Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, July 27, 2026, arraigned one Sadi Babale before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri. The defendant was arraigned on a one- count charge bordering on criminal misappropriation to the tune...
EFCC
Justice B.T Zannah of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri, on Wednesday, July 22, 2026, convicted and sentenced one Yagana Musa Mohammed to six months imprisonment. The convict was arraigned by the Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on a one -count...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has dismissed reports suggesting that the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Kemi Nandap, is being investigated over an alleged visa racketeering scheme. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the anti-graft agency described the reports as misleading, stressing that the Immigration chief...
Justice I.E Ekwo of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, on Monday, July 20, 2026, granted the leader of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo bail in the sum of ₦2 billion with two sureties in like sum. Justice Ekwo held that the two sureties must be...
Justice Yellim Bogoro of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, July 17, 2026, convicted and sentenced Fidelix Samuel Ebuka to eight years and three months’ imprisonment for money laundering. Ebuka was arraigned by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,...
Trial of social media influencer and relationship therapist Okoro Blessing Nkiruka, (a.k.a Blessing CEO) before Justice D.I. Dipeolu of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos was adjourned on Wednesday, July 15, 2026, due to her absence in court. Blessing CEO is facing a two-count charge filed by the...
Abuja Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, July 13, 2026, arraigned the duo of Folashade Oketope and Mohammed Kabir Usman, both of whom are staff of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), before Justice B.M. Bassi of the High Court of the Federal...
The Third Prosecution Witness, PW3, Taiwo Johns, in the trial of the former Taraba State governor, Darius Dickson Ishaku, alongside the former permanent secretary in the state’s Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Bello Yero, on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, narrated before Justice S.C. Oriji of the Federal...
Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress and former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar says silence, indifference and passage of time cannot kill the unfolding corruption allegations against Tinubu’s Chief of Staff Femi Gbajabiamila. Reacting to the latest report by the Gazette newspaper, accusing the Chief of Staff...
The trial of former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, was on Thursday adjourned until October after the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Abuja suspended proceedings to honour his lead counsel, former Attorney-General of the Federation, Chief Kanu Godwin Agabi (SAN), who turned 80 on Wednesday. Justice Sylvanus...
A coalition of civil society organisations under the umbrella of the Civil Society Alliance Against Corruption and Abuse of Office (CSAACAO) has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to immediately suspend and remove the Surveyor General of the Federation, Abuduganiyu Adebomehin, over allegations of abuse of office, land-related disputes,...
The trial of former Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika, took another significant turn on Wednesday as an investigator with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), told the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Abuja that the former minister neither initiated nor signed the procurement documents relating...
Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos State Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, on Tuesday, July 7, 2026, ordered the remand of Ifoma Immanuel, Executive Director of Intermediate Investment Holdings Limited, in Kirikiri Correctional Centre for an alleged $1.5 million investment fraud. Investigations revealed that the defendant allegedly induced...
The Port Harcourt Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, July 2, 2026 arraigned two brothers, Cypril Nwalaezi and Smart Chinedu Nwalaezi before Justice S. D. Pam of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt for property fraud. The duo was arraigned on amended five-count...
The 15th Prosecution Witness, PW15, Jim Osayande Obazee, in the trial of the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, on Friday, July 3, 2026 told Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Abuja that the $6.2 million allegedly earmarked for...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday, July 1, 2026, re-arraigned one Abubakar Muhammad before Justice Shehu Umaru Adamu of the Federal High Court, sitting in Maiduguri, Borno State. The defendant was re-arraigned on a twenty-count amended charge bordering on money laundering and criminal misappropriation to the tune...
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 petroleum subsidy fraud involving the Managing Director of Nadabo Energy Limited, Abubakar Ali...
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 Emefiele, and his co-defendant, Henry Omoile, till July 9, 2026, for...
More than 300 civil society organisations have called on Nigeria’s anti-corruption agencies to immediately investigate the Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Sonny Echono, over allegations of financial misconduct, abuse of office and an alleged multi-billion naira scandal. The coalition urged the Economic and Financial Crimes...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, 23 and Wednesday, 24 June, 2026 presented two prosecution witnesses, PW1, Babatunde Adebayo, and PW2, Paul Olufemi, in the trial of Ifoma Immanuel, who is facing charges an alleged $1.5 million fraud before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos State...