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Lagos security Fund donates vehicles, protective gear to police in Lagos

Nigeria, May 17 -- The Lagos State Police Command has received operational assets from the Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF) ahead of the planned launch of the Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU)... Read More


Appeal Court upholds order stopping EFCC from probing, prosecuting ex-governor Odili

Nigeria, May 17 -- The Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt has upheld a 2007 Rivers State High Court judgement restraining the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from investigating the finan... Read More


Appeal Court upholds order restricting EFCC probe of Rivers finances

Nigeria, May 17 -- The Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt has upheld a 2007 Rivers State High Court judgement restraining the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from investigating the finan... Read More


UPDATED: Falana faults Tinubu, Trump over reported killing of ISIS leader in Nigeria

Nigeria, May 16 -- Human rights lawyer Femi Falana has criticised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu after the Nigerian leader confirmed an announcement by US President Donald Trump that an Islamic State lea... Read More


Supreme Court clears ex-GOC Otiki six years after dismissal over missing military funds

Nigeria, May 16 -- The Supreme Court on Friday cleared a former General Officer Commanding (GOC) 8 Division of the Nigerian Army, Hakeem Otiki, six years after he was demoted and dismissed over the di... Read More


Alleged N36m Fraud: EFCC arraigns Blessing CEO in Lagos

Nigeria, May 15 -- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned social media influencer and self-styled relationship therapist, Blessing Okoro, popularly known as Blessing CEO, be... Read More


NDIC sues Wema Bank over N125bn Banana Island properties, N401m disputed payment

Nigeria, May 15 -- The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), acting as liquidator of the defunct Gulf Bank Plc, has filed two separate suits against Wema Bank at the Federal High Court in Lago... Read More


Court convicts businessman of $247,390 fraud in Lagos

Nigeria, May 15 -- The Special Offences Court in Lagos State has convicted a businessman, Kingsley Obasi, of fraud involving $247,390. In a judgement delivered Thursday, trial judge Mojisola Dada sen... Read More


Coalition warns against threats to civic space in aftermath of SSS' N100m judgement against SERAP

Nigeria, May 14 -- A coalition of civil society organisations has raised concerns over what it described as growing threats to judicial transparency, civic freedoms and constitutional governance in Ni... Read More


EFCC arrests Energy Commission DG over alleged N500 billion fraud

Nigeria, May 14 -- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the Director-General of the Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN), Mustapha Abdullahi, over alleged money laundering an... Read More