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…

Okorocha And Imo Contracts: A vision of long tenancy in Kuje Prison

By Ogu Bundu Nwadike, M.A Four ex-governors of four States of Nigeria are currently languishing in maximum prisons of the country, doing their time for doing the financial crime. From…

Suspect caught with mini coffin, as EFCC nab six ‘Yahoo Boys’

A 38-year-old suspected internet fraudster, Azeez Adebowale, has been arrested with a mini coffin containing fetish materials found in his possession, when his house was raided by operatives of the…

Reps probe alleged plans to divert $308million Abacha loot

The House of Representatives has mandated a committee to investigate allegations of plans to divert the recently recovered $308 million Abacha loot into private accounts using Julius Berger Nigeria Ltd.…

N37m Fraud: EFCC clamps down on syndicate of rogue bankers stealing depositors’ funds

The Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has uncovered a criminal syndicate of bankers that specialized in forging signatures of deceased bank customers, and stealing…

Alleged $55m Scandal: DSS breaks down how politicians ‘bribed’ Oshiomhole in Dollars

…Abiodun, Uzodinma, Okorocha listed The Department of State Services (DSS) may have indicted the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole for alleged large scale corruption. SaharaReporters…

Woman, three others bag 160 years jail term for possessing counterfeit banknotes

A Federal High Court sitting in Yola, Adamawa State has sentenced four persons including a woman to 160 years imprisonment on a multiple-count charge of conspiracy and possession of counterfeit…

N150bn fraud: More trouble for T.A. Orji, son as lawyer drags duo to CCB over undeclared assets

…May lose senate seat An Abuja-based lawyer may have worsened the woes of Senator Theodore Orji and his son, Chinedum Orji who are undergoing investigations for alleged fraud in excess…

N1.2bn Fraud: Group wants FUTO, UNIABUJA Vice Chancellors investigated

Another anti-corruption organization, Citizens Rights Against Corruption (CRAC) has joined the list of those calling for the comprehensive probe of the Vice Chancellors of the Federal University of Technology Owerri…

MMIA Customs command intercepts $8m

Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (Rtd) on Tuesday disclosed that the Custom Command at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) had intercepted 8.06 million U.S. dollars from the airport.…

Fund Diversion: Ex-Commissioner for Agriculture bags 19 years jail term

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured the conviction of Mr. Zachaeus Atte, a former Commissioner for Agriculture in Kogi State, North-Central Nigeria. Crimefacts.news reports…

Shehu Sani: Group wants EFCC to prosecute all parties in the bribery saga

The Civil Society Groups for the Defence of Human Rights, Justice and Equity has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to be fair in prosecuting the bribery…

$9.6m Ibori Loot: Group blows the whistle on FG; wants UK to tie fund to development of Delta

The Delta State Civil Society Coalition on Grand Corruption (DSCGC) has raised the alarm that the Federal Government of Nigeria is working surreptitiously with the United Kingdoms (UK) to repatriate…

N6bn Fraud: Okorocha, top officials colluded to steal derivations to oil communities – Report

The investigative panel set up by the Imo state government on the 15th of July, 2019 to look into the activities of the Imo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (ISOPADEC)…

Ex-Court Registrar, wife docked for pilfering N80 million deposited in court by litigant

A former staff of the Judiciary and his spouse have been arraigned by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on a charge which borders on money laundering. Crimefacts.news reports that Mr. Joseph Etefia Udoh, a…