nigerian anti-corruption agents were themselves jailed for accepting bribes

Corruption digest

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • -
  • Nigeria
  • -
  • July 19 2012

A Nigerian lawmaker, Mr Farouk Lawan, who led a bribery investigation into a fuel subsidy programme has reportedly been questioned by police over alleged bribes

Corruption digest

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • -
  • Nigeria
  • -
  • May 17 2012

Members of ABIA State House of Assembly have been accused of collecting between N1 million and N2 million in bribes to clear commissioner and transitional committee chairman nominees sent to the House by the governor for screening

Corruption digest

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • -
  • Nigeria
  • -
  • May 17 2012

The Senate has challenged the Pension Reform Taskforce Team to disclose the names of the Senators who allegedly took a N8.4 billion bribe from the team to affect the outcome of the investigation into pension funds

Individual SEC prosecutions in Panalpina matters

  • Jenner & Block
  • -
  • Nigeria, USA
  • -
  • April 30 2012

The first individual prosecutions arising from the Panalpina FCPA matters which were settled in the Fall of 2010 and involved freight forwarder Panalpina and several oil & gas companies upon whose behalf Panalpina paid bribes to customs officials have now been filed, in this case by the SEC

Former governor of Delta State, Nigeria sentenced

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • Nigeria, United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 24 2012

On 17 April 2012, James Ibori was sentenced to 13 years' imprisonment by a British court for money laundering offences

Charges against former bank CEO dismissed

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • Nigeria
  • -
  • April 24 2012

On 2 April 2012, a Federal High Court in Lagos struck out the 26 count criminal charges, including money laundering and granting unsecured loans, that had been filed against Erastus Akingbola, the former CEO of Intercontinental Bank Plc

Corruption digest

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • -
  • Nigeria
  • -
  • April 16 2012

The Chairman of the House Committee on Capital Markets (House Committee), Mr Herman Hembe, and the Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), Ms Arumah Oteh, have been embroiled in controversy following mutual allegations of corruption

Nigerian former state governor extradited to UK on corruption charges

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • -
  • Nigeria, United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 27 2011

James Onanefe Ibori, one of Nigeria's wealthiest politicians, has been charged in London with 25 offences relating to money laundering and fraud

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