Nigerian News Leader
First with details then facts 
By Shehu Shinkafi (Sokoto State Corespondent)
A Sokoto State High Court, sitting in Sokoto, has remanded Lukuman Sani Waziri, a former Accountant with the Finance Department of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto in prison custody, pending the determination of his bail application.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CeleOkaf11
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abuja Zonal Office, on Thursday, March 18, 2021, arraigned the trio of Theophilus Omambala, Lawal Umar, and Alexander Danjuma before Justice Musa Usman of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Bwari, Abuja on one count charge bordering on false and misleading information.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CeleOkaf11
The trial of a former Director of Police Pension Office, Atiku Abubakar Kigo, Veronica Oyegbula, and four others continued before Justice Hussien Baba Yusuf of the FCT High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on Wednesday, March 17, 2021, as a prosecution witness, Mustapha Sani Gadanya (former staff of the Commission), continued his examination-in-chief.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CeleOkaf11
A witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Michael Wetkas concluded his examination-in-chief in the ongoing case of diversion of public funds meant for projects in Jigawa State involving a former governor of the State, Sule Lamido, his two sons, as well as four others.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CeleOkaf11
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdurasheed Bawa, has promised to partner with the National Institute For Security Studies in the fight against corruption.
Nigeria Loses $18 Billion Annually To Money Laundering Through Banks
6,772 Billionaires In Nigeria Engage In Annual Tax Evasion
Only 914 Nigerians Pay Between N10m And N20m In Tax Yearly
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CeleOkaf11
Reactions have begun to trail the new EFCC's ultimatum to bank employees and other players in the nation's financial sector to declare their assets or face the full wrath of Nigeria's anti-corruption laws.
By Valentine Nnamani (Bureau Chief South East, in Enugu)
JusticeI.N Buba of the Federal High Court, Enugu, Enugu State on Monday, March 15, 2021, convicted and sentenced two internet fraudsters, Ferdinand Chikelu Iloka, and Chidera Oleka, to one-year imprisonment each on separate one-count bordering on internet fraud.
By Dayo Adedibu (Oyo State Correspondent)
Justice Patricia Ajoku of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Wednesday, March 17, 2021, convicted five internet fraudsters of the charge of criminal impersonation, contrary to Section 22(2)(b)(ii) of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, ETC.) Act, 2015 and punishable under Section 22 (2) (b) of the same Act.
By Thelma Veracruz (Bureau Chief South-South, in Portharcourt)
The Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Tuesday, March 16, 2021, arraigned Enemo Okoria; Ebhofage Brown; Francis Dapagamo, a Tugboat DP28, and a company, Diesel Power Nigeria Limited before Justice J.K. Omotosho of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on two- count charges bordering on conspiracy and illegal dealing in petroleum product without an appropriate licence.
By Idongesit Esuene (Akwa Ibom State Correspondent)
Operatives of the Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested one Emmanuel Chigozie Eze, a 35-year-old Head of Sales for Procter and Gamble company, for allegedly embezzling over N20m(Twenty Million Naira) company funds, which he claimed to have spent on online sports betting.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CeleOkaf11
The trial of Atiku Abubakar Kigo alongside five others before Justice Hussien Baba of the FCT High Court, Maitama, Abuja, continued on Tuesday, March 16, 2021, with the judge admitting in the evidence, documents which the prosecution had sought to tender at the last adjourned date.
By Dayo Adedibu (Oyo State Correspondent)
Justice Patricia Ajoku of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Monday, March 15, 2021, convicted one Ajibola Hammed on one court amended charge bordering on impersonation, contrary to Section 22(2)(b)(i) of the Cybercrime (Prohibition Prevention, Etc.) Act 2015 and Punishable under the same Act.
