Europe
Former Nigerian oil minister cleared of UK bribery charges
A jury at Southwark Crown Court found the 65-year-old not guilty of five counts of accepting bribes and one count of conspiracy to commit bribery.
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Two Nigerians arrested for allegedly trafficking three for prostitution in Ghana
Chidemma Nweke, a 24-year-old sex worker, and Mercy Francis, a 27-year-old trader, were accused of trafficking the victims from Nigeria to Ghana.
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Courts
Two Nigerian businessmen arraigned over alleged $20,000 fraud
The accused, Patrick Piniki, 57, and Adawale Julius, 52, are said to have taken the money under the pretext of securing a vessel filled with crude oil from Nigeria for the complainant.
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Europe
Shell to face human rights claims in UK over chronic oil pollution in Niger delta
More than 13,000 Nigerian villagers can bring legal claims against oil firm, rules high court
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Africa
Nigeria Supreme Court dismisses Atiku Abubakar election challenge
Atiku Abubakar, who came second, had sought to reverse February's presidential election, alleging it was marred by irregularities.
BBC
Africa
Five Nigerians jailed for exhuming skull 'to get rich'
They had planned to take it to a traditional doctor who said it was needed for rituals that would make them rich.
BBC
Africa
EU, ECOWAS reports on Nigerian elections have no judicial value, says senior judge
Moses Ugo, a judge of Nigeria's second highest court, the Court of Appeal, said this while reading his ruling as a member of the Presidential Election Petition Court, which last Wednesday dismissed appeals from three of the country's opposi...
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Courts
Nigerian woman jailed 15 years for human trafficking, ordered to compensate victims with GHC10,000 each
Appearing before a Sogakope Circuit Court, Promise Obianu Awayiaka, 32, pleaded guilty to seven counts of human trafficking and she was convicted on her plea.
GNA
Africa
Nigeria MPs want $25bn spent to fix refineries probed
This news comes as the price of fuel has more than doubled in Nigeria after the new president, Bola Tinubu, announced the scrapping of a fuel subsidy
BBC
Africa
Nigerian politician accused of organ trafficking to UK paid doctor to find donor, court hears
Ike Ekweremadu, 60, tells a court he paid Dr Obinna Obeta £1,800 to find a kidney donor for his daughter
The Guardian
Europe
Glencore ordered to pay millions over Africa oil bribes
The company paid $26m (£23m) through agents and employees to officials of crude oil firms in Nigeria, Cameroon and Ivory Coast between 2011 and 2016.
BBC
Africa
Nigeria: Interpol arrests 75 suspected cyber criminals linked to Nigeria's Black Axe Cult
The coordinated operation targeted Black Axe cells - one of Nigeria's mightiest criminal groups - as well as others from West Africa.
AllAfrica
Africa
Ike Ekweremadu: Nigerian senator accused of organ-harvesting plot
The defendants live in Nigeria but have family in London, magistrates were told. Both are accused of conspiracy to arrange and/or facilitate the travel of another person with a view to exploitation.
BBC
Business
Nigeria: Fidelity Bank PLC, others fined $857,000 over cryptocurrency transactions
The CBN circular of 5 February 2021 restricted deposit money banks (DMBs), nonbank financial institutions (NBFIs), and other financial institutions (OFIs) from facilitating cryptocurrency transactions. The account of any customer involved i...
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Africa
Nigerian atheist Mubarak Bala jailed for blaspheming Islam
Mubarak Bala, a 37-year-old president of the Humanist Association of Nigeria was arrested in 2020 after a group of Muslims filed a petition to authorities accusing him of posting uncomplimentary messages about Islam on social media.
BBC
Africa
Nigerians banned from going to fight in Ukraine
This follows reports of alleged recruitment of volunteers in the country to fight on the side of Ukraine.
BBC
Courts
London Court throws out AG, others for sleeping on $170m case
In a ruling on Wednesday June 8, Mr Justice Butcher, refused to grant the government a time extension to apply to set aside the award – adding that the state’s grounds for challenging it were “intrinsically weak”.
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Business
13 containers of rosewood seized at Tema Port
In July, 2019, the EIA published a groundbreaking report titled, ‘BAN-BOOZLED: How Corruption and Collusion Fuel Illegal Rosewood Trade in Ghana’.
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Election Petition
2020 Election Petition not novel
Lest we forget, the 2020 Election Petition is not novel. It appears to be a rehashed of the 2012 Election Petition. Aside the swapping of roles, the key issue and actors remain the same: Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Electoral Commission and...
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Africa
UK extradites Nigerian to U.S. for alleged email fraud
Together with two others, also Nigerians, the trio are said to have allegedly participated in Business Email Compromise Scams (“BEC scams”) that targeted thousands of victims around the world, including in the United States.
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