Bribery and corruption

  • Ex-minister faults Tinubu’s remark on bribe-seeking officials

    Osita Chidoka, a former Minister of Aviation, has described President Bola Tinubu’s comment on Nigeria’s bribe seeking officials as unfortunate. MEZIESBLOG recalls that Tinubu had during a meeting in Qatar told investors to report any Nigerian official asking them for a bribe. However, reacting to the statement on Channels Television’s current affairs show, Sunday Politics,…

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  • Ex-FBI agent faces more jail time for taking foreign payments

    An ex-FBI agent has been sentenced to prison for accepting $225,000 from a foreign government while serving in the agency. Charles McGonigal, 55, was found guilty of taking money from an Albanian agent. At the time, McGonigal oversaw counterintelligence and national-security matters as the top agent in the FBI’s New York office from 2017 and…

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