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• Arraigned202667 sources

  Abdulfatah Ahmed

  Alhaji Dr.

• Under investigation20261 source

  Addax Petroleum

  Switzerland-based oil-and-gas subsidiary of Chinese state-owned Sinopec.

• Under investigation20262 sources

  Bashir Nura Alkali

  Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and second defendant in the EFCC's 21-count charge against ex-minister Farouq.

• Convicted20263 sources

  Chukwunyere Nwabuoku

  Convicted in March 2026 on nine counts of money laundering and sentenced to 72 years without option of fine for offences committed 2019–2021 while Director of Finance and Accounts at the Ministry of D

• Arraigned202612 sources

  Diezani Alison-Madueke

  Petroleum minister 2010–2015 under President Goodluck Jonathan; first female president of OPEC.

• Institution20262 sources

  Economic and Financial Crimes Commission

  Nigeria's principal anti-corruption agency.

• Alleged20262 sources

  Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu

  Former Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

• Institution20262 sources

  Energy Commission of Nigeria

  Federal agency responsible for coordinating Nigeria's energy policy.

• Institution20261 source

  Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development

  Buhari-era ministry created in 2019 to oversee Nigeria's social-protection portfolio (NSIP, CCT, NSSNCO, Rapid Response Register).

• Institution20261 source

  Federal Ministry of Power (Nigeria)

  Ministry whose budget for the Mambilla and Zungeru hydroelectric projects was diverted under Minister Saleh Mamman per Justice Omotosho's 7 May 2026 ruling.

• Under investigation202647 sources

  Gboyega Oyetola

  Adegboyega Isiaka Oyetola (born 29 September 1954 in Iragbiji, Boripe LGA, Osun State) is a former insurance executive who became the long-serving Chief of Staff to Governor Rauf Aregbesola (2011-2018

• Alleged202619 sources

  Ibrahim Gaidam

  Alhaji Ibrahim Liman Gaidam (also spelled Geidam, born 15 September 1956 in Bukarti, Yunusari LGA, Yobe State) is a Nigerian accountant-turned-politician who served as Governor of Yobe State for two f

• Institution20262 sources

  Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission

  Nigeria's other anti-corruption agency.

• Context20261 source

  Justice Justine Thornton

  Presiding judge at Southwark Crown Court in R v Alison-Madueke et al.

• Scandal20263 sources

  Kaduna State CCTV Security Project

  Project to install a state-wide CCTV security network in Kaduna under the El-Rufai administration.

• Alleged202622 sources

  Major-General (Rtd) Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola

  Major-General (Rtd) Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola (b.

• Scandal20262 sources

  Mambilla Hydroelectric Power Project

  Proposed 3,050MW hydroelectric plant in Taraba State, designed to be Nigeria's largest power facility.

• Alleged20262 sources

  Misa Limited

  Recipient entity named in count 3 of the EFCC's 17-count charge against Tunde Ayeni.

• Dismissed20265 sources

  Muazu Babangida Aliyu

  Two-term Governor of Niger State (2007–2015), once styled 'Chief Servant'.

• Under investigation20266 sources

  Mustapha Abdullahi

  Tinubu-appointed DG of the Energy Commission of Nigeria (appointed 24 October 2023).

• Arraigned20266 sources

  Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai

  Two-term former Governor of Kaduna State (2015–2023), now a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress.

• Institution20261 source

  National Social Safety Net Coordinating Office

  Federal social-protection programme office that ran the Rapid Response Register beneficiary-validation effort.

• Institution20261 source

  Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation

  State-owned oil and gas corporation.

• Alleged20261 source

  Okoronkwo Law Firm IOLTA (Los Angeles)

  An Interest on Lawyers' Trust Account (IOLTA) at Okoronkwo's Los Angeles law firm, used to receive the October 2015 wire from Addax Petroleum.

• Arraigned20263 sources

  Olajimi Shakiru Adebisi Lawal

  Long-standing El-Rufai aide and senior counsellor on investment in Kaduna State (2015–2023).

• Convicted20264 sources

  Paulinus Iheanacho Okoronkwo

  Former General Manager of NNPC's Upstream Division.

• Under investigation20264 sources

  Sadiya Umar Farouq

  Inaugural Minister of Humanitarian Affairs under Buhari (2019–2023).

• Convicted20265 sources

  Saleh Mamman

  Former Minister of Power under Buhari (Aug 2019–Sep 2021).

• Alleged20262 sources

  Singularity Network Security Limited

  Recipient of the December 2015 ₦8.

• Alleged20261 source

  Sinopec (China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation)

  Chinese state-owned petroleum, gas, and petrochemical conglomerate.

• Scandal20262 sources

  Skye Bank Plc Depositor-Funds Misappropriation

  Scandal cluster surrounding the collapse of the defunct Skye Bank Plc (subsumed into Polaris Bank in 2018).

• Arraigned20264 sources

  Tunde Ayeni

  Tunde Ayeni, former Chairman of the defunct Skye Bank Plc, was arraigned by the EFCC on 4 May 2026 before Justice Jude Onwuzuruike of the FCT High Court (Apo) on a 17-count charge alleging criminal br

• Institution20262 sources

  UK National Crime Agency — International Corruption Unit

  Led the decade-long investigation into Diezani Alison-Madueke.

• Institution20262 sources

  US Attorney's Office, Central District of California

  US federal prosecutorial office.

• Scandal20262 sources

  Zungeru Hydroelectric Power Project

  700MW hydroelectric project in Niger State.

• Alleged202536 sources

  Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole

  Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole is a former labour leader (NLC President, 1999-2007) who became Governor of Edo State from November 12, 2008 to November 12, 2016 under the Action Congress (later APC) banner, b

• Convicted202537 sources

  General Sani Abacha

  General Sani Abacha (20 September 1943 - 8 June 1998) was Nigeria's military Head of State from 17 November 1993 until his death in office on 8 June 1998, officially of a heart attack.

• Alleged202520 sources

  Mohammed Namadi Sambo

  Architect Mohammed Namadi Sambo (born 2 August 1954) is a Nigerian politician who served as Governor of Kaduna State (29 May 2007 - 19 May 2010) on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform, and as

• Alleged202524 sources

  Muhammadu Buhari

  Major General Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR (17 December 1942 - 13 July 2025) was a Nigerian military officer and politician who served as Military Head of State from 31 December 1983 to 27 August 1985 and a

• Alleged202520 sources

  Peter Odili

  Peter Odili, governor of Rivers State for two terms under the Obasanjo era, became the subject of an EFCC investigation in late 2006 covering allegations of fraud, conversion of public funds, money la

• Arraigned20242 sources

  Alhaji Hadi Abubakar Sirika

  Former Minister of Aviation (2015–2023, Buhari administration).

• Arraigned20241 source

  Nenadi Usman

  Director of Finance, Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organisation (2015).

• Arraigned20241 source

  Olisa Metuh

  National publicity secretary, People's Democratic Party (PDP).

• Alleged202425 sources

  Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso

  Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso served two terms as Governor of Kano State (1999-2003, 2011-2015), as Federal Minister of Defence under President Obasanjo (2003-2006), and as Senator for Kano Central (2015-2019)

• Alleged202326 sources

  Atiku Abubakar

  Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President of Nigeria (29 May 1999 - 29 May 2007) under President Olusegun Obasanjo, is among the most enduringly investigated yet never personally convicted political figur

• Arraigned202316 sources

  Rochas Anayo Okorocha

  Rochas Okorocha is a two-term former Governor of Imo State (2011-2019) and former Senator for Imo West (2019-2023) who faced an EFCC 17-count criminal charge alleging the diversion of approximately N2

• Arraigned202217 sources

  Alhaji Mukhtar Ramalan Yero

  Alhaji Mukhtar Ramalan Yero is a former PDP Governor of Kaduna State who served from December 2012 to May 2015, having succeeded the late Sir Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa following Yakowa's death in a Niger

• Convicted20226 sources

  Chief Olabisi Onabanjo

  Victor Olabisi Onabanjo (1927-1990) was the first elected civilian Governor of Ogun State, serving October 1979 to December 1983 on the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) platform during Nigeria's Second Re

• Convicted202221 sources

  Jolly Tanko Nyame

  Reverend Jolly Tanko Nyame (born 25 December 1955, Zing, Taraba State) is a Nigerian clergyman and politician whose political career spans every republic since Nigeria's transition programme of the ea

• Arraigned20212 sources

  Abubakar Aliyu

  4th defendant in EFCC N29 billion fraud case against Murtala Nyako.