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According to a report from the Nigeria Electronic Fraud Forum, the banking sector in Nigeria lost over N9.5 billion to electronic fraud between 2019 and Q1 2023. Thus, in order to stop the upward trend, the forum has called for new policies and greater cooperation. The forum, presided over by the Central Bank of Nigeria, focused on “New Strategies for Combating e-Fraud in a Cashless Environment” at its general meeting held in Lagos for the...

A number of anti-corruption civil society organisations, or CSOs, have raised the stakes in what appears to be a new effort to address corruption in public procurement. Procurement Observation and Advocacy Initiative (PRADIN), in partnership with the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), and the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA), is facilitating the group, which is made up of four prominent CSOs. A 2010 study...

When asked about her involvement, the suspect stated that she had previously given Nnamdi mint cash in exchange for a reasonable commission, but that she was unable to meet up with him any more and was therefore in debt to him. “The second individual, Henry, I have returned N2.5 million to him, leaving a balance of N5.1 million,” she said. “The balance of N5.1 million” This has been going on for a number of weeks...