The suit seeking to stop the Nigerian Police (NPF) and the Attorney- General of the Federation (AGF) from arresting and extraditing the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari was yesterday stalled before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. The suit could not go as scheduled due to the absence of both counsels […]
The Lagos Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it had re-arrested a Dubai-based internet celebrity, Ismailia Mustapha, aka Mompha for alleged money laundering. The EFCC, in a statement by its Head of Media and Publicity Wilson Uwujaren, said Mompha was taken into custody on Monday. It said this followed suspicion that […]
As much as $15bn (N6.1trn at N411 to a dollar) have been frittered away through fraudulent arms procurement deals in the last 20 years, according to a report by the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD). The report said political and security elite have monetised the conflicts and the resulting humanitarian crises. The report said […]
The president, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) has said that one way to fight corruption in Nigeria is for citizens to live within their means. He added that as long as Nigerians want to live flamboyantly, corruption would continue to thrive. Buhari said this in an interview with the national broadcaster, NTA on Thursday. When […]
When Oche Ogbu filed a motion before Justice T. A Kume of High Court 6, Makurdi, Benue State, seeking to be substituted in a lawsuit by Makpo Oche Ogbu, his late father, he hoped to rest the dusts surrounding a July 9, 1999 judgment in favour of his father. But Samuel Ortom, the governor of […]
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “use his good office to direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, and appropriate anti-corruption agencies to investigate allegations that over N3bn of public funds are missing, mismanaged or diverted from the Federal Ministry of […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said it has commenced an investigation into a trending audio tape in which an operative, Mohammed Idris, revealed how the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, allegedly compromised graft cases. In one of the multiple audio recordings obtained by Daily Nigerian, the EFCC operative […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the final forfeiture of 60 buildings illegally acquired by a former Deputy Commandant of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Adenike Ishola Bintu, to the Federal Government of Nigeria. This is according to a statement on Friday by the spokesperson of the Independent Corrupt Practices […]
Serious crisis is currently brewing in the president Muhammadu Buhari Support Organization (BSO), over alleged embezzlement of campaign funds running into hundreds of millions by the Coordinating head, and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar. Aside, pocketing the cash monies donated to the Pro – Buhari group by his friends and […]
The office of the Auditor- General for the Federation (AuGF) in its 2019 Annual Audit Report has indicted the management of the National Assembly over how it spent funds running into billions of naira. The AGF, Aghughu Adolphus, in the audit queries uncovered how over N8.5 billion from the funds released to the National Assembly […]
