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Tinubu urges judges to close loopholes delaying corruption trials

Nigeria, Oct. 15 -- President Bola Tinubu has urged Nigerian judges to close procedural loopholes that politically exposed persons and organised crime suspects exploit to delay or frustrate criminal t... Read More


Nigeria trains 100 officials ahead of anti-money laundering assessment

Nigeria, Oct. 14 -- Nigeria has begun training 100 government officials ahead of its next international assessment of efforts to combat money laundering, terrorist financing and the financing of proli... Read More


Tanker crash spills 33,000 litres of groundnut oil in Lagos, LASTMA warns against consumption

Nigeria, Oct. 14 -- A tanker carrying 33,000 litres of groundnut oil overturned near Abiola Garden on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in Lagos on Wednesday, spilling oil onto the road and causing traffic ... Read More


Appeal court to issue date for fresh hearing of SERAP's appeal against SSS' N100m defamation judgement

Nigeria, Oct. 14 -- The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Tuesday vacated an earlier order reserving judgement in the defamation appeal involving the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP)... Read More


EFCC chair warns Nigerian girls against sextortion

Nigeria, Oct. 13 -- The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has warned Nigerian girls against sextortion and online fraud, urging them to protect themselves... Read More


Police arrest four for alleged cultism, recover gun in Lagos

Nigeria, Oct. 13 -- The Lagos State Police Command has arrested four men suspected of cultism in the Lekki, Ajah and Elemoro areas and allegedly recovered a locally made gun from one of them. Accordi... Read More


Lagos govt water privatisation will deepen inequality, coalition warns

Nigeria, Oct. 13 -- A collation of development-focussed groups and individuals has warned that privatising water services in Lagos could make water less affordable for poor residents, urging the state... Read More


Court rejects Euracare's bid to stop inquest into Chimamanda Adichie's son's death

Nigeria, Oct. 13 -- The Lagos State High Court in Ikoyi on Monday rejected a bid by Eurapharma Care Services Nigeria Limited, operator of Euracare Multi-Specialist Hospital, to stop a coroner's inques... Read More


EFCC arraigns Nigerian-American over alleged $320,000 vehicle import fraud

Nigeria, Oct. 13 -- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a Nigerian-American, Oluwatobi Adegoke, over an alleged vehicle import fraud involving more than $320,000. Mr Ade... Read More


CJN swears in 68 new SANs

Nigeria, Oct. 13 -- The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, on Monday, swore in 68 new Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) at the Supreme Court in Abuja. The ceremony was held during a spec... Read More