EFCC

Looted Funds: At least 3 governors on EFCC watchlist, says Bawa

Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, on Thursday said that the anti-corruption agency has placed several governors on...

EFCC Chairman, Bawa, convicted of contempt, sent to Kuje prison

A Federal High Court in Abuja has convicted the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, of contempt. Bawa’s...

Crestfallen Ekweremadu faces interim forfeiture of his 40 landed properties in Nigeria, UK others

The embattled former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, who is currently in prison in Britain is facing woeful times in his life as...

EFCC records 2,700 convictions in 2022, highest since inception — Bawa

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday disclosed that it has recorded over 2,701 financial crimes convictions as of October 7,...

Abuja Court orders final forfeiture of another set of Diezani’s homes, luxury cars to FG

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday ordered permanent forfeiture of two Abuja exotic houses and two luxury vehicles belonging to a...

$9.6bn P&ID fraud: Arrest British man, James Nolan, court orders

For jumping bail and failing to appear in court for trial, a Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday issued a bench warrant...

Alleged diversion of N1.7bn: Court acquits, discharges Ex-AIICO Capital MD, Fabunmi, 3 others

Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of a Lagos Special Offences Court, Ikeja, has discharged and acquitted a former Managing Director of AIICO Capital Ltd, Lanre...

Alleged N2.5bn fraud: Court grants Ogun Speaker, Oluomo, 2 other accomplices N500m bail

Following his arraignment for alleged N2.5 billion graft and stealing from the public till, the Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly,...

Just in: EFCC busts Ogun House of Assembly Speaker, Oluomo, at airport for alleged fraud

Amid speculations of alleged graft for several months, the Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Mr Olakunle Oluomo, has been arrested...

Naira Marley’s ex-lawyer bags two years in jail for N4m bribe

A Lagos lawyer, Taiwo Oreagba, is to spend the next 24 months behind bars for accepting a N4 million bribe. The verdict was...

In Nigeria, pilfers rot in jail, bigger thieves are set free, Nigerians say as they react to Dariye, Nyame’s release

Nigerians have expressed disgust over the release of jailed ex-Governors Joshua Dariye (Plateau) and Jolly Nyame (Taraba), on Monday, from the Kuje Prison,...

Just in: N109.5bn theft: Remanded FG’s Accountant General, Idris Ahmed, two others get bail

  The suspended Accountant-General of the Federation, Idris Ahmed, who was remanded last week in Kuje prison over alleged theft of N109. 48...

N109bn theft: Ex-AGF, others sent to prison

A Federal High Court in the Federal Capital Territory on Friday remanded a former Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, and two others...

Corruption allegation: FG drops Anamekwe as Acting Accountant-General, names Sylvis as replacement

The acting Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Mr Chukwuyere Nwabuoku Anamekwe has been fired and another acting holder of the office has been...

N322m laundering charge: Nigerian Senator jailed

After defecting from PDP to APC in 2021 ostensibly for a safe haven, serving Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, is to spend the next seven...

Buratai’s Alleged Malfeasance: HEDA Petitions ICPC, CCB

Following the bust and arrest of a suspect and a military contractor in connection with money laundering tipoff from the NFIU, under the...