Category: Metro
EFCC declares Seun Ogunbambo, Fargo Petroleum MD wanted in connection with ₦976m oil subsidy fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared Seun Ogunbambo, Managing Director of Fargo Petroleum and Gas Limited, wanted in conne [...]
(Updated) EFCC arraigns Halima Buba, SunTrust Bank MD, executive director over $12m money laundering
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday, June 13, 2025, arraigned the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of SunTrust Bank [...]
Ex-AMCON director testifies in court against Union Bank in N76bn, $31.5m fraud
A former Executive Director of Credit at the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, Abbas Jega, has told a Lagos court that Union Bank Plc fr [...]
Money saved by my husband looted after his passing – Maryam Abacha
Maryam Abacha, widow of Sani Abacha, a former military head of state and commander-in-chief of the armed forces from 1993 to 1998, said her husband sa [...]
Rebecca Godwin-Isaac, husband to be re-arraigned for committing forgery, money laundering totalling N800m
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to re-arraign Abuja real estate developer Rebecca Godwin-Isaac, also known as Bilkisu Ishaq [...]
How disinformation played a critical role in the Nigerian civil war
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says disinformation played a significant role in the 1967 to 1970 Nigerian civil war.
Obasanjo spoke on Wedn [...]
Court grants Providus bank freezing order against Udo Okonjo over $98K unpaid debt
A Federal High Court in Lagos has granted Providus Bank an interim freezing order against prominent businesswoman and and CEO of Fine and Country Inte [...]
Sodiq Babatunde Rufai: A long walk from sharp practices to selling luxury
Sodiq Babatunde Rufai has come a long way from when he had a brush with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC that got him convicted with [...]
Over 10,000 people killed across Nigeria in Tinubu’s 2 years as president – Amnesty International
The Nigerian authorities’ shocking failure to protect lives and property from daily attacks by armed groups and bandits has cost thousands of [...]
Ahmadu Ali, former PDP chairman’s son, Christian Taylor bag 13 years imprisonment each for N2.2bn fuel subsidy scandal
The Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja has sentenced two oil marketers to 14 years in prison for a N2.2 billion fuel subsidy fraud, part of a [...]