By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, February 14, 2022, secured the final forfeiture of 20 (twenty) landed properties valued at over N3, 007, 000, 000 (Three Billion and Seven Million Naira) belonging to a top military officer but controlled through proxies including late General Aminu Maude, and companies such as Atlasfield Integrated Services Nigeria Limited, Marhaba Events Place, Aflac Plastics and Atlasfield Gas Plant Limited.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Othera Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has docked a former Secretary General of the Athletic Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Mr. Amaechi Akawu, over his alleged complicity in a $150,000 fraud.

The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) says it identified 96 financiers of terrorism and 424 associates/supporters of the financiers in Nigeria in 2020 and 2021.

President Muhammadu Buhari has met behind closed door with former Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State at the State House, Abuja.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Enugu Zonal Command on Friday, January 28, 2022, returned eleven houses recovered in different parts of Enugu to Chief Arthur Eze.

By Sharon Ngozi Nwabiani (Senior Correspondent, in Lagos)

Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, at the weekend, dismissed the no-case submission filed by one Osho Aluko-Kola, who is standing trial on a nine-count charge bordering on conspiracy and stealing to the tune of N206, 502,490.02 (Two Hundred and Six Million, Five Hundred and Two Thousand, Four Hundred and Ninety Naira, Two Kobo).

By Sharon Ngozi Nwabiani (Senior Correspondent, in Lagos)

The €250,000,000.00 fraud trial involving a Malaysian, Tan Ah Chai Richard (now late), and his company, Coastal Asia Investments Limited, before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos has been adjourned till March 4, 2022 for continuation of trial.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and the Coalition for Dialogue on Africa (CoDA) have entered into a Cooperation Agreement on the implementation of the Common African Position on Asset Recovery (CAPAR).

By Bitrus Pam (Kaduna State Correspondent)

The Kaduna Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today, January 24, 2022 secured the conviction of one James Ocholi Ogwu before Justice M.T.M Aliyu of the Kaduna State High Court sitting in Kaduna on a one-count amended charge which bordered on criminal breach of trust.

By Sharon Ngozi Nwabiani (Senior Correspondent, in Lagos)

The ongoing trial of Abubakar Ali Peters and his company, Nadabo Energy Limited, for an alleged N1.4billion fraud, before Justice C.A. Balogun of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos was stalled on Monday, January 24, 2022, as the counsel for the defendant, Abbas Oyeyemi, told the Court that the defence could not continue with the cross-examination of Abdulrasheed Bawa, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, who is testifying as the prosecution's fifth witness.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

The trial of a former Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido, his two sons, Aminu and Mustapha, Aminu Wada Abubakar, and two companies: Bamaina Holdings Ltd and Speeds International Ltd, continued on Monday, January 24, 2022 before Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, with the continuation of cross-examination of the sixteenth prosecution witness, Mercy Titus, a Certified Ethical Hacker and Forensic Analyst of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,.

• New Recruits Warned To Have Integrity And Honesty As Their Watchword

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CeleOkaf11

A total of 246 officers newly recruited by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) have graduated from the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense (NSCDC) training academy after a rigorous six-weeks course.