Nigerian News Leader
First with details then facts 
By Rose Nwankwu (Anambra State Correspondent, in Awka)
Justice O. M. Anyachebelu of the Anambra State High Court sitting in Awka has convicted and sentenced Engineer Nnaemeka Nwawka, managing director, Orient Petroleum Resources Plc, and Sage Nebefeife Foundation to fourteen years imprisonment each for stealing, conversion and gratification to the tune of N25billion.
By Chinelo Ogbodo (Enugu State Correspondent)
Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC have arrested one Okeke Chinedu Callistus, (also known as Ejike Okeke Michael) a suspected serial fraudster, over alleged case of forgery and obtaining by false pretence to the tune of N369, 325, 000. 00 (Three Hundred and Sixty-nine Million, Three Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Naira) from two victims.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief)
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned one Obasi Nicholas Sunday before the Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, over alleged offences bordering on money laundering.
By Yetunde Beecroft (Lagos Island Correspondent, in Ikoyi)
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC). Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday, February 24, 2026, arraigned a former Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Fidet Okhiria Edetanle, before Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, over alleged $385,000 and ₦165,438,000.00 fraud.
BY Yetunde Beecroft (Lagos Island Correspondent, in Ikoyi
The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has called for enhanced collaboration with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission , EFCC, to address corruption and unethical practices among legal practitioners and security agents in the country.
By Abubakar Alli (Kwara State Correspondent, in Ilorin)
Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested eight persons and six trucks for alleged involvement in illegal mining activities along the Ilorin - Ogbomoso axis of Kwara and Oyo states.
