Isaac Samuel Former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, was on Wednesday taken into custody by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) shortly after proceedings at the Federal High…
Isaac Samuel Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has claimed that his continued detention by the ICPC is tied to his refusal to withdraw from political activities, alleging pressure from…
Isaac Samuel The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Tuesday refuted reports suggesting it sought a fresh court order to extend the detention of former Kaduna…
The High Court of Akwa Ibom State, Ikot Ekpene Judicial Division, has sentenced a convicted cultist, Innocent Nicholas Ntokon and a lecturer at Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic, Abel Udo Jacob…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, February 27, 2026 arraigned Chief Mike Agbedor Abu Ozekhome, SAN, Ponfa Useni and General Jeremiah Useni (now deceased) before Justice C.N.…
The Supreme Court of Nigeria on Friday, February 27, 2026 affirmed the decision of the trial Court and Court of Appeal that convicted and sentenced Senator Albert Bassey to seven…
In the charge filed before the FCT High Court sitting in Abuja, Ozekhome and Ponfa Useni, also known as Tali Shani, are listed as the defendants in the criminal suit.…
The Kano Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, February 5 , 2026 arraigned a former Vice chancellor of the Federal University Dutsinma, Professor Armayau…
A UK court has mentioned President Bola Tinubu, former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, and oil businessman Kolawole Aluko during proceedings in the corruption trial of former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke.…
A Nigerian traditional ruler and United States-based academic, Prof. Ekelekamchukwu Alphonsus Ngwadom, has been convicted and sentenced for Medicaid fraud in the United States after admitting to billing minors for…
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has raised an alarm about negligence and compromise of banks and Fintechs in two major fraudulent schemes that have cost victims a total sum…
Justice Modupe Nicole-Clay of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Wednesday, January 21, 2026, convicted one Victor Ogiemwonyi and his company, Partnership Securities Limited, for stealing…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday, January 6, 2026 ordered the interim forfeiture of 57 properties suspected to be proceeds of unlawful activities linked to a former…
Former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, who is being investigated by the EFCC has accused the commission’s Chairman of being driven by personal vendetta…
High Chief Ikechi Emenike, a close ally of the former President Muhammadu Buhari, was arrested on Thursday at his DER Publications office in Surulere, Lagos, by men believed to be…
The Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Thursday, November 13, 2025 arraigned one Obinna Nwaobi, a former Head of Operations at Access Bank Nigeria…
Comfort Isaac The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has announced plans to arraign 23 out of the 93 suspected internet fraudsters arrested at a hotel within the precincts of…
Comfort Isaac The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has alerted the public on the rising fraudulent scheme in Nigeria. It noted that the scam comes under the guise of…
Comfort Isaac The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division has upheld the power of the of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to investigate and prosecute cases of tax evasion…
Comfort Isaac Justice Maryanne Anineh of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on Thursday, July 17, 2025, struck out an application by the former Kogi State governor,…
Comfort Isaac The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has announced plans to appeal the judgement acquitting and discharging a former Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayo Fayose from an…
Comfort Isaac The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, says its operatives have arrested six persons for alleged Internet fraud in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. This was contained in a…
Comfort Isaac The Executive Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede has disclosed attempts by corrupt politicians to hide stolen funds in crypto-currencies to evade investigation by…
Comfort Isaac The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede has urged the National Assembly to enact a law against unexplained wealth. He noted that such…
Comfort Isaac Adepoju Emmanuel Abiodun, promoter of Bigibet and his company , Nobelsteed Nigerian Limited have been arraigned before Justice O.A.Okunuga of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja,…
Comfort Isaac The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, July 7, 2025 arraigned Awerusuo Otorudo and Chukwuebuka Ehirim before Justice Muhammed Umar of the Federal High Court sitting…
Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives has begun legislative processes to establish a dedicated agency responsible for managing the infrastructure and properties of the National Assembly. The proposed law, currently…
Comfort Isaac Counsel representing the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Paul Daudu, (SAN) has cautioned the suspended lawmaker representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, against going ahead…
Comfort Isaac A total of eight Chinese nationals have been sentenced to one year jail over their involvement in Cyber terrorism and internet fraud by the Federal High Court sitting…
By Comfort Isaac The Twelfth Prosecution Witness, PW12, Christopher Adekunle Odofin in the ongoing trial of the former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Abubakar Sirika, has told the FCT High Court,…
Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Apoti-Uduaghan was on Monday docked at the Federal High Court in Abuja on alleged Cybercrime against the President of the Senate, Godswill Obot Akpabio and former…
Comfort Isaac Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri has convicted and sentenced Aisha Alkali Wakil popularly known as mama boko haram, Tahiru Saidu Daura…
Comfort Isaac The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, says it has arrested 19 suspected internet fraudsters in both Akwa Ibom and Cross River States. EFCC Spokesperson, Dele Oyewale disclosed…
By Comfort Isaac Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, June 16, 2025, arraigned a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Ifeanyi Emefiele, before Justice…
Comfort Isaac The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Friday, June 13, 2025 arraigned the duo of Halima Buba and Innocent Mbagwu before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal…
Isaac Samuel Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has raised alarm over what he described as the direct complicity of top Nigerian politicians in fueling insecurity in the country,…
Comfort Isaac The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, said its operatives at the Uyo Zonal Directorate have arrested three persons for alleged Internet fraud. The EFCC’s Spokesperson, Dele Oyewale,…
Comfort Isaac A middle aged man identified as Idris Adamu, has submitted himself to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for prosecution. Adamu who walked into the Gombe Zonal…
Comfort Isaac The Uyo Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC says it on Wednesday secured the conviction and sentence of eleven internet fraudsters before Justices Maurine…
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has warned that victims of Ponzi investment schemes and other forms of unregistered and unregulated investments would lose their money to the federal government…
Comfort Isaac Akwa Ibom State Police command says its operatives have busted a criminal hideout in Ibesikpo Asutan local government area of the state and arrested some suspected cultists. The…
Comfort Isaac. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, says it has secured the conviction and sentence of a social media influencer, Murja Ibrahim Kunya, arraigned before Justice Simone Amobeda…
Comfort Isaac The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC said it has handed over 753 units of houses recovered by the Commission at Plot 109 Cadastral Zone C09, Lokogoma District,…
Comfort Isaac Operatives of the Uyo Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested one Sylvanus Edet Akpan, Auditor of Ubotex Limited, Uyo and Akaninyene Enefiok…
Comfort Isaac The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Wednesday, May 14, 2025 presented the Ninth and last Prosecution Witness, PW9, Ape Sunday against the former governor of Benue…
Comfort Isaac The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has fixed June 27, 2025, to deliver judgment in a suit instituted against the National Assembly by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan challenging…
Comfort Isaac Justices Ijeoma Ojukwu and Rosemary Oghoghorie Dugbo of the Federal High Court Calabar have convicted and sentenced nine fraudsters to jail. The convicts are: Nsofor Charles Ochiabutor, Aneikan…
Comfort Isaac The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has apprehended 17 suspected internet fraudsters in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The EFCC Spokesperson Dele Oyewale disclosed this in a statement…
By Comfort Isaac The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday, April 14, 2025, presented its first prosecution witness,…
