16 scandal: documented Nigerian corruption records

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• Scandal20263 sources

  Kaduna State CCTV Security Project

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

• Scandal20262 sources

  Mambilla Hydroelectric Power Project

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

• 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).

• Scandal20262 sources

  Zungeru Hydroelectric Power Project

  700MW hydroelectric project in Niger State.

• Scandal20102 sources

  Abacha Loot (multi-jurisdiction asset recovery)

  The umbrella scandal cluster covering the alleged siphoning of Nigerian public funds during the Abacha dictatorship (1993-1998) and the 25+ year multi-jurisdictional asset-recovery effort that has fol

• Scandal1 source

  Armsgate

  Cluster name for military arms procurement fraud; ~$2.

• Scandal3 sources

  Boko Haram / JAS (Jama'atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda'awati wal-Jihad)

  Boko Haram (formally Jama'atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda'awati wal-Jihad / JAS) is a Salafi-jihadist insurgent group operating principally in north-eastern Nigeria and the Lake Chad basin since roughly 2002.

• Scandal1 source

  Chagoury–Baaklini straw-donor scheme

  Scheme in which Gilbert Chagoury funnelled approximately $180,000 to four US federal political candidates across three election cycles via US-citizen conduits, with Toufic Baaklini serving as the cash

• Scandal5 sources

  Dasukigate — Office of the National Security Adviser arms-procurement scandal

  The umbrella scandal cluster covering the alleged diversion of approximately $2.

• Scandal1 source

  Galactica Star

  $80M yacht purchased with alleged proceeds of Alison-Madueke corruption, built in Netherlands

• Scandal3 sources

  Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP)

  Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) is the IS-aligned faction that split from Boko Haram/JAS in August 2016, when Abu Mus'ab al-Barnawi was named ISIS's wali for West Africa.

• Scandal1 source

  Nigeria asset-recovery disbursement gap (2021–2022 ledger)

  Aggregate departmental ledger from EFCC's Proceed of Crime (Asset Recovery & Management) Department shows a structural disbursement gap on non-cash assets even as cash recoveries are largely returned.

• Scandal1 source

  Okigbo Panel of Inquiry on the Reorganisation and Reform of the Central Bank of Nigeria

  Federal panel of inquiry chaired by economist Pius Okigbo, established to investigate management of Nigeria's Central Bank Dedication and Stabilisation accounts during the Babangida era.

• Scandal6 sources

  Panama Papers

  A journalistic disclosure event, not a corruption finding.

• Scandal11 sources

  Pandora Papers

  A journalistic disclosure event, not a corruption finding.

• Scandal1 source

  Zamfara State 'baby on payroll' ghost-employee case

  Public-sector payroll-fraud case in Zamfara State surfaced circa 2011 in which a newborn baby was placed on the state government payroll and earned approximately $150 per month for over two years, col