CURRENT TRENDS OF CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA

This is your monthly roundup of reports on public corruption, graft, and integrity in Nigeria

September 1, 2025 Edition

PRIMORG NEWS
Double Salary Fraud: ICPC Secures Conviction Of Edo Civil Servant
https://primorgnews.org/double-salary-fraud-icpc-secures-conviction-of-edo-civil-servant/

PREMIUM TIMES
SERAP demands probe of alleged ₦3m “Bribe-for-Bills” scandal in National Assembly
https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/814756-serap-demands-probe-of-alleged-%E2%82%A63m-bribe-for-bills-scandal-in-national-assembly.html

NAN
EFCC to tackle corruption in real estate – Olukoyede
https://nannews.ng/2025/08/06/efcc-to-tackle-corruption-in-real-estate-olukoyede/#

ICIR
Sex for food: hunger fuels exploitation of female IDPs in Niger State
https://www.icirnigeria.org/sex-for-food-hunger-fuels-exploitation-of-female-idps-in-niger-state/

SAHARA REPORTER
Niger State Government Budgets Billions For Pilgrimage While Pupils In Kaffin Koro School Learn On Bare Floors
https://saharareporters.com/2025/09/01/niger-state-government-budgets-billions-pilgrimage-while-pupils-kaffin-koro-school-learn#google_vignette

PUNCH
Osun monarch jailed four years in US for $4.2m COVID-19 fraud
https://punchng.com/just-in-osun-monarch-jailed-four-years-in-us-for-4-2m-covid-19-fraud/

BBC NEWS
Nigeria deports Chinese scammers in crackdown on ‘foreign-led’ cyber crime
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c89059k37ezo

PUNCH
Nigeria needs deadlines for corruption trials — ICPC boss
https://punchng.com/nigeria-needs-deadlines-for-corruption-trials-icpc-boss/

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