President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration will make sure that looters do not enjoy the fruit of their crimes.Buhari said this on Thursday when he received the report of the committee he set up to audit recovered funds.He described corruption as a threat to the well-being, national security, and economy of Nigeria."We will not allow the wanton diversion and embezzlement [...]
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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the federal government to reconsider its plan to share the $320bn Abacha loot among poor households in Nigeria.In May, President Muhammadu Buhari said the recovered loot will be put into the conditional cash transfers (CCT) scheme targeted at the “poorest of Nigerians”.Tukur Rumar, representative of the National Cash Transfer Office (NCTO), [...]

President Muhammadu Buhari says his government is in talks with that of the United States on how to repatriate $500m looted fund stashed in banks worldwide.The president disclosed this while addressing journalists after his meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House.According to him, the attorneys-general of both countries will work together to ensure the return of the fund.“Our [...]

Some civil society organisations (CSOs) have decided to monitor how the $321 million repatriated from the Swiss government as part of the fund stolen by Sani Abacha, former military head of state, is spent.The organisations made this known on at a citizens' dialogue on 'Trending Corruption Issues in Nigeria' organised by Strengthening Citizens Resistance Against Prevalence of Corruption (SCRAP-C), a [...]

The federal government says it is set to recover another $321 million looted fund from Switzerland, in addition to the $85 million earlier recovered.Abubakar Malami, minister of justice and attorney-general of the federation, said this on Wednesday while speaking to state house correspondents after the federal executive council meeting."As you are aware, the federal government has been making efforts to [...]

Lai Mohammed, minister of information, says the federal government owes indicted persons who have voluntarily returned their loot the obligation to respect their privacy.Speaking on Channels TV on Sunday, Mohammed said some of those indicted in the anti-graft war had voluntarily returned their loot.He said releasing their names was not “morally right”, adding that some of them were not aware [...]