Nigerian News Leader
First with details then facts 
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)
The Abuja Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Commission, EFCC, today July 12, 2021, arraigned a company, Glotech Resources Limited, before Justice E. Okpe of the FCT High Court, Apo, Abuja for an offense bordering on the issuance of a dud cheque.
By Sharon Ngozi Nwabiani (Senior Correspondent, in Lagos)
The trial of Patrick Akpobolokemi, a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, and three others for an alleged N8.5billion fraud before Justice Ayokunle Faaji of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos continued on July 12, 2021, with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, presenting its sixth witness.
By Sharon Ngozi Nwabiani (Senior Correspondent, in Lagos)
Justice I. Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday, July 12, 2021, adjourned till October 5, 2021, for the continuation of trial in the case of Afeez Adeshina Fashola, also known as Naira Marley, who was arraigned sometime in 2019 on an 11-count charge of credit card fraud preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)
A former Surveyor-General of the Federation (SGOF), Dr. Ebisintei Awudu, has been arraigned by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), for alleged fraudulent diversion of N2.8 billion.
By Musa Yusuf (Gombe State Correspondent)
The Gombe state Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, July 5, 2021, secured the conviction of two former staff of Gombe State Ministry of Lands and Survey, Yahaya Umaru Waja and Muhammed Manga, who was sentenced to nine years imprisonment each on four of the five-count charge of conspiracy, forgery, and cheating, by Justice Fatima Musa of the Gombe State High Court, Gombe.
Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)
Nigeria requires strong institutions and systems to fight corruption and Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs), the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, SAN, has recommended.
By Shehu Shinkafi (Sokoto State Correspondent)
The Sokoto Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, June 28, 2021, arraigned five senior officials of the Sokoto State Primary Education Staff Pension Board before Justice Muhammad Muhammad of the Sokoto State High Court, Sokoto, on a 27-count charge bordering on alleged conspiracy, forgery. criminal breach of trust and misappropriation of the sum of N553,985,624.10 (Five Hundred and Fifty Three Million, Nine Hundred and Eighty Five Thousand, Six Hundred and Twenty Four Naira, Ten Kobo).
By Bitrus Pam (Kaduna State Correspondent)
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Kaduna Zonal office have arrested one Mrs. Mary Aweh Olaleye,, promoter of Victoria Travels Resorts Ltd for allegedly obtaining Eight Million Four Hundred and Eighty Thousand Naira (N8,480,000.00) from two prospective travelers by false pretence.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)
Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), on Monday, dropped a hint of new guidelines for those negotiating investment and trade contract agreements for the Federal Government.
By Valentine Nnamani (Bureau Chief South East, in Enugu)
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, on Monday, June 28, 2021, charged officers of the Enugu Zonal Office to continually uphold the core values of the Commission in the discharge of their duties and shun all forms of corruption adding that, “a corrupt man cannot fight corruption.”
By Bitrus Pam (Kaduna State Correspondent)
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Kaduna Zonal office has re-arraigned one Alhaji Yushau Mohammed Ahmed before Justice Z.B. Abubakar of the Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna, Kaduna State on a one-count charge bordering on failure to make full disclosure of all his assets in his asset declaration form.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)
Justice Aisha Kumaliya of Borno State High Court has closed the defense of Aisha Alkali Wakil popularly known as ‘Mama-Boko Haram’ following her refusal to speak in response to questions and issues raised by the court under the guise that she is severely ill.
