A High Court sitting in Akwa Ibom State has issued a Bench Warrant for the arrest of a Professor of the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State over his alleged involvement in electoral fraud during the 2019 general elections. The professor, Ignatius Uduk, is accused of trying to rig the 2019 Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial […]

The trial of former Niger State Governor, Babangida Aliyu, and his then Chief of Staff, Umar Nasko, has suffered a setback at the Federal High Court in Minna, the state capital. Their trial could not hold on Monday as it was noted that the representative of Nasko’s counsel, Mamman Osman, had filed an application for […]

The head of African football Ahmad Ahmad has been suspended by FIFA for five years for corruption, the global governing body announced on Monday. Ahmad, from Madagascar, has been president of the African Football Confederation (CAF) since March 2017 and was standing for re-election when FIFA banned him for “governance issues”. In their statement, FIFA […]

KWARA State Land Bureau Director General, Bolaji Edun, has told the state Judicial Panel on Assets Recovery that the administrations of Bukola Saraki and AbdulFatah Ahmed sold several plots of land allocated in the 1980s for the construction of courtrooms in Ilorin. Mr. Edun added that the lands in theTanke area of Ilorin had been […]

President Muhammadu Buhari says he set up the panel to probe Ibrahim Magu, suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), because of “serious allegations” against the anti-graft agency. Speaking while receiving the report of the panel headed by Ayo Salami, retired president of the court of appeal, Buhari said his administration […]

Senate resident Ahmad Lawan on Thursday urged the nation’s anti-corruption agencies to beam their searchlights on operations of commercial banks. Lawan, in Abuja during his investiture and induction as Patron by the Chattered Institute of Forensic and Investigative Professionals of Nigeria, said: “It is not only in government agencies that we have this kind of […]

Operatives of Hisbah Board in Dala Local Government of Kano state have accused their commander, Suyudi Muhammad Hassan of diverting COVID-19 palliatives meant for distribution to staff. The items allegedly diverted were donated by Dala Local Government to be shared to the personnel of the command to help them cushion the effect of the COVID-19 […]

The trial of erstwhile Senior Special Assistant, SSA, to Kwara State governor on Millenium Development Goals, MDGs, Alhaji Ope Saraki, commenced on Thursday with the prosecution calling its star witness, Kunle Adimula, according to EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren. Saraki, a cousin to the immediate past president of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki allegedly collected a […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has arraigned a university professor who served as a collation/returning officer in the 2019 general elections in Akwa Ibom State. Professor Peter Ogban of the University of Uyo in the state capital was the collation/returning officer for Akwa Ibom North-West National Assembly election. He was arraigned on Tuesday on […]

A former Executive Secretary of the Adamawa State Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board, Bishop Luscious Mayo has been handed a seven-year jail term for financial misappropriation. A cashier who served under him, Rhoda Thompson, was similarly jailed seven years. A high court in the state capital, Yola, passed the judgement on Monday, freeing two other defendants […]