Fraud

The Economic and Finance Crime Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, December 11, arraigned the former speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji and his aide, Oyebode Atoyebi, on fresh charges of laundering N673m.

Jide Omokore, an ally to the former Nigerian minister of petroleum resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has forfeited his firm, Cedar oil and gas exploration and production limited, to the federal government over a N29 billion debt.

One of the senators representing Imo state in the Senate has been accused of converting a constituency project to his personal hotel.

Anthony Ayine, the auditor general of the federation, has reportedly uncovered some irregularities in the nation’s finances which are contained in the recently released 2017 audit report.

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned two senior officials of the Benue state government, over an alleged contract fraud to the tune of N4,766,858,449.63.

The Nigerian presidency has reacted over the conviction of the Senate chief whip, Orji Uzor Kalu, on Thursday, December 5, by the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos.