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  • N36m Fraud: Okoro Blessing Nkiruka a.k.a.Blessing CEO Remanded In EFCC Custody

    The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a social media influencer and relationship therapist, Okoro Blessing Nkiruka, also known as Blessing CEO, before the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi.   Blessing CEO was arraigned before Justice Deinde Dipeolu on a two-count charge bordering on obtaining money […]
  • EFCC Arrests  Mustapha Abdullahi, Energy Commission DG Over N500bn Fraud Allegations

    Courtesy From searchng.ng top political feeds for nigeria  can disclose that operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested the Director-General of the Energy Commission of Nigeria, Mustapha Abdullahi, over alleged money laundering offences.   A source within the anti-graft agency, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to […]
  • N33.8bn Fraud: Ex- Power Minister Mamman Bags 75 yrs Jail Term 

       The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday convicted and sentenced former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, to a total of 75 years’ imprisonment in absentia over ₦33.8 billion money laundering offences linked to the Zungeru and Mambilla hydroelectric power projects.   The trial judge, Justice James Omotosho, found Mamman guilty on all 12 […]
  • Aliko Dangote’s Iran Wartime Windfall

    There is an old truth about capitalism that moralists dislike and financiers quietly engrave onto marble: somewhere, someone’s catastrophe is another man’s quarterly earnings report. Wars flatten cities, sink currencies and dislocate nations. They also, rather awkwardly, improve margins. Which brings us to Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest industrialist, whose fortune is swelling with such volcanic […]
  • Gov Adeleke Deposes Osun Monarch Convicted Of Fraud In US

    Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has approved the deposition of Oba Joseph Oloyede as the Apetumodu of Ipetumodu in Ife North Local Government following his conviction in the United States on tax fraud and money laundering charges.   A statement signed by the governor’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, on Monday said Adeleke’s decision followed the receipt […]
  • EFCC Declares Ex-Minister Sadiya Farouq Wanted

    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared a former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs Sadiya Farouq, wanted over alleged diversion of public funds, abuse of office and alleged criminal conspiracy.    The EFCC posted the notice on its website on Saturday.  “The public is hereby notified that Sadiya Umar Farouq, whose photograph appears above, […]
  • Nigeria’s 2027 governorship battlegrounds: Where the real fights will likely be

    With the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) fixing February 6, 2027, for governorship and state assembly elections in 28 states, the map of likely battlegrounds is already taking shape. Eight “off cycle” states – Anambra, Bayelsa, Edo, Ekiti, Imo, Kogi, Ondo and Osun – will not hold governorship polls that day, having shifted to separate […]
  • Tinubu on Collision Course With Ministers Defying March 31 Resignation Deadline

    President Bola Tinubu is heading toward a potential confrontation with several members of his cabinet who have quietly adopted a wait and see strategy on their 2027 political ambitions, despite a presidential directive requiring all politically ambitious appointees to resign by March 31, 2026. Aso Rock sources told Courtesy From searchng.ng top political feeds for […]
  • Gunmen Kill 13, Injure Scores In Fresh Plateau Attack

    Tragedy struck again in Plateau State as suspected gunmen reportedly killed no fewer than 13 persons in a fresh attack on Ngbra Zongo community, Kwall District of Bassa Local Government Area. The incident, which occurred in the early hours of Friday, threw the community into panic, leaving several residents with varying degrees of injuries.   […]
  • Obi, Kwankwaso Join NDC in Major Opposition Shake-Up Ahead of 2027

    In a dramatic realignment that could reshape Nigeria’s political landscape, Peter Obi and Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso have formally joined the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), signaling the emergence of a potentially formidable opposition bloc ahead of the 2027 presidential election. The two former governors were received on Sunday at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja, where […]
  • Insecurity – Europe needs Nigeria more than Nigeria needs Europe

    West Africa’s security map has been redrawn with startling speed. Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, once the reluctant pillars of France’s counter‑terrorism strategy, have expelled Western forces, embraced new patrons and declared themselves liberated from foreign tutelage. The result is a vacuum stretching from Timbuktu to Niamey, where jihadist groups roam with unnerving confidence and […]