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A Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, on Thursday ordered the remand of a former Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Danladi Yakubu Umar, at the Kuje Correctional Centre, marking a striking reversal of fortune for the man who once presided over some of the most consequential asset declaration trials in…
The long-running effort to hold someone accountable for the billions of dollars poured into Nigeria’s dead refineries reached a courtroom on Wednesday, as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arraigned the former Managing Director of the Port Harcourt Refining Company Limited, Ahmed Adamu Dikko, before the Federal High Court in Abuja on a 12 count…
Two men who once ran Nigeria’s most strategic petroleum plants are heading to the dock this week, as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission opens formal trials tied to the alleged diversion of funds set aside to revive the country’s ailing refineries. The former Managing Director of the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company Ltd,…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has secured the conviction of ten individuals for currency abuse in the South-South region. A federal court found the defendants guilty of violating laws that protect the national currency from defacement. This swift judicial outcome underscores a widening state campaign against practices that long defined Nigerian social gatherings. Enforcement…
A Lagos State High Court sitting in Tapa has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to withdraw and stop publishing notices declaring two directors of DKK Partners Limited wanted persons over what the company insists is a purely contractual disagreement. Justice Rosul Olukolu granted the interim orders in Suit No. LD/11047GCM/2026, filed by…
The Federal Government has directed banks and other regulated businesses to freeze the assets of suspected terrorism financiers, throwing Nigeria’s weight behind fresh United States sanctions on a Lagos-based ISIS facilitator and three bureaux de change. The Nigerian Sanctions Committee issued the directive on Tuesday, instructing financial institutions and designated non-financial businesses and professions…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has waded into the protracted detention of former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, warning that bail conditions which are practically impossible to satisfy could erode public confidence in the justice system and amount to punishment before trial. Atiku, in a statement issued on Wednesday by his Senior Special Assistant…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has re-arraigned a former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the defunct Skye Bank Plc, now Polaris Bank Limited, Tunde Ayeni, before the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Apo, Abuja, over an alleged N15.6 billion fraud. A statement by the EFCC’s spokesman, Dele Oyewale, said Ayeni…
Former Delta State governor Ifeanyi Okowa has moved to retrieve his international passport from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, seeking to travel abroad for medical treatment even as the agency presses on with its investigation into the alleged diversion of N1.3 trillion in state funds. Sources within the anti-graft agency said the former…
A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered popular social media influencer and self-styled relationship therapist Blessing Okoro, widely known as Blessing CEO, remanded in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Service pending the start of her trial on September 24, 2026. Justice Yellim Bogoro gave the order on Wednesday after the Economic and…