The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday discharged and acquitted a former Group Managing Director, GMD, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Andrew Yakubu from the $9.8 million corruption charges brought against him by the Federal Government. Justice Ahmed Ramat Mohammed in a judgment ordered the huge foreign exchange seized from him in 2017 […]
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Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has finally released the embalmed former governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano. Obiano, was nabbed by the anti-graft agency a few hours after handing over to the current governor, Charles Soludo last week, was given an administrative bail on Wednesday evening. According to Daily Trust, […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said former Governor of Anambra State,. Willie Obiano was being quizzed over the alleged misappropriation of N42 billion belonging to the state. A verified source in the EFCC disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Abuja. The source said the former governor […]
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Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday moved former Anambra Governor, Mr Willie Obiano to Abuja after he was arrested in Lagos on Thursday night. The EFCC Spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday. “The ex-governor was arrested in Lagos, but […]
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AN Abuja Federal High Court, on Thursday, ordered the interim forfeiture of a property at Plot 1032 & 1033 Cadastral Zone AO3, Takum Close, off Michika St, Ahmadu Bello Way in Garki Abuja. It could be understood that the property is owned by former Imo State Governor and serving Senator, Rochas Okorocha. Justice Emeka Nwite […]
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A Federal High Court in Jos, the Plateau State capital, has sentenced a former Minister of Water Resources, Mrs Sarah Ochekpe, to three months imprisonment. The court also sentenced a former Deputy Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Raymond Dabo, and Evangelist Leo Sunday Jitung to three months imprisonment. The judgment […]
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Justice Adenike Akinpelu of the Kwara State High Court in Ilorin on Wednesday, 16th February, convicted one Saka Ridwan Olamilekan from Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government Area of Lagos State for possession of fraudulent funds and love scam. It was understood that the conviction of the defendant followed his arraignment by the Ilorin Zonal Command of the […]
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Nigeria has dropped five places in the 2021 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), according to Transparency International (TI) in it’s new ranking. Nigeria scored 24 out of 100 points in the 2021 index. Nigeria’s current 154 ranking out of 180 countries in the 2021 Corruption Perceptions Index is a drop of 149 in the 2020 index. […]
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Transparency International, Tl has made available the 2021 corruption perception index globally, which placed Nigeria 154 out of 180 countries studied methodologically. The results as released by the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC, TI’s representative in Nigeria, on Tuesday, in Abuja, revealed that Nigeria scored 24 out of 100 points in the 2021 CPI, […]
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A Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, has restrained the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from further investigating a former governor of the state, Seriake Dickson, on the issue of assets he declared with the Code of Conduct Bureau between 2007 and 2020. The case with suit number FHC/CS/81/2021 involved the Registered […]
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