A Federal High Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State, has dismissed a suit filed by the state government challenging the power of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate its finances. The state government asked the court to determine whether under the Federal System of Government, with the constitutional doctrine of Separation of […]
Three frontrunners in the race for the Senate President’s seat in the 10th National Assembly have struggled to extricate themselves from corruption allegations for between seven and 16 years.
Nigeria's anti-corruption agency Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has filed an appeal challenging the judgment that discharged and acquitted Shamsudeen, son of the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed of N1.1 billion fraud charges. Shamsudeen was arraigned before Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on February 1, 2017, on 20 counts bordering on money laundering. However, in a ruling delivered on December 14, 2021, on a no-case submission, Justice Dimgba upheld Shamsudeen’s submission in part by dismissing 11 out of the 20 charges.