Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday October 21, 2026, arraigned one Amechi James Oduofor before Justice C. A. Obiozor of the Federal High Court Benin City for crude oil fraud. Oduofor, 6, 4 was arraigned on an eight-count charge bordering on forgery,...
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The Federal High Court, presided over by Honourable Justice Aluko, has granted an application by United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc for substituted service of Form 49 on directors of Wempco named as alleged contemnors in the case of UBA v. Wempco. The application forms part of proceedings seeking...
A Lagos State High Court, last Thursday, granted interim preservative orders of Mareva Injunction against Vitol SA – a Switzerland based Energy Trading company, and four other shipping companies in favour of United Bank for Africa Plc. The bank alleged Vitol of wrongful release of cargoes of petroleum products...
A High Court of Adamawa State, on Thursday, sentenced to death three persons who kidnapped two Catholic priests in February 2025. Delivering judgement, Justice Christopher Mapeo found the three men guilty of criminal conspiracy to commit kidnapping, conspiracy to commit armed robbery, armed robbery, harboring a kidnapped person and...
A High Court of Imo State, on Thursday, ordered the speedy trial of five persons accused of kidnapping 20 prospective National Youth Service Corps members on Independence Day. The court set aside four days, starting from 27th October, to the 30th of the month for continuation of the trial,...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate 1, Ikoyi, on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, arraigned one Abraham Idowu Abiara before Justice Ismail Ijelu of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja for alleged $626,282 (Six Hundred and Twenty Six Thousand, Two Hundred and Eighty Two United...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, October 19, 2026, secured the conviction of Chukwuebuka Nweke, a former banker for bank fraud before Justice Ismail Ijelu of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja. Investigation revealed that Nweke, on June 21, 2025, in Lagos, accessed a...
Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have commenced investigations into the activities of a suspected serial fraudster, one Stella Ezinne Egotanwa, a businesswoman, for allegedly defrauding twenty-one (21) people the sum of N8, 291, 200 (Eight Million, Two Hundred and Ninety-One...
Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arraigned four alleged contract fraudsters before Justice Muhammad Maina of the Borno State High Court, sitting in Maiduguri. The defendants are; Ruth Emmanuel, Ibrahim Dogo Hyelni, Esther Loretta Gabari and Gbenga Makinde Obanewo. They were arraigned on...
A Federal High Court has upheld the powers of the Enugu State Structures for Signage and Advertisement Agency (ENSSAA) to impose a N150 million permit fee on political parties seeking to erect campaign billboards and posters ahead of the 2027 general elections. The clarification followed the release of a...
Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has called on Nigerians and the government to use the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty as a moment to reflect on the country’s worsening poverty situation. Obi, in a statement on Saturday, expressed concern over the increasing number of...
The Enugu State Police Command has arraigned Okpara Chibuike Emmanuel (male, aged 30), for the alleged murder of his 27-year-old girlfriend, Ugwu Chinyere Rosemary, in September 2026. He was arraigned on 16th October 2026, following the conclusion of investigations, and remanded in correctional custody by the court. The court...
Police arraign suspects involved in ₦710 million proof-of-fund fraud, recover vehicles, other assets
Police arraign suspects involved in ₦710 million proof-of-fund fraud, recover vehicles, other assets
Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU), Lagos, has arraigned eight suspects; Elvis Osazee Eghile, Egharevba MaryJane Osarieyekemwen, Precious Omonigho Irbhogbe, Aghatise Kelvin Uhuenkpoewen, Nweke Nnamdi Emmanuel, Obinyan Esther, Egharevba Emmanuel Osagioduwa, Emmanuel Obinyan Osenonome involved in a proof of fund fraud scheme on a twelve count charge before the Federal...
In the bid to strengthen legal processes and expedite criminal prosecutions, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has asked the Judiciary to dismantle the procedural loopholes and flawed prosecution tactics that allow for the escape justice. He demanded an aggressive overhaul of the justice system to ensure that no well-connected individual...
Justice M.A. Onyetenu of the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has dismissed a suit filed by the State’s Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice in 2017, Uwemedimo Nwoko, challenging the statutory powers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), to investigate the financial activities...
Justice M.S. Liman of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed a fundamental human rights suit filed by Abuja-based businesswoman, Aisha Achimugu against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In the originating suit no : FHC/ABJ/CS/466/2026, Achimugu approached the court for determination of whether the defendant, ...
At the continuation of the trial of social media influencer Blessing Nkiruka, (a.k.a Blessing CEO), on Monday, October 12, 2026, a prosecution witness, PW1, Dr Onuoha Okeigwe, told Justice R. A. Oshodi of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, how he paid N69,150,000 for a five-year lease...
Late filing of SERAP’s brief bungles hearing in their appeals against ₦101m judgment debt The planned hearing by the Court of Appeal, Abuja of the appeals filed the Incorporated Trustees of the Socio-economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and its Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare was stalled on Friday owing...
On 29 September the Premier League published the independent commission’s ruling in the Manchester City case. The club was found guilty on every charge of serious breaches of the financial rules across nine seasons, from 2009/10 to 2017/18. No punishment has been handed down yet, and on the evening...
Former Sokoto State Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has approached the state High Court to compel the government to release the report of the judicial commission that investigated his administration from 2015 to 2023. Tambuwal, a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and former Speaker of the House of...