Obongodu Paul Unanam

Archive The Accountability Gap

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Every issue since May 2026, newest first. Pick a subject to narrow the list.

All 23 issues.

  1. 02322 October 2026Seventeen Days Before the 2023 Election, $6.23 Million Left the Central Bank's Vault in Cash. Every Approval Behind It Is Now Said to Be Forged, and the Only Trial About It May Be About to End.Courts · Public money · Elections
  2. 02215 October 2026The EFCC Has Had Nineteen Years to Charge Atiku. This Week, 128 Days Before the Election, It Reopened His File Instead.EFCC and ICPC · Elections
  3. 0218 October 2026The Only Court That Ever Tried Diezani Found Her Not Guilty. The EFCC Says That Has Nothing to Do With the Houses It Already Sold.Asset recovery · Courts
  4. 0201 October 2026The EFCC Says Stolen Money Could Decide the 2027 Elections. Two of the Ruling Party's Senate Candidates Are Under EFCC Investigation.Elections · EFCC and ICPC
  5. 01924 September 2026Nigeria's Anti Corruption Agencies Asked for a Whistleblower Law Again on Wednesday. They Have Been Asking Since 2016.Whistleblowers
  6. 01817 September 2026The EFCC Fired 40 Staff for Corruption. A Petition Against One of Its Senior Officers Sat for 66 Days Before Anyone Outside the Building Knew It Existed.EFCC and ICPC · Whistleblowers
  7. 01710 September 2026Nigeria Built a System to Stop Ghost Workers. It Paid N941 Million to Ghosts Instead.Public money · EFCC and ICPC
  8. 0163 September 2026The EFCC Fired 40 of Its Own Staff for Corruption. Then Its Chairman Did Something This Newsletter Has Been Asking For Since July.EFCC and ICPC · Asset recovery
  9. 01527 August 2026The Budget Manager Approving a Fake Agency's Funding Had Never Seen the Rulebook He Was Supposed to Follow. ICPC Just Confirmed It in Writing.Public money · EFCC and ICPC
  10. 01420 August 2026He Won the Election. Then He Withdrew the Only Lawsuit That Could Have Told Nigeria Whether the EFCC Broke the Law.EFCC and ICPC · Elections · Courts
  11. 01313 August 2026The EFCC Froze a State's Accounts Ten Days Before an Election. Nobody, Including the President, Has Confirmed There Was Ever a Court Order.EFCC and ICPC · Elections · Courts
  12. 0126 August 2026He Paid N400 Million to a Fake Government Agency. It Had Real Government Number Plates. Nobody Has Explained How.Public money
  13. 01130 July 2026The EFCC Wants to Investigate, Hold, and Sell the Same Seized Assets. Last Week's Story Explains Why That Should Worry You.Asset recovery · EFCC and ICPC
  14. 01023 July 2026Nigeria Has Been Recovering Stolen Assets for 27 Years. It Cannot Tell You Where Any of Them Are Now.Asset recovery
  15. 00916 July 2026Nigeria's Budget Is Missing Two Percent of GDP. The IMF Had to Say So Out Loud.Public money
  16. 0089 July 2026Nigeria Just Found a Fake Government Agency in Its Own Budget. The Scary Part Is Not What You Think.Public money
  17. 0072 July 2026Nigeria Owes N159 Trillion. Nobody Is Required to Explain Why.Public money
  18. 00625 June 2026The Two Speed Justice System Nigeria Does Not Want to Talk AboutCourts · EFCC and ICPC
  19. 00518 June 2026Nigeria's Anti Corruption Agencies Are Now Blaming the Courts. They Are Not Entirely Wrong.Courts · EFCC and ICPC
  20. 00411 June 2026Why Nigeria's Whistleblower Protection Bill Keeps Dying in CommitteeWhistleblowers
  21. 0039 June 2026When the Extraterritorial Enforcer Steps Back in Global Policy JournalInternational law
  22. 0028 June 2026When Doing Nothing Becomes a Treaty Breach in International Law BlogWhistleblowers · International law
  23. 00128 May 2026The Portal Invites You. The Law Does Not Protect You. in TheCableWhistleblowers

Issues 001 to 003 ran in TheCable, International Law Blog and Global Policy Journal, so those links open the original articles.

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