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- 23 Aug 2017
SERAP Petitions ICC over N11Trn Power Sector Scam Under OBJ, Others
The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague is considering the petition on the allegations of widespread, systematic and large-scale corruption in the electricity sector since the return of…
- 26 Oct 2020
ICIJ Fingers Western Union, MoneyGram as Conduits to Launder Criminal Cash
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) has uncovered how companies like Western Union and MoneyGram play a hidden role in laundering cash from around the globe. In May, the…
- 4 Mar 2015
No Plans to Sack Jega- Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan has restated that he has no plan to sack Attahiru Jega, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), ahead of the March 28 and April 11 elections.…
- 16 Jul 2020
Interpol Indicts American for "419" in Nigeria
International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) has that it has established a case of fraudulent activities by John Mitchener, an American corporate player in Nigeria. Mitchener had been…
- 2 May 2024
Extradition Papers Completed for Anjarwalla, Fugitive Binance Executive- INTERPOL Africa
Garba Umar, vice president, Nigerian Central Bureau (NCB) of the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) for Africa confirmed on Tuesday that the extradition papers for Nadeem…
- 4 Apr 2024
FG in Talks with INTERPOL to Extradite Anjarwalla, Fugitive Binance Executive
Discussions have been in top gear between the Federal Government (FG) and the International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) to facilitate the extradition of Nadeem Anjarwalla, a Binance chief…
- 21 Apr 2021
Terrorism Tag: Pressure Mounts on Buhari to Sack Pantami
Following concerns over the past sermons of Dr Isa Pantami, minister of Communications and Digital Economy, relating to the Taliban and Al-Qaeda groups, some Nigerians and groups are piling pressure…
- 26 Jun 2022
SERAP Sues Buhari over ‘Missing N11 Trillion Electricity Fund’
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued President Muhammadu Buhari “for failing to investigate allegations that over N11 trillion meant to provide regular electricity supply…
- 5 Dec 2019
ICPC Fails to Produce Lai Mohammed as Witness, Closes Its Case in DSO Trial
Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission (ICPC), on Tuesday failed to produce Alhaji Lai Mohammed, minister of Information, in court, to testify as prosecution witness in…
- 30 Sept 2017
SEC Docks BGL Chiefs over Investment Fraud
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has arraigned the BGL Group and its top executives in an Abuja court, in further prosecution of their indictment by the internal adjudicatory arm of the…
- 8 Jun 2015
IBA Launches Mobile App to Aid Prosecution of Human Rights Atrocities
The International Bar Association (IBA), with support from LexisNexis Legal & Professional, has launched the eyeWitness to Atrocities app – a new tool for documenting and reporting human rights…
- 30 May 2018
Press Freedom in a Democratic Society: The Gambia Supreme Court Decision
By Adeboro Odunlami About three months ago, precisely on the 14th of February 2018, the Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States, pointedly delivered a judgment in favor of…
- 11 May 2009
Giade Reinstates Commitment to the Drug War
Ahmadu Giade, chairman /chief executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has described the illicit drug business as a very serious business but however assured that the agency is…
- 26 Jan 2025
Court Orders Arrest of Access Bank Acting MD, Others over Alleged Theft of Property
Justice Ibironke Harrison, Judge of the Lagos State High Court, has ordered the arrest of Bolaji Agbede, acting managing director, Access Bank PLC, and three others, in the case of alleged…
- 24 Jul 2025
Paradigm Initiative Applauds Malawi’s Judiciary for Outlawing Criminal Defamation
Paradigm Initiative (PIN) commends the decision by the High Court of Malawi, sitting as the Constitutional Court (ConCourt), which finds that section 200 of the Penal Code of Malawi, criminalising…
- 10 Oct 2016
Makama, Amah Join Microsoft Nigeria
Microsoft Nigeria has appointed two new executives to its senior leadership team as Ms. Rimini Haraya Makama joins as the company’s Corporate Affairs Director while Mr. Ifeanyi Amah, is now its new…
- 27 Jul 2021
Nigeria Loses $243m in 51 Days after Twitter Ban
The decision by President Muhammadu Buhari's government to ban Twitter in Africa's most populous country in June, has dealt a blow to its revenue ambitions, according to africanews.com According to…
- 16 Nov 2025
Nigerian Man Sentenced in U.S. for Sextortion Scheme Leading to Death of American Student
A 27-year-old Nigerian national, Imoleayo Samuel Aina, also known as “Alice Dave,” has been sentenced to six years in prison by a U.S. federal court for his role in a sextortion scheme that led to…
- 11 Dec 2013
US Fines Julius Berger N5.1Bn For Bribing Nigerian Officials
The United States Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have confirmed that construction giant Julius Berger’s foreign affiliate Bilfinger SE, has agreed to pay N5.1…
- 13 Jun 2016
NITEC: Data Sovereignty & Job Creation via Indigenous Data Centres
The Nigeria International Technology Exhibition & Conference (NITEC 2016) is now less than two weeks away, and if there is one thing that this conference is about, it’s leveraging…
- 13 Oct 2020
Eni Seeks World Bank Arbitration in Nigeria Oilfield Dispute
ENI.MI has filed a request for arbitration against Nigeria at the World Bank's dispute settlement body and plans to argue that the country's failure to allow it to exploit an oilfield it acquired…
- 2 Mar 2016
NCC Destroys N2Bn Pirated Materials in Enugu
The Nigeria Copyright Commission (NCC) yesterday destroyed pirated materials valued at about N2bn in Enugu. The materials which include digital video discs, compact discs, books and among others,…
- 2 Feb 2018
COSON Kicks against N5.9bn Awarded to MCSN for Copyright Infringement
Barely a week after the Federal High Court in Lagos, awarded N5.9 billion “special damages” against Multichoice Nigeria in an eight-year-old copyright infringement legal battle between the South…
- 12 Jul 2018
HURIWA Asks Buhari to Sack Adeosun, Others over Forgery
The Human Rights Writers’ Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has told President Muhammadu Buhari to sack Kemi Adeosun, minister of Finance, and other members of his cabinet accused of certificate…
- 6 Oct 2020
IG Bans SARS, Others from Searching People’s Phones, Laptops
Muhammed Adamu, Inspector-General of Police (IGP), has banned policemen, especially men of the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) across the country from searching people’s mobile phones, laptops and…
- 17 Jan 2014
NIMC Extends National ID Card Enrolment to Saturdays
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) will extend the national identity card enrolment from weekdays to include Saturdays beginning from Jan. 18, 2014 in Abuja and Lagos. Chris…
- 6 Jun 2024
Nigeria Has Strong Evidence against Binance- Idris
Mohammed Idris, minister of Information and National Orientation, has said that due processes are being applied in all stages of the trial by the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. This is…
- 2 May 2016
NCC Seizes N8Bn Pirated Works in 5 Years
Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) has seized 7,918,605 units of pirated copyright works worth N8.113 billion from 256 anti-piracy raids in the last five years. Mr. Afam Ezekude,…
- 24 Feb 2021
Court Vindicates Zinox, TD Africa in N170m FIRS Contract Fraud
An Abuja High Court has vindicated the long-held position of Zinox Technologies Ltd., and TD Africa, two of Nigeria’s leading technology giants, that its Chairman, Leo Stan Ekeh and its staff,…
- 22 Nov 2019
US Accuses Onyema, Air Peace Boss of $20m Fraud
United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia, said it has charged Allen Ifechukwu Athan Onyema, chairman, CEO, and founder of Air Peace, with bank fraud and money laundering…