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Nigeria slaps 14 new criminal charges against ex-central bank chief

Nigeria slaps 14 new criminal charges against ex-central bank chief

NIGERIAN prosecutors added 14 new criminal charges, including forgery, against former central bank governor Godwin Emefiele in the most high-profile corruption case under President Bola Tinubu. Emefiele, who presided over the affairs of the central bank for nine years, resigned last year after he was arrested and spent five months in detention. Prosecutors told a judge in Abuja that the new charges against Emefiele were linked to forgery, conspiracy to commit forgery and felony, procurement fraud and criminal breach of trust. Emefiele was being tried on six charges of procurement fraud after he was freed on $300,000 bail in November. He denied…
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What is the corruption case against Imran Khan?

What is the corruption case against Imran Khan?

ASIF SHAHZAD PAKISTAN'S former Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested by an anti-graft agency on corruption charges. Government officials alleged that Khan and his wife received land worth millions of dollars as a bribe from a real estate tycoon through a charitable trust. Khan and his aides have denied any wrongdoing. The developer has denied the charges in the past but he could not be contacted on Wednesday and his company's marketing manager did not respond to a request for fresh comment. Below are some facts about the trust and the land acquisition. WHAT IS AL-QADIR TRUST? Al-Qadir Trust is…
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Lebanese actress questioned, detained in central bank graft probe

Lebanese actress questioned, detained in central bank graft probe

LEBANESE actress Stephanie Saliba was detained after being questioned by investigators over a corruption case related to Lebanon's central bank governor, a judicial source told Reuters. Judge Ghada Aoun told Reuters on Thursday she had ordered security forces last week to bring Saliba, 35, in for interrogation over suspicions that governor Riad Salameh had bought her luxury property using ill-gotten gains. Salameh has denied any wrongdoing and Saliba has not yet been charged with any crime. She has not responded to attempts by Reuters to reach her by phone or social media platforms. Saliba landed at Beirut's international airport on Thursday and…
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Kenyan court drops $60 million corruption case against deputy president

Kenyan court drops $60 million corruption case against deputy president

HUMPHREY MALALO A Kenyan court allowed a request by public prosecutors to withdraw a 7.4 billion shillings ($60 million) corruption case against Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, citing insufficient evidence. This is the latest case to be set aside by the courts under new President William Ruto’s government, where prosecutors have withdrawn cases against some of his allies on the same grounds, drawing criticism from veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga. Gachagua and several and his co-accused were charged with corruption in July last year. He has denied any wrongdoing. "The application by Director of Public Prosecutions is hereby granted," Victor Wakumile,…
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Nigeria unhappy after Italian court acquits Eni and Shell in $1.3-billion corruption case

Nigeria unhappy after Italian court acquits Eni and Shell in $1.3-billion corruption case

EMILIO PARODI and STEPHEN JEWKES A Milan court acquitted energy company Eni, its chief executive and Royal Dutch Shell yesterday in the oil industry's biggest corruption case revolving around the $1.3 billion acquisition of a Nigerian oilfield a decade ago. The verdict, read out in court by judge Marco Tremolada, came more than three years after the trial first began and after 74 hearings. Tremolada said the companies and defendants had been acquitted as there was no case to answer. The Nigerian government said it was surprised and disappointed by the verdict and would consider whether to appeal once its…
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Arms deal corruption case postponed against South African ex-president Zuma

Arms deal corruption case postponed against South African ex-president Zuma

THE corruption case against South Africa's former president, Jacob Zuma, and French arms dealer Thales related to a $2 billion arms deal has been provisionally postponed to February 23 next year, the Pietermaritzburg High Court has decided. French arms dealer Thales. It is the latest delay of trial proceedings for Zuma, who faces multiple charges of racketeering, fraud, corruption and money laundering related to a case when he was deputy president in 1999. Thales and Zuma have denied any wrongdoing, with Zuma suggesting the trial was politically motivated. The 16 charges Zuma faces were reinstated in March 2018, a month…
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