Nigerian News Leader
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ICPC OPPOSES FRESH BAIL APPLICATION BY EL-RUFAI AS COURT ADJOURNS HEARING TO WEDNESDAY MAY 13
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief)
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has filed a counter-affidavit in opposition to a fresh bail application filed by the former governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, in the ongoing case before the Kaduna State High Court.
ICPC SECURES FINAL VICTORY AS SUPREME COURT AFFIRMS CONVICTION IN N68 MILLION UNION FRAUD CASE
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief)
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has recorded a landmark judicial victory as the Supreme Court of Nigeria has affirmed the conviction and sentence of three individuals in Appeal No. SC/CR/592/2020, thereby bringing to a definitive close a protracted legal battle spanning over a decade.
Alleged $1.5 Million Fraud: COURT DISMISSES OBJECTIONS, BAIL APPLICATION OF INVESTMENT COMPANY BOSS, UFOMA IMMANUEL
By Isreal Ogbunyama (Lagos State Correspondent, in Ikeja)
Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Thursday, May 7, 2026, dismissed the preliminary objections and bail application filed by the boss of Intermediate Investment Holdings Limited, Ufoma Joseph Immanuel, over an alleged $1.5 million fraud.
EFCC ARRAIGNS MAN FOR ISSUANCE OF N16.5 MILLION DUD CHEQUES
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief)
The Abuja Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned one Oluwabusayo Ekundayo before Justice A.S. Adepoju of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court Gwagwalada, Abuja for issuance of dud cheque to the tune of N16, 650,000 (Sixteen Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira only).
In Gombe: EFCC ARRAIGNS ONE FOR ALLEGED N20 MILLION CATTLE FRAUD
By Abubakar Ibrahim (Gombe State Correspondent, in Damaturu)
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission , EFCC on May 5, 2026 arraigned one Andefiki Markus before Justice H.H. Kerrng of the Gombe State High Court sitting in Gombe , Gombe State.
