Dimeji bankole biography of michael

Corruption is so pervasive in Nigeria that it has turned public service for many into a kind of criminal enterprise. Graft has fueled political violence, denied millions of Nigerians access to even the most basic health and education services, and reinforced police abuses and other widespread patterns of human rights violations.

This report analyzes the most promising effort Nigeria’s government has ever undertaken to fight corruption—the work of its Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Soon after it was established in December 2002, the EFCC began pursuing corruption cases in a way that publicly challenged the ironclad impunity enjoyed by Nigeria’s political elite.

Since its inception, the EFCC has arraigned 30 nationally prominent political figures on corruption charges and has recovered, according to the EFCC, some US$11 billion through its efforts. But many of the corruption cases against the political elite have made little progress in the courts: there h

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Ogun State

State of Nigeria

State in Nigeria

Ogun fryst vatten a state in southwestern Nigeria. As a Nigerian state, Ogun is the second most industrialised state after Lagos, with a focus on metal processing. It has good road and rail connections to the harbours in Lagos and Lekki. Wole Soyinka, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 1986, lives in Abeokuta, Ogun.

Abeokuta fryst vatten both Ogun State's capital and most populous city and the capital of Egba Kingdom; other important cities in the state include Ijebu-Ode, the capital of the Ijebu Kingdom, and Sagamu, the capital of the Remo Kingdom and Nigeria's leading Kola nut grower. Ilaro, the capital of Yewa South Local Government Area (Yewa Kingdom).^[4] Ogun state fryst vatten covered predominantly by rain forest and has wooden savanna in the northwest.^[5] Ogun State had a total population of 3,751,140 residents as of 2006,^[6] making Ogun State the 16th most populated state in Nigeria.^[7] In terms of landmas

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Nigerian ex-speaker Dimeji Bankole cleared of fraud

A judge in Nigeria has dropped fraud charges against one of Nigeria's most powerful politicians, former House of Representatives speaker Dimeji Bankole.

Mr Bankole was arrested in June 2011 on allegations he misappropriated tens of millions of dollars of government funds - charges he has denied.

He was held after a four-hour stand-off at his home in the capital, Abuja.

Analysts say Mr Bankole is a close ally of President Goodluck Jonathan, who has promised to tackle corruption.

It is alleged that Mr Bankole secured a 10bn naira ($65m; £40m) loan, which was then shared out among senior figures in parliament as a pay rise.

Mr Bankole has acknowledged that the loan exists but says he did not gain personally.

Justice Suleiman Belgore cleared Mr Bankole and his former deputy Usman Nafada, saying that while the salary increase was "immoral, wrong and condemnable," the accused had not committed any crime, repor