The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has seized no fewer than 97 property from different individuals in the past four years.
The list of seized assets include 33 buildings, plots of land and a factory forfeited to the Federal Government by a former accountant with the Joint...
Operatives of the Nigerian Navy Ship, NNS Victory, on Friday evening set ablaze a wooden boat laden with Premium Motor Spirits (PMS) along the Calabar Water ways.
The Base Operation Officer of NNS Victory, LT CDR Isaac Ayogu said Navy intercepted the suspects en route Agbani oil terminal.
LT CDR Ayogu...
Nigeria’s former football official, Amos Adamu, was allegedly offered £1.3m to back the Qatar 2022 bid, The PUNCH reports.
Adamu in 2017 was banned for two years by the world governing body FIFA for ethics violations.
The suspension came after he already served a three-year ban in 2010 for accepting bribes...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited on Wednesday said it discovered 295 illegal connections to its pipeline.
NNPC Group Chief Executive Officer, Mele Kyari made this disclosure at a Legislative Transparency & Accountability Summit in Abuja.
“We have seen thousands of illegal refineries that we have taken down in the...
A former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, on Monday, challenged the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to try him on the basis of a 17-count money laundering charge the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, preferred against him.
Okorocha, who piloted affairs of Imo state...
The Federal High Court in Lagos has adjourned the alleged money laundering trial of former Ekiti state governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, to January 31 and Febuary 1, 2023. The case was earlier scheduled for continuation of trial on Oct. 26, but a mix up in the date ensured it...
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday ordered an interim forfeiture of 40 landed properties belonging to the embattled former Deputy Senate President, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, who is currently in custody in the United Kingdom.
The trial Judge, Justice Inyang Ekwo made the order following an ex-parte motion...
The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has taken punitive action against 26 personnel for engaging in corrupt practices.
In a statement released on Friday by Kenneth Kure, NIS spokesperson, eight personnel were said to be dismissed while 18 were sanctioned.
Isah Idris, the comptroller general of immigration, said the personnel were sacked...
Nigeria loses at least 700,000 barrels of crude oil to thieves daily, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva said in Effurun, Delta on Saturday.
He made the assertion at the 2002 graduation of students of Petroleum Training Institute (PTI).
The minister who was represented by Ambassador Gabriel Aduda,...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has warned currency speculators and Bureau de Change (BDC) operators not to undermine the move by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to redesign and reissue higher denominations of the Naira.
EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa in a statement on Wednesday commended the move...
