Monday, October 26, 2026

Anti-Corruption

July 10, 2026

NFIU, EFCC collaboration earns Nigeria global anti-money laundering award

Nigeria has won the UNODC-World Bank-Egmont Group Stolen Asset Recovery initiative award for an outstanding financial crime investigation.

NFIU, EFCC
July 9, 2026

Ghanaian celebrity fraudster Abu Trica extradited to U.S. over $8 million fraud 

Ghanaian authorities extradited fraudster Fredrick ‘Abu Trica’ Kumi to face trial in the U.S.

Fredrick 'Abu Trica' Kum
July 9, 2026

Kenyan police nab 18 Chinese nationals in sting operations against cyber fraud syndicates

Police also found 39 Chinese passports and seven Malaysian passports in the ransacked apartments.

cyber fraud
July 9, 2026

Four Anambra men remanded for allegedly raping, impregnating mentally challenged girl

Ms Okechukwu said, “During questioning the teenager identified the defendants as being responsible for her condition.”

Court
July 9, 2026

Alleged Graft: Court remands ex-CCT chairman Danladi Umar in Kuje custodial centre

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) charged Mr Umar with abuse of office.

Danladi Umar
July 9, 2026

EFCC arraigns Miyetti Allah president for $3 million money laundering, terrorism financing

When the case was called before Justice Inyang Ekwo, the court was informed that the matter was scheduled for Mr Bodejo to take his plea.

Bello Bodejo (Credit: PUNCH Newspaper)
July 9, 2026

FG files N15 million bribery charge against Danladi Umar, CCT chairman who tried Bola Tinubu for assets fraud

Mr Umar was pushed out of the CCT in November 2024 in a controversial dismissal spearheaded by Senate majority leader Opeyemi Bamidele (APC, Ekiti) over a flurry of petitions.

July 8, 2026

EFCC arraigns ex-Port Harcourt Refinery Ltd MD over alleged money laundering 

The EFCC, in the charge marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/360/2026, named Mr Dikko and Masterpiece Projects & Investment Ltd as first and second defendants.

Ex-MD of PHRC Ahmed Dikko.
July 8, 2026

U.S. defence official convicted for helping Nigeria-based scammers launder millions of dollars

Mr Marcus is scheduled to be sentenced on October 16 and faces a maximum possible term of 20 years in prison, three years of supervised release, and a $250,000 fine.

FBI agents, stash of dollars