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• Institution1 source

  Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA)

  Federal maritime regulatory agency.

• Institution1 source

  Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company (NSPM)

  State printer; linked to Okonyomon polymer bribery scandal

• Under investigation1 source

  Nnamdi Azikiwe

  President of First Republic and Premier of Eastern Region; is alleged to have failed to sever links to African Continental Bank when he took office, investigated by Foster-Sutton Tribunal 1956

• Alleged1 source

  Nuhu Ribadu

  Is the founding EFCC executive chairman (2003–2007), led 250+ financial crime convictions and recovered $5B+ in assets; survived two alleged assassination attempts

• Alleged40 sources

  Nyesom Ezenwo Wike

  Nyesom Ezenwo Wike is one of the most consequential political figures of the Fourth Republic in the South-South: Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly (1999-2007), Local Government Chairman of

• Alleged1 source

  Obafemi Awolowo

  First Premier of Western Region; found culpable by Coker Commission 1962 for Western Region Marketing Board mismanagement; un-repaid loans of millions of pounds

• Arraigned2 sources

  Obiora Amobi

  Operations Manager of Melrose General Services Limited.

• Context1 source

  Oby Ezekwesili

  Presidential governance adviser, later Minister of Education; is noted as having inadvertently triggered Nigeria's FATF reform response

• Institution1 source

  Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions of the Federation

  Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions of the Federation (DPPF) — the federal prosecutorial arm within the Federal Ministry of Justice, responsible for filing charges and prosecuting federal-ju

• Institution2 sources

  Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA)

  Office attached to the Presidency that coordinates national-security policy.

• Context1 source

  Ogbonnaya Onu

  First civilian Governor of Abia State (Jan 1992 – Nov 1993) on the NRC platform during the Third Republic; later Minister of Science & Technology under Buhari (2015–2022).

• Institution1 source

  Ogun State Government

  Ogun State — one of the 36 constituent states of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, created in 1976.

• Context1 source

  Okezie Ikpeazu

  Two-term PDP Governor of Abia State (2015–2023), succeeded by Alex Otti.

• 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.

• Arraigned1 source

  Okoi Obono-Obla and 2 others

  HEDA 2021 Compendium case #40 (p.

• Alleged1 source

  Okwesilieze Nwodo

  Former Governor of Enugu State and PDP secretary, indicted in SAGEM National ID Card scandal

• Alleged1 source

  Olajide Omokore

  Business associate of Alison-Madueke, is alleged to have received illicitly awarded NNPC subsidiary contracts

• Arraigned1 source

  Olatunji Oyeyemi Moronfoye

  HEDA 2021 Compendium case #32 (p.

• Alleged10 sources

  Olawale Edun

  Long-standing Tinubu economic-policy ally.

• Arraigned1 source

  Olisa Metu

  Former PDP Publicity Secretary, is alleged to have been tried and remanded on several counts

• Arraigned1 source

  Olisah Metuh -N400 Million Fraud

  Former PDP National Publicity Secretary, charged in connection with the receipt of ₦400 million linked to the ONSA arms-procurement diversion (Dasukigate).

• Dismissed19 sources

  Olubukola Abubakar Saraki

  Two-term Governor of Kwara State (2003-2011); 8th President of the Senate (2015-2019).

• Arraigned1 source

  Olufemi Babalola

  Owner of Pentagon Engineering Service, the vendor entity at the center of the Oyo State contract-conspiracy charges.

• Institution1 source

  Ondo State Government

  Ondo State — one of the 36 constituent states of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, created in 1976.

• Arraigned1 source

  Ope Saraki N220 Million Contract Scam

  HEDA 2021 Compendium case #96 (p.

• Under investigation1 source

  Orji Kalu

  State governor, is mentioned as having owned newspapers and allegedly launched media campaign against EFCC while under investigation

• Arraigned12 sources

  Orji Uzor Kalu

  Former Abia State Governor Orji Uzor Kalu was convicted by the Federal High Court Lagos on 5 December 2019 on a 39-count N7.

• Arraigned1 source

  Osagie Ize-Iyamu

  HEDA 2021 Compendium case #23 (p.

• Context1 source

  Oserheimen Osunbor

  Brief PDP Governor of Edo State (May 2007 – Nov 2008); a law professor, his election was annulled by the Court of Appeal on 11 November 2008 and Adams Oshiomhole sworn in the next day.

• Institution1 source

  Osun State Government

  Osun State — one of the 36 constituent states of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, created in 1991.

• Arraigned1 source

  Otunba Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala

  Former Governor of Oyo State (2007-2011).

• Arraigned6 sources

  Otunba Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala

  Christopher Alao-Akala, PDP governor of Oyo State 2007–2011 (after taking office in January 2006 when his predecessor Rashidi Ladoja was impeached), was arrested by the EFCC in October 2011 alongside

• Arraigned43 sources

  Otunba Olugbenga Daniel

  Otunba Olugbenga Justus Daniel (born 6 April 1956 in Ibadan, Oyo State, to the Most Rev.

• Institution1 source

  Oyo State Government

  Oyo State — one of the 36 constituent states of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, created in 1976.

• Scandal6 sources

  Panama Papers

  A journalistic disclosure event, not a corruption finding.

• Scandal11 sources

  Pandora Papers

  A journalistic disclosure event, not a corruption finding.

• Context1 source

  Paris Club

  Wrote off $18B of Nigeria's $30B debt in 2005, linked to reform progress

• Convicted1 source

  Patience Jonathan

  Former First Lady (2010-2015), wife of President Goodluck Jonathan.

• Arraigned1 source

  Patrick Abba Moro

  Former Minister of the Interior (2011-2015).

• Context1 source

  Patrick Yakowa

  Brief Governor of Kaduna State (May 2010 – December 2012, PDP), first Christian governor of Kaduna State (from Southern Kaduna).

• Dismissed4 sources

  Patrick Ziadeke Akpobolokemi

  Former Director-General of NIMASA (2010–2015) under President Jonathan.

• Arraigned1 source

  Paul Usoro

  Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (2018-2020).

• Under investigation1 source

  Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate

  Pension body; DG arrested for ₦2.

• Alleged1 source

  Pentagon Engineering Service

  Vendor entity at the center of the Oyo State conspiracy charges.

• Institution1 source

  People's Democratic Party (PDP)

  Ruling party since 1999; is described as a vehicle of corrupt godfatherism; PDP 2003 convention linked to ₦1B+ alleged bribery of delegates

• Arraigned1 source

  Peter Hena and Others

  HEDA 2021 Compendium case #85 (p.

• Context1 source

  Peter Obi

  Two-term Governor of Anambra State (March 2006 – March 2014, APGA), interrupted by a brief 2006–07 impeachment during which Deputy Governor Virginia Etiaba became Nigeria's first female governor; rein

• Institution1 source

  Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF)

  Oil-sector training parastatal linked to Atiku Abubakar diversion allegations

• Institution1 source

  Plateau State Government

  Plateau State — one of the 36 constituent states of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, created in 1976.

• Alleged3 sources

  Prince Dapo Abiodun

  Civic-society groups HEDA and AFRICMIL filed petitions with the EFCC/ICPC during Abiodun's first term, alleging that he passed off a private rice/farm project as a state initiative and demanding a cor