Whistleblowers have a key role in protecting the public, companies and institutions from undetected corruption, mismanagement and other misconduct, and their damaging consequences. They enable early detection of wrongdoing, giving organisations the opportunity to take action before a situation causes…
Whistleblowers are important players in national and European efforts to detect and prevent corruption, which costs the EU hundreds of billions of euros every year. Their importance is regularly illustrated by the scandals they uncover, everything from industrial-scale procurement fraud to money laundering.…
Abraham Taiwo, an accountant and whistleblower at the Ibadan-based Forest Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN), described how he lost his job as a result of disclosing corrupt practices in the organisation. FRIN is a parastatal of the Federal Ministry of…
The Coalition for Whistleblowers Protection and Press Freedom (CWPPF) vehemently condemns the unwarranted arrest, incarceration, and arraignment of Mr. Gabriel Idibia, Head of Bureau Northern Operations at Daybreak Nigeria, by operation ‘’Yaki’’ police in Kaduna on November 13th. Mr. Idibia…
Eurojust and the Attorney General of Nigeria, Mr Lateef Olasunkanmi Fagbemi, SAN, signed on 9 November a Working Arrangement to enable structured and closer cooperation in the fight against organised crime groups (OCGs). This paves the way for the establishment…
Continued delay of the enactment of a whistleblower protection legislation is hindering progress in the federal government’s anti-corruption crusade, according to stakeholders at a whistleblowing policy roundtable themed “Towards A Whistleblower Protection Law In Nigeria,” which held November 7, 2023,…