By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief) 

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has called on youths across the country to unite and take the lead in the fight against corruption.

By Chinelo Ogbodo (Enugu State Correspondent)

The Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, November 28, 2024 arraigned the duo of Ajim Kerison Onubuogu and Ajim Tochukwu Christian, biological brothers, for allegedly defrauding their victim, Chebet Chumba, an American the sums of Forty-Three Thousand, Eight Hundred and Fifty United States Dollars ($43, 850) and Eighteen Million, Six Hundred and Seventy-Five Thousand, One Hundred and Thirty-three Naira, Seventy-five Kobo (N18, 675, 133. 75), respectively.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief)

The trial of the immediate past Governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed and his Finance Commissioner, Ademola Banu over alleged stealing and mismanagement of public funds to the tune of N5.78billion got underway on Wednesday, December 4, 2024 before Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High siting in Ilorin.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief) @CelestineOkaf11

The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Dr Musa Adamu Aliyu SAN, was elected chairperson of the African Asset Recovery Practitioners’ Forum (AARP-F) by the interim council members of the forum, comprising representatives from African regional blocks, ARINs, and AAACA, in an election held in Arusha, Tanzania, on November 6, 2024.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief)

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned Hauwau Gimbiya Mukhtar Abdulkarim, the serving Provost of the Federal College of Education (Technical) (FCET), Gusau, alongside Abdullahi Boyi, a lecturer with the Sokoto State College of Education (SSCE) Sokoto on alleged certificate forgery.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief) @CelestineOkaf11

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned one Tiemo Joy Alabogha on a 6-count charge of forgery, intent to commit fraud and making of false statement amongst other misconducts.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu, SAN, has declared that corruption is the root of all criminal activities, urging all Nigerians to combat it collectively.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

The Government of Namibia has approached the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to explore training opportunities as well as sharing of expertise with personnel of the Namibian Anti-corruption Commission in the fight against corruption.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) 

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has called on youths across the country to shun the allure of internet crimes and resist the get-rich-quick syndrome associated with it to safeguard their future and wellbeing.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

Participants at the 6th Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC- National Judicial Institute, NJI’s Capacity Building Workshop for Justices and Judges have called on judges handling economic and financial crimes and other acts of corruption across the country, to exercise more caution in the granting of restraining orders.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

Abubakar Kweido, First Prosecuting witness, PW1 in the trial of a former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, on Wednesday, October 9, 2024 told a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja before Justice James Omotosho that he former minister allegedly used funds from the Mambilla Hydro project's account to purchase Abuja properties.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

Edward Adamu, fourth Prosecution Witness (PW4) in the trial of the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele on Wednesday, October 9, 2024 told Justice Maryanne Anenih of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Maitama, Abuja, that Emefiele did not did have the approval of either former President Muhammadu Buhari or that of the CBN Board for the 2023 redesign of naira notes as required by the rules.