Legal Nigeria

Justice Ishaq Bello of an Abuja High Court finally entered judgment in the case known as the Apo Six Trial on March 9, to the relief of a baffled nation which had been on tenterhooks for all of the eleven […]

Fed Govt: no safe haven for corrupt officialsNigerians of “questionable characters” who own property in the United Kingdom (UK) were put on notice yesterday — they will soon be unmasked.A criminal finances bill that will introduce the concept of “Unexplained […]

The Federal High Court in Lagos Monday defreezed the account of activist-lawyer Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN).The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) froze the account based on an interim order by Justice Abdulazeez Anka.The agency said Ekiti State Governor Ayo […]

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has advised the leadership of the Senate to immediately withdraw the summon it issued for Professor Itse Sagay, Chairman Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption to appear before the Senate committee on ethics, privileges and public […]

MORE cash believed to be part of the London-Paris Club loan refund has been found by  the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).The US$86,546,526.65 was remitted into the account of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF).The account is said to have […]

Ikorodu magistrate court sitting in Ijede  sentenced her husband, Olayinka, to nine years, six months imprisonment for impersonation.Soyinka (34) was arraigned on a five count charge bordering on falsely presenting himself as a lawyer, stealing and forging of court documents […]

The Department of Security Service (DSS) recently released a seven-page letter which sheds more light on the corruption allegations against Ibrahim Magu, the Acting-Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).The letter appeared to have been written in response […]