The National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended the compulsory retirement of the Chief Justice of Nigeria Justice Walter Onnoghen, based on “incontrovertible” findings on him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission( EFCC). It asked President Muhammadu Buhari to give Read more
The immediate past governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has been released on bail from the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Fayose’s lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Mike Ozekhome, confirmed this to journalists Read more
Former Delta State Governor James Ibori has lost an appeal against his conviction in London. The former governor pleaded guilty in a London court in 2012 to 10 counts of fraud and money-laundering involving sums amounting to at least 50 Read more
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday upheld the validity of the Presidential Executive Order 6 of 2018 which provides for the interim seizure of assets linked to ongoing criminal trials and investigations. President Muhammadu Buhari had on July Read more
Ike Ekweremadu, deputy senate president, reportedly fell ill on Wednesday during interrogation by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Ekweremadu arrived the anti-graft agency’s office in Abuja on Tuesday where he was reportedly questioned for over eight Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday signed an Executive Order on the preservation of suspicious assets connected with corruption. He revealed this via his Twitter Account. It has become necessary to re-tool our arsenal to be able to more effectively tackle Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Nigerians to stop glorifying thieves who have drained the nation’s resources. Buhari instead urged them to threat such people with disdain for bringing hardship to the common man. This was contained in a Sallah Read more
The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the temporary forfeiture of N2.2billion recovered from a former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu. Justice Mojisola Olatoregun made the order after listening to an ex-parte application brought before her Read more
Former Plateau state governor, Joshua Dariye , yesterday pleaded with Justice Adebukola Banjoko to temper justice with mercy as she handed him a 14-year jail term for diverting N1.1 billion from the state when he was governor. Counsel to Dariye, Read more
Ibrahim Magu, the acting Chairman of EFCC has asked banks to provide a list of corrupt customers ahead of the 2019 general elections. Magu urged compliance officers of banks in Nigeria to be more diligent in their responsibilities, as a Read more