The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday re-arraigned a Federal High Court (FHC) judge, Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, for alleged unlawful enrichment, breach of trust and money laundering. It brought an amended 15-count charge of March 2, 2021, against…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has faulted the claim by a former Accountant General of the Federation (AGoF), Jonah Otunla, that the Federal Government entered into a non-prosecution agreement with him. The commission quoted the ex-AGoF as saying…
A part of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos was on Wednesday gutted by fire. It was gathered that the incident occurred at the departure hall of the Kenyan airways. The cause of the fire has yet to be ascertained…
Head of Personnel Management, (HPM), Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta State, Henry Obukowho, and Treasurer to the Local Government, (TLG), Fejiro Ogbogbo, enmeshed in N2,475,000 salary embezzlement scandal eventually paid affected staff members their salaries. The N2,475,000 was…
The people of two major communities in Nembe Kingdom in Bayelsa State have come together for the first time in many years to protest against the alleged diversion of crude oil by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) despite divesting its…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to publicly apologise to a businessman, Babatunde Morakinyo and pay him N50million for unlawful arrest and detention. Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the orders in a…
An Imo State High Court, Owerri on Thursday ordered the interim forfeiture of all the properties alleged to have been illegally acquired by the state’s former Governor Rochas Okorocha. Okorocha was Imo Governor from 2011 to 2019. The order by…
The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Okozie Ikpeazu, Onyebuchi Ememanka, has berated Senator Smart Adeyemi over his comment that drunkards govern Abia. Ememanka advised the Senator to quickly “seek psychiatric help before his case becomes unmanageable.” He said this in…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has set aside the orders obtained on January 4, 2021, by the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) for Taiwo Lakanu, the Receiver/Manager it appointed to manage the assets of NICON Investment Limited and…
The member representing Imo West Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, on Monday accused Governor Hope Uzodimma of mobilising thugs and policemen to attack him on Sunday. Okorocha called on the Inspector-General of Police(IGP), Mohammed Adamu, to…
