Former Delta state governor James Ibori, says he will return to Nigeria in a matter of days, as he signalled a possible political comeback in the country. He told Reuters he would return within days to Nigeria. Recall that Ibori was released from British prison in December after serving half of his 13-year sentence, taking into account pre-trial […]
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Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has told the cadets who just joined the commission that they must hate corruption, as it is the mother of all crimes. Maintaining that every evil is rooted in corruption, Magu enjoined them to always shun acts capable of compromising their official duties. […]
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Justice Lateefa Okunnu of an Ikeja High Court on Thursday sentenced Mrs Ada Ugo-Ngali, the Managing Director of Ontario Oil and Gas Ltd, to jail for 10 years for defrauding the Federal Government of N754 million in oil subsidy transactions. Mrs Ada Ugo-Ngali had earlier on on Jan. 13 slumped in court when her sentence was about […]
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The Senate says it stands by the report which indicted Babachir Lawal, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF). An ad hoc committee of the senate investigating the humanitarian crisis in the north-east had accused Lawal of receiving N200 million for the clearing of invasive plant species in Yobe state. Following this allegation, the […]
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An Abuja High Court has again reaffirmed the bail granted former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, and five others in the arm deal trial involving $2.1 billion. Justice Baba Yusuf reaffirmed the bail on Mr. Dasuki on the ground that he was entitled to it and having been admitted to same since 2015 when the […]
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Diezani Alison-Madueke, former minister of petroleum resources, says every human being makes mistakes, but that she has not stolen from Nigeria. The former minister accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of taking advantage of her silence, noting that she was prepared to face trial as long as due process is taken into consideration. […]
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The EFCC says it has made a startling discovery about former Enugu State Chief Judge Innocent Azubuike Umezulike’s; as detectives found N632.2 million in his bank account, reinforcing the reason for his involuntary retirement. The agency also found that the lodgements came from lawyers, businessmen, politicians and litigants. According to The Nation newspaper, Justice Umezulike […]
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Former Nigerian president, Goodluck Jonathan and Diezani Alison-Madueke, immediate past petroleum minister, were allegedly given bribes in the $1.3 billion deal involving ENI and Royal Dutch Shell. Jonathan, Alison-Madueke, and other government officials benefitted from a sum of $466m which was converted into naira, Italian prosecutors say. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, a report […]
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Sequel to an order by a Federal High Court in Lagos, former Nigerian minister of petroleum resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, temporarily forfeited $153.3 million to the Nigerian government on Friday. The seized money, according to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, was stolen from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and stashed in three banks in Nigeria, […]
Continue ReadingThe Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Federal Capital Territory (FCT), says the days of Abdulmumin Jibrin, former chairman of the committee on approbations, are numbered. The lower chamber of the national assembly suspended Jibrin after he leveled an allegation of corruption against the leadership of the 8th assembly. He subsequently left the […]
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