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Equatorial Guinea VP Threatens To Expel French Envoy Over Graft Case

EQUATORIAL Guinea’s vice president, Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, threatened Friday to expel the French ambassador over a row triggered by a corruption case in Paris. A top French court last year upheld a three-year suspended term against Obiang over property…

Group Calls On Anti-graft Agency, EFCC To Probe Governor Okowa’s Alleged $3million Bribe To PDP Leaders To Get Vice President’s Slot

A CIVIC group, the Delta Central for Integrity and Good Governance (DCIGG) has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate the alleged payment of $3million bribe by the Delta State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa to lobby…

Witness Reveals How Ex-Convict Defrauded Raddison Blu Hotel N4.4m

THE third prosecution witness, PW3, Gabriel Okara, an investigator with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, June 6, 2022, told Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos how one Ahmed Soetan Adebola,…

Kenyatta Says Infrastructure Projects, Anti-Graft War To Shape His Legacy

KENYAN President Uhuru Kenyatta said Wednesday that infrastructure modernisation, renewed war against corruption, concerted efforts to sustain peace and cohesion will form part of his legacy. Kenyatta, who addressed the nation during the celebrations to mark 59 years after Kenya…

Alleged N6.2bn Fraud:  EFCC Closes Case Against Ex-Plateau Gov Jang

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, May 31, 2022, closed its case against a former governor of Plateau State, Jonah David Jang and a former cashier in the Office of the Secretary to the State Government (OSSG),…

Court Orders Interim Seizure Of NOK University, Other Properties Linked To A Former Federal Director Of Accounts

A FEDERAL High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, June 1, 2022, ordered the interim forfeiture of every asset of NOK University, based in Kaduna. The University, built by a former Director of Finance and Accounts, DFA, in the Federal…

APC Member Petitions Presidential Screening Committee, Seeks Disqualification Of Tinubu Over Alleged Age Falsification, Chicago University Certificate Scandal

A MEMBER of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Sagir Mai Iyali has asked the party’s presidential screening committee to disqualify one of the aspirants, Bola Ahmed Tinubu over alleged certificate forgery. The petition dated May 17, 2022, was submitted…

N3.1b Money Laundering: Court Grants Okorocha N500m Bail, Sets November 7 For Trial

JUSTICE Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja on Tuesday, May 31, 2022, granted bail to a former governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha. Okorocha was arraigned on Monday, May 30, 2022, alongside Anyim Nyerere (a.k.a Anyim Chinenye), Naphtali…

EFCC Arrests Ex-Governor In Connection with Accountant-General’s N80 Billion Probe

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested former Governor Abdulaziz Yari in connection with the agency’s ongoing investigation of the suspended Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris. Mr Yari, a former governor of Zamfara State, according to axreport by…

US Seizes Maryland Property Of Former Gambian President

THE US Justice Department said on Thursday it has secured the forfeiture of a Maryland property purchased by former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh with about $3.5 million in alleged corruption proceeds through a trust set up by his wife. Jammeh…