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The Digest: A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Apo has issued bench warrants for the arrest of former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs Sadiya Umar Farouq and permanent secretary Bashir Nura Alkali after they failed to appear for arraignment. The EFCC is prosecuting them on 21 counts of...

The Digest: The federal government has amended charges filed against former Attorney-General Abubakar Malami and his son Abdulaziz, removing the allegation bordering on terrorism financing. The amended charge now focuses on illegal possession of firearms. The prosecution alleges that arms and...

The Digest: Former Kaduna Governor Nasir El-Rufai has secured bail from a Federal High Court in Kaduna, ending a detention that lasted nearly two months. Justice Rilwan Aikawa granted bail with stringent conditions, including a N200 million bond with two sureties, a deposit of international...

The Digest: Paganengigha Anagha, younger brother of former Minister of Petroleum Timipre Sylva, will be arraigned at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday over an alleged 2025 coup plot against President Bola Tinubu. Sylva's driver, plainclothes police detail, and escort driver will also...

The Digest: The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has officially received a petition from the family of Deborah Mbara, a cancer survivor, accusing social media influencer Blessing CEO of cyberbullying, forgery, and orchestrating a multi-million naira fundraising scam. The...

The Digest: A federal high court in Abuja has acquitted Isabella Mimie Oshodin and her company, Bob Oshodin Organisation Ltd, of money laundering charges filed by the federal government. Justice James Omotosho ruled that the prosecution failed to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt. The...

The Digest: The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed an appeal challenging the acquittal of Tuoyo Omatsuli, a former executive director of projects at the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), and three others over an alleged N3.6 billion money laundering case. The...

The Digest: The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has stated that it cannot investigate Blessing CEO over her cancer fundraising controversy because no formal petition has been filed. A source told TheCable that the agency does not act on "social media agitation or frenzy"...

The Digest: Prominent Nigerian lawyer Mike Ozekhome is facing criminal charges after allegedly submitting a forged letter from the Nigeria Immigration Service to a London tribunal to claim ownership of a North London property. The NIS has confirmed that the letter, purportedly signed by an...

SUMMARY The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested 30 suspected internet fraudsters in Agbede community, Ilorin, including six students of Kwara State Polytechnic. The arrests followed a sting operation on Wednesday in two buildings flagged for suspected internet-related fraud...

The Digest: Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu is under investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission following the permanent forfeiture of $13 million linked to socialite Aisha Achimugu. The EFCC discovered that part of the funds was sourced from contractors working with...

The Digest: A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the final forfeiture of $13 million linked to Lagos socialite Aisha Achimugu and her company, Oceangate Engineering Oil & Gas Limited. Justice Emeka Nwite held that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission successfully proved the funds...

The Digest: Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday cordoned off the Abuja residence of former Attorney-General of the Federation Abubakar Malami, restricting movement in the area. According to eyewitness accounts, operatives arrived in multiple buses and took...

The Digest: Former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai arrived at the Federal High Court in Kaduna on Tuesday morning under heavy security for his arraignment over alleged corruption-related offences. El-Rufai, dressed in a light green babanriga, was escorted into the courtroom at...

The Digest: The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission will arraign former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai on Tuesday at the Federal High Court in Kaduna over alleged conversion of public property and money laundering. A separate case has also been filed...

The Digest: Former Attorney-General Abubakar Malami has declared he has no regrets over his actions while in office, speaking after regaining freedom following months in EFCC, DSS, and prison custody. Malami, his wife, and son face 16-count money laundering charges (all pleaded not guilty). He...

The Digest: Nigerian authorities have arrested Nzube Ikeji, 31, following an OCCRP documentary exposing an online fraud operation where he allegedly posed as the Crown Prince of Dubai. The arrest came as a second Romanian victim, identified as Ana, came forward with documents showing she was...

The Digest: The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared Peiyuan Niu, a 40-year-old Chinese national, wanted over an alleged case of obtaining money by false pretence. In a public notice by spokesperson Dele Oyewale, the EFCC stated Niu's last known address is 111 Kudirat...

The Digest: The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared Peiyuan Niu, a 40-year-old Chinese national, wanted over an alleged case of obtaining money by false pretence. In a public notice by spokesperson Dele Oyewale, the EFCC stated Niu's last known address is 111 Kudirat...

The Digest: A federal high court in Abuja has granted bail to former Attorney-General Abubakar Malami, his wife Asabe Bashir, and their son Abdulaziz Malami in the sum of N200 million each with two sureties in like sum. Presiding Judge Joyce Abdulmalik ordered that one of the sureties must...