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  • Alleged0 sources

    ITB Construction

    Chagoury Group subsidiary; contracted for Snake Island port terminal (2026).

  • Alleged1 source

    Jackson Gaius-Obaseki

    Former NNPC Group Managing Director; RMAFC report indicated 445,000 barrels of crude oil and ₦302B shortfall not accounted for 2002

  • Alleged1 source

    Jean-Pierre Delarue

    Regional Area Manager, SAGEM S.

  • Alleged2 sources

    Jide Omokore

    Nigerian oil executive alleged to have provided bribes/benefits to Diezani 2011-2015.

  • Alleged1 source

    K. Are Nigeria Limited

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  • Alleged17 sources

    Kashim Shettima Mustapha

    Kashim Shettima Mustapha is the sitting Vice President of Nigeria, having been sworn in on 29 May 2023 alongside President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the APC ticket.

  • Alleged1 source

    Kayode Fayemi

    APC candidate in Ekiti election, is noted as having lost despite APC allegedly distributing ₦5,000 per voter

  • Alleged1 source

    Kolawole Akanni Aluko

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

  • Alleged2 sources

    Kolawole Aluko

    Nigerian businessman alleged to have bankrolled Diezani's luxury spending 2011-2015, including £2m+ at Harrods, London property refurbishment (£4.

  • Alleged1 source

    Kubara Asimi Salawu

    Kubara Asimi Salawu is designated as a terrorist financier by the Nigeria Sanctions Committee (NIGSAC).

  • Alleged1 source

    Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa

    No substantiated corruption cases against Lucky Aiyedatiwa in current corpus.

  • Alleged1 source

    Mahmud Shata

    Former Minister of State, Ministry of Internal Affairs, indicted in SAGEM scandal

  • Alleged2 sources

    Martin Elechi

    Chief Martin Nwancho Elechi served two terms as PDP Governor of Ebonyi State (2007–2015), succeeding Sam Egwu.

  • Alleged0 sources

    Mecosta Securities Ltd

    Shell company used in the Abacha-era Ajaokuta steel-fund fraud; named in US DOJ civil-forfeiture filings and the Bagudu settlement.

  • Alleged2 sources

    Melrose General Services Limited

    Shell company registered as alleged conduit for Paris Club refund diversion.

  • Alleged1 source

    Mohammed Saleh Buba

    Mohammed Saleh Buba is designated as a terrorist financier by the Nigeria Sanctions Committee (NIGSAC).

  • Alleged1 source

    Muhammad Lawan Sani

    Muhammad Lawan Sani is designated as a terrorist financier by the Nigeria Sanctions Committee (NIGSAC).

  • Alleged5 sources

    Musiliu Olatunde Obanikoro

    Former PDP Senator and Nigerian High Commissioner to Ghana; appointed Minister of State for Defence under President Jonathan in 2014.

  • Alleged2 sources

    Nasiru Haladu Danu

    APC chieftain and public works contractor.

  • Alleged1 source

    NHD Interbiz Projects Ltd

    Shell company incorporated in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on November 28, 2007 (registration 720228).

  • 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

  • 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

  • Alleged10 sources

    Olawale Edun

    Long-standing Tinubu economic-policy ally.

  • Alleged1 source

    Pentagon Engineering Service

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

  • 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

  • Alleged1 source

    R.O. Akerele

    Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Internal Affairs, indicted in SAGEM scandal

  • Alleged1 source

    Rabiu Idris Suleiman

    Rabiu Idris Suleiman is designated as a terrorist financier by the Nigeria Sanctions Committee (NIGSAC).

  • Alleged1 source

    Ray Dokpesi

    Owner of DAAR Communications, is alleged to have received ₦2.

  • Alleged3 sources

    Ronald Chagoury Jr.

    Son of Gilbert Chagoury.

  • Alleged1 source

    SAGEM S.A.

    French company awarded controversial $214M National Identity Card contract in Nigeria 2001

  • Alleged1 source

    Sallamudeen Abdullahi Hassan

    Sallamudeen Abdullahi Hassan is designated as a terrorist financier by the Nigeria Sanctions Committee (NIGSAC).

  • Alleged2 sources

    Sebore Farms & Extension Limited

    6th defendant in N29 billion Adamawa fraud case.

  • Alleged20 sources

    Senator (Dr.) Muhammad Adamu Aliero

    Senator (Dr.

  • Alleged19 sources

    Senator Alhaji Bukar Abba Ibrahim

    Senator Alhaji Bukar Abba Ibrahim (c.

  • Alleged61 sources

    Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio

    Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio is the incumbent President of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, third in the constitutional line of presidential succession after the Vice President.

  • Alleged4 sources

    Senator Isiaka Abiola Adeyemi Ajimobi

    After Ajimobi left office in May 2019, his successor Seyi Makinde formally requested the EFCC and ICPC to probe him over alleged mismanagement of Oyo State funds, and the Centre for Anti-Corruption an

  • Alleged1 source

    Settings Bureau de Change Ltd

    Settings Bureau de Change Ltd is a Nigerian-registered business entity designated by the Nigeria Sanctions Committee (NIGSAC) as a terrorist-financing-associated entity.

  • Alleged8 sources

    Seyi Tinubu

    Son of President Bola Tinubu.

  • Alleged0 sources

    SG Ruegg Bank Geneva

    Swiss bank named in multiple sources as key for Abacha-era and Chagoury-linked fund movements.

  • Alleged1 source

    Shehu Shagari

    President 1979–83; over $16B in oil revenues is alleged to have been lost during his tenure

  • Alleged3 sources

    Shuaibu Salisu

    Former Director of Finance and Administration in the Office of the National Security Adviser; operated a joint CBN account with Sambo Dasuki.

  • Alleged2 sources

    Simbi Wabote

    Former Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (2016-2023).

  • Alleged1 source

    Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa

    Prime Minister of First Republic, presided over widespread corruption and public fund looting

  • Alleged2 sources

    SPOG Petrochemical

    Petrochemical company whose officers are alleged to have provided bribes and benefits to Diezani Alison-Madueke in exchange for lucrative state contracts.

  • Alleged1 source

    Steve Oronsaye

    Principal Secretary to President Obasanjo; chaired inter-agency committee drafting AML laws post-FATF blacklisting

  • Alleged1 source

    Suhailah Bashir General Enterprises

    Suhailah Bashir General Enterprises is a Nigerian-registered business entity designated by the Nigeria Sanctions Committee (NIGSAC) as a terrorist-financing-associated entity.

  • Alleged4 sources

    Sylvan McNamara Limited

    Diamond Bank account held by a company whose principal signatory is Ibrahim Babajide Obanikoro — son of former Minister of State for Defence Musiliu Obanikoro; co-signatory Gbolahan Obanikoro.