Civil society organisations on Thursday called on anti-graft agencies to fish out and prosecute Nigerian suspects who benefitted from the $26m bribe that was given to some oil sector officials by Glencore, a United Kingdom subsidiary of mining and commodity trading group.
On Wednesday, the Southwark Crown Court in London was told by the Serious Fraud Office of the UK of how Glencore’s staff and middlemen gave kickbacks to the tune of $26m to officials in Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, South Sudan and Equatorial Guinea.
On Thursday, Glencore was asked by the London court to pay £281m in fines as a sanction for its part in seven bribery offences pertaining to its oil business in Africa. He noted that the wrongdoings of the company’s UK unit indicated “corporate corruption on a widespread scale, deploying very substantial sums of money in bribes.”Commenting on the development, the Executive Director, Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, Auwal Musa Rafsanjani, said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission should deliver justice against the Nigerian perpetrators.
Nigeria Latest News, Nigeria Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Abdulrazaq: Kwara is known as civil service state -- we want to change that | TheCableAbdulrahman Abdulrazaq, governor of Kwara, says his administration is determined to change the status of the state from being a predominantly civil service state.
Read more »
Pay Us Our Enments, 16 Of Our Members Dead – Abia State Pensioners Beg Governor Ikpeazu | Sahara ReportersPensioners in Abia, under the aegis of Concerned Abia Pensioners, lamented on Thursday in Umuahia, the state capital, that their coordinator, Dan Amugo, and 15 others died as a result of hardship caused by non-payment of their pensions and gratuities. The retired civil servants staged a two-day state-wide protest, demanding that they be paid their unpaid monthly pension for more than 45 months.
Read more »
Terrorists Kidnap Wife Of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps Commander, Shoot Brother In Nasarawa | Sahara ReportersThe wife of the Commander of the Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Apollos Dan-Daura has been abducted by terrorists. Dan-Daura’s wife was abducted in the Shege area of Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital on Wednesday. The commander’s younger brother who was present during the abduction was also said to have been shot. The abductors have yet to make contact with the family to demand a ransom.
Read more »
Lagos govt warns law enforcement officers against extortion, harassmentThe Lagos State Government has advised law enforcement officers to be professional and civil in their discharge of duties. Deputy Governor, Obafemi Hamzat
Read more »
Redesigning naira notes will plunge Nigerians into economic crisis - Group to FGA coalition of over 73 civil society organisations in Northern Nigeria under the auspices of Concerned Northern Forum (CNF), has opined that the move, as
Read more »
NSCDC commander’s wife abducted in NasarawaThe wife of the Commander, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC)’s Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad, Deputy Commandant Apollos Dandaura, has been abducted in Nasarawa State.
Read more »