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NHRC records 261,483 complaints, killings in Benue, Borno, Plateau in April

Nigeria, May 16 -- The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) recorded 261,483 rights violation complaints and an alarming surge in killings in Benue, Plateau and Borno states in April. The killings... Read More


ECOWAS Court orders Nigeria to release detainee held for 16 years, pay N20m compensation

Nigeria, May 16 -- The ECOWAS Court of Justice has ordered Nigeria to release a businessman, Moses Abiodun, who has been detained for 16 years without charge. The court, in its judgement delivered Th... Read More


Family accuses EFCC of spreading falsehood against suspected member of 792 internet fraud syndicate

Nigeria, May 16 -- The family of Audu Friday, an alleged kingpin of an internet fraud syndicate of about 792 suspects arrested in December last year, has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Comm... Read More


Court covicts Tiktoker of naira abuse

Nigeria, May 15 -- The Federal High Court in Kaduna, Kaduna State, has convicted a social media content creator, Muhammad Kabir, of naira abuse and mutilation. According to a statement by the Economi... Read More


CBEX: EFCC admits error, drops Lebanese from wanted list

Nigeria, May 15 -- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) removed on Wednesday the name of Ellie Bitar, a Lebanese, from its list of suspects wanted for the CBEX Ponzi scheme fraud. It s... Read More


CBEX: EFCC admits to error, drops Lebanese from wanted persons list

Nigeria, May 15 -- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) removed on Wednesday the name of Ellie Bitar, a Lebanese, from its list of suspects wanted for the CBEX Ponzi scheme fraud. It s... Read More


Court rejects privacy violation claim against Akpoti-Uduaghan, but criticises senator's social media conduct

Nigeria, May 13 -- Kogi Central senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan triumphed on Tuesday in a privacy violation suit filed against her last year by Kogi State Governor's Chief of Staff Ali Bello, but emer... Read More


EFCC traces $30,000 to suspected internet fraudster

Nigeria, May 6 -- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it has traced $30,000 in laundered funds presumably derived from the activities of a suspected internet fraudster. In a pres... Read More


Court jails man for failing to declare cash at airport

Nigeria, May 5 -- The Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos State, has convicted and sentenced a man to six months imprisonment for failing to declare foreign currencies at the Murtala Muhammed Internati... Read More


Court jails ex-convict, another offender for hawking naira note

Nigeria, May 5 -- The Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, convicted Folake Adeoti, an ex-convict, of hawking the naira. She was convicted alongside Modupe Adewuyi, a press statement on Sun... Read More