EFCC re-arraigns Adoke
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, August 4, 2020 re-arraigned former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Mohamed Bello Adoke and Aliyu Abubakar before…
Magu: How not to be EFCC boss
.By Aremu Lukman Umor There was a time when the suspended chairman of the Economic andFinancial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, was a ‘Magun’ toNigerian looters and scammers. That’s a…
RULAAC: Imo Police Command and the climate of impunity
. As group petitions CP, urges audit of personnel A civil society organisation, Rule of Law And Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) has petitioned the Imo state Commissioner of Police, Mr.…
N6m Fraud: Lecturer docked for diverting University grant
A former lecturer with the Waziri Ummaru Federal Polytechnic, Birnin Kebbi, Mohammed Sani Nuhu, has landed in trouble for diverting to personal use, a university grant worth N6million offered to…
GRASS-CUTTER! Court to rule on eligibility of witness in ex-SGF’s N500m grass cutting scandal
Justice Jude Okeke of Federal Capital Territory High Court has slated July 6, 2020, for ruling on the eligibility of a prosecution witness to testify in the on-going trial of…
For 21 years, a cartel controlled the appointment of Chief Judges in Imo – Njemanze
An elder statesman, Prince Bob Njemanze has raised the alarm that a vicious cabal has held the Imo judiciary in a strangle-hold for the last 21 years, dominating major decision…
N2.5bn Fraud: You have a Case to Answer, Court tells Kawu
A Federal High Court, Abuja, has ordered the suspended Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Ishaq Modibbo Kawu, to defend his alleged involvement in the N2.5 billion Digital Switch-Over…
Imo: Activist wants EFCC to recover pensions paid to ex-Speakers, their deputies
…ex-Governors’ pension restored Following last Friday’s abrogation of the law that empowered former governors, their deputies, former Speakers and their deputies to receive pension and gratuity, reactions have continued to…
ICPC secures bench warrant to arrest two Sri Lankan nationals
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured a bench warrant to arrest two nationals of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka for their failure…
$10m Scandal: Court stops Reps’ ‘trial’ of CUPP spokesman, orders Gbajabiamila to appear before it
The Federal High court sitting in Abuja and presided over by Justice Taiwo Taiwo has restrained the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Clerk, other officials and privies of…
Business Rivalry: Imo Perm Sec under fire for alleged influence-peddling
A Permanent Secretary in the Imo state Ministry of Works, Engr. Egbuka E.C has come under a barrage of criticisms for allegedly taking sides in a dispute concerning two rival…
“Under Okorocha, I signed contracts under compulsion, paid over N9bn for jobs not done”
A former Commissioner for Works under former Governor Rochas Okorocha’s administration, Ichie Best Mbanaso Thursday told the Judicial Commission of Inquiry on Contracts that some ‘shady’ companies were paid huge…
COVID-19: FG sues H-Medix, three others over hike in prices of sanitizers
The Federal Competition & Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) is set to prosecute four supermarkets and their proprietors in Abuja for alleged arbitrary hike in the prices of sanitizers, hand-wash liquids,…
Gombe: Court jails SEMA boss for diverting, selling IDP relief materials
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Gombe zonal office has secured the conviction of Dr. Dallami Arab Rukuje and Isa Garba before Justice Abubakar Jauro of the Gombe State…
N39.6bn Project: Contractor abandoned project, absconded after receiving payment, Okorocha’s ex-aide tells panel
Chairman of the Government House Projects Committee under Governor Rochas Okorocha and former Principal Secretary to the former Governor, Dr. Paschal Obi has told the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into…