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Court Admits More Evidence Against Nadabo Energy Boss Over Alleged N1.4bn Fraud
Justice Ismail Ijelu of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, admitted in evidence more documents tendered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in the alleged N1.4 billion…
Alleged $4.5bn Fraud: Court to Rule on Emefiele’s Statements July 9
Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Friday, June 26, 2026, adjourned proceedings in the alleged $4.5 billion fraud trial involving a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin…
Lagos Court Convicts 11 Indians for Importing 31.5kg Cocaine Into Nigeria, Convicts to Pay…
About six months after their arrest by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for importing 31.5 kilograms of cocaine from Marshall Islands into Nigeria through the Apapa seaport in Lagos, 11 Indian sailors and their…
Again, EFCC Arraigns Blessing CEO for Alleged N13m Cancer Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, arraigned a social media influencer, Okoro Blessing Nkiruka,( a.k.a Blessing CEO) for alleged N13,000,000…
Fed High Court Sentences Four to Death for 2022 Owo Catholic Church Massacre
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja has sentenced four suspects in the 2022 terrorist attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo Ondo State to death.
Delivering judgement, Justice Nwite convicted Idris Abdulmalik…
Alleged $6b Mambilla Project Fraud : EFCC Presents Fifth Witness Against Former Minister
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, June 1, 2026, presented the Fifth Prosecution Witness, PW5, in the trial of the former Minister of Power, Olu Agunloye, before Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal…
Legal Education Must Produce Lawyers of Integrity, Not Just Legal Experts — ICPC Chairman
The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu, SAN, has called for the institutionalisation of anti-corruption education in Nigeria’s legal training system, stressing…
FHC Judge Who Refused to Invalidate Alex Otti’s Candidacy Dies in Kano
Justice Mohammed Yunusa of the Federal High Court in Kano, Kano State has died after collapsing in his residence,
The judge according to sources close to his family was said to have have slumped in his living room on Thursday evening and…
NNPC Probe: EFCC Secures Final Forfeiture of Private Jet Linked to Borno Commissioner
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, May 18, 2026, secured a final forfeiture order of a Hawker private Jet 125 before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja over its link to fraud,…
ICPC Secures Conviction of Firm MD Over Forged N182.7m HYPREP Contract Documents
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has secured the conviction of one Mr. Henry Iloka, Managing Director of Alliance Boots Limited, over offences bordering on forgery and making false statements…