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Emefiele: I Was Forced To Give $600,000 Bribe For Contract Payment – Witness

Ex-Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele
A prosecution witness in the trial of former Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor, Godwin Emefiele has said he was forced to pay a bribe of $600,000 before being paidRead More

EFCC Kicks Against Court Order Permitting Obiano To Travel Abroad

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has kicked against an interim ex parte order by the Awka Division of the Federal High Court presided over by Justice Hyeladzira NganjiwaRead More

Court Remands Ndume Over Maina’s Absence From Trial

Senator Ali Ndume
Demands senator fulfills N500m bail bond obligation Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, yesterday ordered the remand of Senator Ali Ndume at the Kuje CorrectionalRead More

Liberia Withdraws Corruption Charges Against Ex-President’s Son

Law court
Liberia has dropped charges against four former central bank bosses, including an ex-president’s son, in a highly publicised graft scandal over the mishandling of banknotes worth millions of dollars. FiveRead More

Former Ivory Coast PM Jailed 20 Years For Corruption

Ivory Coast
Exiled former Ivorian prime minister Guillaume Soro was sentenced to a 20-year jail term on Tuesday, April 28, 2020 for embezzlement and money laundering. Soro, who lives in France, wasRead More

Court Okays Request To Begin Suit Seeking Okorocha’s Trial

Rochas Okorocha
The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted permission to two civil society groups to commence a suit seeking to compel the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to prosecute aRead More