Crime
Nigeria: ICPC Defends Court-Backed Detention of El-Rufai, Warns Against Speculation
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) in Nigeria has given clarification on the current status of remand in detention of the former Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai. In a release signed by John Okor Odey Head, Media and Public Communication (ICPC) and titled…
Read More »Nigeria: Abuja land grabbing saga continues as Wike threatens to prosecute developer
Nigeria’s Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has revealed Alhaji Kabiru Sahara as culprit in the ongoing land grabbing saga in Abuja, including encroachment on lands allocated to foreign countries to build their embassies. The development has led to Wike ordering arrest of Kabiru Sahara and the…
Read More »Court fixes April 30 for ruling on final forfeiture of property owned by former acting AGF
Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court, sitting in Maitama, Abuja has fixed April 30, 2026 for ruling on the application filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for final forfeiture of a property owned by the former Acting Accountant General of the Federation, Chukwunyere Anamekwe Nwabuoku.…
Read More »EFCC Arrests 10 Suspects, Seizes Trucks Over Alleged Illegal Mining in Kwara
Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 10 suspects over alleged involvement in illegal mining activities along the Ilorin–Ogbomosho axis. The arrests were carried out on Sunday, February 1, 2026, following credible intelligence on unlawful mineral excavation and transportation across parts…
Read More »EFCC arraigns alleged serial fraudster, Titilayo Eboh, two others for N247.5m fraud in Lagos
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, on Friday, January 30, 2026, arraigned an alleged serial fraudster, Titilayo Funmilayo Eboh, for an alleged N247,500,000( Two Hundred and Forty-seven Million Five Hundred Thousand Naira) before Justice Justice Ramon Oshodi of the State High Court sitting in Ikeja…
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