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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, July 9, 2026, arraigned the leader of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo, before Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on allegations of money laundering. Bodejo was arraigned on a 12-count charge bordering on money laundering involving $2.33 million. At Thursday’s proceedings, prosecution counsel, Wahab Shittu, SAN, drew the attention of the court to the 12-count charge dated June 24, 2026, and filed on June 25, 2026, urging the court to allow the defendant to take his plea. The judge granted the application. Count one of the…
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), sitting in Maitama, Abuja, has remanded the former Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Danladi Umar, at the Kuje Correctional Centre pending the hearing and determination of his bail application. Umar was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday on a four-count charge bordering on conferring an undue advantage on himself while serving as Chairman of the CCT. The former CCT chairman pleaded not guilty to the charges preferred against him by the anti-graft agency. Following his not-guilty plea, the prosecuting counsel, Christopher Mshelia, prayed…
Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Lagos State Special Offences Court, Ikeja, on Thursday overruled objections by former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, to the admissibility of extra-judicial statements he allegedly made to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), holding that the statements are admissible in evidence. In his ruling, Justice Oshodi held that Section 4 of the Anti-Torture Act, 2017, relied upon by Emefiele’s counsel, did not warrant a trial-within-trial to determine the admissibility of the statements. The court agreed with the prosecution that a trial-within-trial was unnecessary because none of the statements sought…
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, convened a strategic meeting of the nation’s anti-corruption agencies at the Commission’s corporate headquarters in Abuja. The roundtable was aimed at fostering a stronger and more enduring framework for collaboration and synergy among the EFCC, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), and the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) to achieve better outcomes in the fight against corruption, economic crimes and financial crimes in the country. The meeting was attended by the Director-General…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, arraigned Mr. Ahmed Adamu Dikko, former Managing Director of the Port Harcourt Refining Company Limited (PHRC), before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on a 12-count charge bordering on alleged money laundering. The charge, marked FHC/ABJ/CR/360/2026 and dated June 22, 2026, was filed by the Commission’s counsel, Ekele Iheanacho, SAN. It listed Dikko and Masterpiece Projects & Investment Limited as the first and second defendants, respectively. Dikko, who led the Port Harcourt Refining Company for about four years, pleaded not guilty to all 12 counts…
For nearly a month, the controversy surrounding the alleged Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) has generated intense public debate, with allegations and counter-allegations threatening to overshadow the legal issues at the heart of the dispute. While Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew has publicly accused the Chief of Staff to the President, Rt. Hon. Olufemi Hakeem Gbajabiamila, of authorising the council and benefiting financially from its operations, the Presidency has consistently maintained that the PFIPC never existed as an official government agency. From the government’s perspective, one fact appears central: long before the recent media exchanges, Gbajabiamila had reportedly petitioned security…
The United States Consulate in Lagos and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for its investigative effectiveness and sustained efforts in combating sextortion and transnational financial crimes. The commendation came on Monday, July 6, 2026, during a courtesy visit by Assistant Law Enforcement Attaché of the United States Consulate, SSA James Smith, and SSA Thomas Pepper of the Cyber Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation Headquarters, to the Acting Zonal Director of EFCC Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, Assistant Commander of the EFCC (ACE I), Bawa Usman Kaltungo, in Ikoyi, Lagos. Speaking during…
Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Olatunji Alausa, has commended the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede, for raising the Commission’s standards to their highest level. Alausa spoke on Tuesday, July 7, 2026, at the EFCC headquarters in Abuja, where a delegation from the ministry received beds and mattresses recovered during a cybercrime operation and forfeited to the Federal Government. “Chairman, I commend you for bringing the highest standards to the EFCC,” Alausa said. The items, comprising 501 double-step bunk beds, 939 mattresses, and 12 wooden beds with mattresses, were recovered during a special…
A Federal High Court in Lagos has nullified the ₦60 billion sanction imposed by the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON) on Facebook Nigeria Operations Limited over alleged unapproved advertisements targeted at the Nigerian market, holding that the regulator acted outside its statutory powers and violated the company’s constitutional right to a fair hearing. Delivering judgment in Suit No. FHC/L/CS/2205/2024, Justice Yellim Bogoro declared ARCON’s Notice of Violation/Demand for Compliance dated October 21, 2024, unconstitutional, unlawful, null and void, and restrained the regulator from taking any further steps to enforce it. The judgment, delivered on June 18, 2026, also held…
Chief of Staff to the President, Rt. Hon. Olufemi Hakeem Gbajabiamila, has given Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew 72 hours to withdraw what he described as false and defamatory allegations made against him during a widely circulated press conference or face both civil and criminal legal action. Gbajabiamila, through his solicitors, Pinheiro LP, is also demanding a public apology, the removal of the alleged defamatory publications from all media platforms, and a written undertaking that no further allegations will be made against him. The demands are contained in a cease-and-desist letter dated July 6, 2026, and signed by Senior Advocate of…