NIGERIA is exploring diplomatic and legal channels to get the list of its officials indicted in the $180million Halliburton bribery scandal. Security agencies are handling the matter. Besides, the government has raised two teams in Nigeria and the United States … read more
Barely 24 hours after they were declared wanted over a fresh N3billion fraud, the Vaswani brothers yesterday insisted that they are being witch-hunted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The Chairman of the EFCC, Mrs. Farida Waziri, had on … read more
A Nigerian businessman has appeared in court for allegedly defrauding an American citizen of 1.8 million dollars by promising him a non-existent oil contract, the anti-graft agency said Sunday. The government’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said 49-year-old Collins … read more
The police have so far arrested a dozen staff members of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) over the $200,000 stolen at the association’s offices in Abuja last week Goal.com has been reliably informed that the police has thus far arrested … read more
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described the situation in the Niger Delta as criminal and not political. Obasanjo said this during an interview by Aljazeera‘s Sir David Frost on Friday. ”The situation in the Niger Delta is not a situation… … read more
Representatives of the oil unions will meet government officials on Monday in hopes of averting a workers strike over security fears in the restive Niger Delta, a senior union official said yesterday. Petroleum, Energy and Gas Senior Staff Association of … read more
Nigeria’s anti-graft agency said it was hunting down owners of an Indian business group, Vaswani Brothers, for allegedly defrauding the country of three bilion naira in unpaid taxes. “Recently, they defrauded the federal government of Nigeria of the sum of … read more
More than 12 Nigerian businessmen in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, have allegedly been killed and 128 imprisoned by the government of that country for their membership of militant groups. This was contained in a letter of protest written to the Senate … read more
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has announced plans to set up a mobile court to try defaulters of crash helmet recently introduced by the commission. Already the commission is collaborating with the Lagos State government in this regard. The … read more
Nigeria’s minister for justice has offered to testify in an Irish court against Nigerian citizens who claim political asylum on the grounds they will be forced to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM) if deported. Michael Aondoakaa, a senior figure in … read more