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Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, sitting in Apo, Abuja, on Monday, June 15, 2026, dismissed an application filed by counsel to a former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Sadiya Umar Farouq, seeking to set aside the bench warrant and warrant of arrest issued against her. Farouq, alongside two others — Bashir Nura Alkali and Sani Nafiu Mohammed — is to face prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged criminal conspiracy, abuse of office, and diversion of public funds amounting to $1.3 million and N746.7 million. Delivering his ruling on Monday, the judge…

The trial of a former governor of Taraba State, Darius Dickson Ishaku, and a former Permanent Secretary in the Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in the state, Bello Yero, continued on Monday, June 15, 2026, before Justice S.C. Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama, Abuja, with the Third Prosecution Witness, PW3, Taiwo Johns, informing the court that money from local governments in the state was paid into his private account on the instruction of Yero and other officials of the Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs for disbursement. He further informed the court that…

Ahead of the 2027 general elections, the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has called on Nigerians from all walks of life to work collaboratively toward ensuring peaceful, credible, and transparent elections, warning that vote buying and other forms of financial inducement remain major threats to democratic governance. Olukoyede made the call in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, while delivering the inaugural lecture of the High-Level Guest Speakers’ Series organised by the Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies (CPSS), University of Ilorin. The lecture was themed: “Mobilising Critical Stakeholders for…

A Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna State has adjourned proceedings in the trial of a former governor of the state, Nasir El-Rufai, until June 24, 2026. The case, brought by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), involves allegations of abuse of office, fraud, and financial misconduct during his tenure as governor. El-Rufai, through his lawyers, has consistently denied all allegations against him. At the resumed trial on Monday, the former governor was brought to the court at about 9:30am, accompanied by ICPC officials and operatives of the Department of State Services and the police. Previous…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned three men and another suspect currently at large before the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja over an alleged ₦10 billion fraud involving Fidelity Bank Plc. The defendants, identified as Ibeh Emmanuel, Chidiebere Ihekoronye, Akubuo Chimuanya, and Austen Peaks Aniekan, who is currently at large, were brought before Justice Olubusola A. Okunuga on Wednesday on a five-count charge bordering on conspiracy, obtaining by false pretence, possession of fraudulent documents, and forgery. According to the EFCC, the defendants allegedly conspired to fraudulently obtain ₦10 billion from Fidelity Bank Plc through forged…

The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, arraigned a social media influencer, Okoro Blessing Nkiruka (a.k.a. Blessing CEO), before Justice R.A. Oshodi of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, over an alleged ₦69,150,000 fraud. Nkiruka was arraigned on a two-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence and stealing to the tune of ₦69,150,000. At the commencement of proceedings, prosecution counsel, C.C. Okezie, urged the court to proceed with the arraignment, arguing that the defendant had been duly served with the charge. However, defence counsel, Nkama…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, June 8, 2026, sought to re-arraign the trio of Aishatu Bappa El-Nafaty, Mamud Alhaji Abubakar, and Igba Ityoakura Joseph before Justice Muhammed Zubairu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Jikwoyi, Abuja, over alleged fraud. The first defendant, El-Nafaty, is the Director of the Public Affairs Department in the Directorate of Special Duties and Parliamentary Security, National Assembly. Abubakar, the second defendant, is a former Permanent Secretary in the services of the National Assembly, while the third defendant, Joseph, is a Deputy Director of Procurement in the National Assembly. They were…

Justice A. I. Akobi of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Kubwa, Abuja, on Monday, June 1, 2026, slated June 15, 2026, for judgment in the case involving the alleged criminal impersonation of officers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and extortion by one Salifu Olije Mustapha. At Monday’s proceedings, the EFCC presented its first prosecution witness (PW1), Stanley Ujilibo, against the defendant. The witness, an investigator with the EFCC, disclosed that the Commission received intelligence on how the defendant and two others, identified as Haruna Mamuda Adamu and Abubakar Umar Hamisu — who are currently under…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, June 1, 2026, presented its fifth prosecution witness (PW5) in the trial of former Minister of Power, Olu Agunloye, before Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Apo, Abuja. The former minister is facing prosecution on an amended seven-count charge bordering on official corruption and the alleged fraudulent award of the Mambilla Power Project contract worth $6 billion to Sunrise Power Transmission Company Limited. The witness, Iliya John Iyakwari, an Assistant Director of Legal in the Federal Ministry of Justice, currently serving in the Federal Ministry of…

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has charged the Chairman of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Shehu Dikko, on the need to observe regulatory compliance in the interest of sports development in the country. He gave the charge in Abuja on Friday, May 29, as Dikko led the top management team of the NSC on a courtesy visit to him at the EFCC’s corporate headquarters. “We always want to engage in the spirit of working together. As you would have known, the EFCC has had cause to investigate some of your predecessors,…