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Emefiele Returns N4 Trillion, Forfeits Six Banks, $275M Found In Account of Buhari’s Aide’s Six Years-Old Son

Ex-CBN Deputy Governor Tunde Lemo reportedly refunds $500m as Obazee probe uncovers massive looting under Buhari administration In what investigators have described as one of the largest financial recoveries in Nigeria’s history, the former Governor of the Central Bank of…

Court Slams Ecobank for Illegal Account Freeze, Awards N5m Damages Warns Banks Against Using Internal Policies to Trample Customer Rights

By Dennis Udoma The Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri has faulted Ecobank Nigeria Limited for unlawfully restricting a customer’s account without a valid court order, awarding N5 million in damages. In a judgment delivered by Justice Ntong Ntong, which…

“Give us a law against Unexplained wealth” Olukoye to NASS Members

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, has charged members of the National Assembly to enact a law against unexplained wealth, stressing that it will boost the fight against economic and financial crimes and other…

Alleged $4.5bn Fraud: Court Fixes Sept 15 for Ruling on Emefiele’s Forensic Evidence Request

A Special Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos, has fixed September 15, 2025, to rule on an application by former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Godwin Emefiele, seeking a forensic examination of WhatsApp messages admitted in evidence in his ongoing trial…