CRIME

A former Deputy Governor of Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, has insisted that he did not collect money from the office of the former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki. Omisore asked the Economic and Financial […]

The Federal High Court in Lagos heard on Wednesday that a former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu (rtd), charged with laundering N21 billion, has returned N2.6 billion to the Federal Government. His […]

The current storm that is embroiling the controversial Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, may not blow over very soon. It was kicked off when the governor revealed that three of his accounts with Zenith […]

The Senate, through its committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, on Tuesday, issued a fresh summons on the Attorney General of the Federation and the Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN). Malami’s […]

Those after me are ‘cyberspace terrorists’, says Buratai The Presidency has left the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) to determine Chief of Army Staff Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai’s fate, following the outcry over his $1.5 million Dubai property. […]

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday ordered the prison remand of a former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, and two others over an alleged fraud of N4.9bn. Justice Suleiman Hassan gave the […]

An Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s witness in the ongoing trial of Mr. Rickey Tarfa (SAN) has revealed how Tarfa allegedly paid money into the bank account of two federal High Court judges. The witness, […]

•Accuser and accused should speed up full investigation The raging controversy regarding allegation by the United States of America that three Nigerian lawmakers conducted themselves in a criminal manner during their recent visit to his […]

A Nigerian accountant and part-time pastor in the United Kingdom, Sam Kayode, has been sentenced to nine years in prison for stealing £4.1m. Kayode was sentenced on Friday by Woolwich Crown Court in South London […]

•Governor put on watch list  An associate of Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose, who is alleged to have received huge cash from former Minister of State (Defence) Musiliu Obanikoro on behalf of the governor, has […]

All is set for today’s arraignment of Senate President  Bukola Saraki and three others for alleged forgery of the Senate Standing Rules 2015(as amended). The others are Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, the immediate past […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has seized 29 properties from the immediate past Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu; a former Chief of Accounts and Budgeting in NAF, Air Vice Marshal Jacob […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) strikes yet again: this time, the target is Mr. Ayo Fayose, the irrepressible governor of Ekiti State. Reports say the commission has “frozen” his accounts. The EFCC is […]

Two accused persons on remand at the Kuje maximum Prison in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Friday escaped from the jailhouse, the Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS) confirmed yesterday. But one of the high profile […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has frozen five bank accounts traced to a former Deputy Governor of Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, and the two sons of a former Minister of State of Defence, […]

U.S. officials have “solid evidence” of the alleged misconduct Ambassador James Entwistle reported to House of Representatives Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, high-level diplomatic sources have told PREMIUM TIMES. In a letter dated June 9, the U.S. […]

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman Ibrahim Magu vowed yesterday  that the agency would  go after banks being used for the looting of the nation’s treasury and money laundering. He asked the  Central Bank […]