Ola Olukoyede, the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says the commission could not investigate corruption cases in 10 states due to court orders. Olukoyede spoke in Abuja on Monday at the 6th EFCC/National Judicial Institute (NJI) capacity-building workshop for justices and judges. The theme of the workshop was ‘Integrating stakeholders in curbing economic and financial crimes’. However, the EFCC chairman did not list the 10 states where court orders are preventing the anti-graft agency from performing its functions. Olukoyede said there is a need for collaboration between anti-graft agencies and the judiciary in the fight against…

The presiding judge in the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Binta Nyako, has recused herself from the trial. On Tuesday, Nyako withdrew from the trial after Kanu made an oral submission accusing her of non-compliance with the orders of the Supreme Court. Kanu had ordered his counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, to sit down while he took up submission to the court after the lawyer tried to appeal to the judge to suspend the trial to enable his client prepare adequately for his defence as the date was too close. Kanu shouted from the…

Devastating floods collapsed walls at a jail in Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria early last week, allowing 281 prisoners to escape, prison authorities said on Sunday. Seven of the escaped inmates have been recaptured in operations by security agencies, Umar Abubakar, spokesperson for the Nigeria Correctional Services said in a statement. "The floods brought down the walls of the correctional facilities including the Medium Security Custodial Centre, as well as the staff quarters in the city," Abubakar said. Operations to recapture the remainder of the inmates were underway, he said. Maiduguri is the capital of Borno state which early last week…

Bandits have attacked Kurfi General Hospital in Kurfi local government area of Katsina state, shooting a watchman and abducting four women, including the wife of one of the health officials on duty. A reliable source from the area told our reporter that three of the bandits who entered the hospital around 10:45am unarmed, later engaged the guardsman who intercepted them to inquire about their mission at the hospital. “Whey they started arguing, the watchman quickly went and locked the hospital gate, unknown to him that other armed members of the attackers were outside. “They jumped over the wall fence and…