The Week

$43m in cash:

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Members of a Nigerian anticorrup­tion “swat team” found $43m, in cash, in an unoccupied luxury apartment in Lagos last week. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said it had been alerted by neighbours suspicious about a “haggard” woman they’d seen coming and going with large bags. The neighbours could now be in line for a $2m payoff, thanks to a new scheme to reward whistle-blowers, introduced as part of President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption drive. It’s unclear where the cash came from. This week, Nigeria’s minister for transport, Rotimi Amaechi, threatened to sue a former aviation minister for wrongly naming him as the flat’s owner.

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