Nigerian News Leader
First with details then facts 
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief)
The Secretary to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Mr. Okwudiri Oparaodu, has called for a significant bolstering of the Commission’s forensic capabilities to effectively tackle the rising tide of complex corrupt practices and financial fraud.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief)
A three-member panel of Justices of the Court of Appeal, Justice Abba Mohammed, Okon Abang and Eberechi Nyesom have affirmed the conviction and sentence of former Group Managing Director of Nigerian Army Properties Limited (NAPL), Maj.-Gen. Umar Mohammed, for offences bordering on theft and misappropriation of company funds.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief)
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed a suit filed by Mr. Paul Afagase Johnson seeking to restrain the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) from inviting or investigating him over an alleged N350 million contract-related matter.
By Rose Nwankwu (Anambra State Correspondent, in Awka)
In a renewed effort to strengthen inter-agency and institutional collaboration against economic and financial crimes and other acts of corruption, the Anambra Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has embarked on a series of strategic courtesy visits and awareness campaign to critical law enforcement agencies, judicial and traditional institutions in the state.
By Yetunde Beecroft (Lagos Island Correspondent, in Ikoyi)
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, Ikoyi, on Friday, March 6, 2026, arraigned the quartet of Babatunde Olukunle Oyefolu, Babayemi Isaac Olatunde Ezekiel Abaki and Plural Oil Marketing Limited for an alleged N2bn oil fraud before Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos.
By Yetunde Beecroft (Lagos Island Correspondent, in Ikoyi)
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has handed over the sum of N279 million (Two Hundred and Seventy-nine Million ) to the Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and the Creative Arts, formerly known as the National Theatre, Lagos, as part of its ongoing efforts to combat corruption and recover misappropriated public funds.
