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Justice Deinde Dipeolu of a Federal High Court, Lagos, has ordered the final forfeiture of two multimillion landed properties situated at the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, linked to a self-acclaimed Deputy Director in Lagos State, Adeseun Adeniyi Olakunle, and one other, for being acquired with the proceeds of N777.2 million fraudulent transaction.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/n777-2m-fraud-efcc-secures-final-forfeiture-of-abuja-properties-linked-to-lagos-deputy-director-other/

A Director in the Federal Ministry of Finance, Ali Mohammed, on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, told the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, that the Ministry was not aware of the withdrawal of N124.86 billion from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN.



read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/emefiele-finance-ministry-unaware-of-n124-86bn-cbn-withdrawal-witness-tells-court/

The Federal Government has described healthcare as critical economic infrastructure, stressing that investments in health are investments in Nigeria’s human capital, productivity and long-term economic growth.



read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/fg-positions-healthcare-as-economic-infrastructure/

Former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has urged the Nigerian media to intensify scrutiny of the country’s ports and deploy investigative journalism to promote accountability, efficiency and economic growth.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/peterside-urges-media-to-drive-accountability-in-port-sector/

Delta Political Vanguard, DPV (Worldwide), a grassroot political support organisation in Delta State, has endorsed President Bola Tinubu for re-election, Governor Sheriff Oborevwori for a second term and other candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2027 general elections.



read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/dpv-adopts-tinubu-oborevwori-apc-candidates-ahead-of-2027-polls/

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has adjourned until October 15, 2026, further hearing in a suit instituted by pensioners of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, over the implementation of court judgments on their retirement benefits.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/court-adjourns-cbn-pensioners-suit-to-october-15/

Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Taiwo Oyedele, has issued the Nigeria Tax Administration (Interest on Late Payment of Tax) Order, 2026.



read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/fg-reduces-interest-rate-for-late-payment-of-tax/

Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, has called on religious leaders across the country to continually preach the right religious doctrine to their followers, especially those that pertain to corruption and its ills on the society.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/olukoyede-charges-religious-leaders-on-right-teaching-against-corruption/

Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, and former National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party, nPDP, has reacted to comments attributed to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mr. Nyesom Wike, regarding his absence from the burial of the mother of former Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/eze-questions-wikes-explanation-for-absence-at-amaechis-mothers-burial/

Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State, Wednesday, charged political leaders, stakeholders and supporters of his administration to take the achievements of the MORE Agenda to the grassroots ahead of the 2027 general elections.



read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/2027-oborevwori-tasks-stakeholders-on-more-agenda-grassroots-mobilisation/

The Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, has commenced a three-day training workshop for journalists from member states to strengthen their capacity to report judicial proceedings, decisions and jurisprudence accurately.



read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/ecowas-court-trains-journalists-from-12-countries-on-judicial-reporting/

The President, Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Mrs. Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, SAN, has commended the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede, for his leadership and efforts in strengthening the fight against economic and financial crimes.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/nba-commends-olukoyede-on-fight-against-corruption-seeks-closer-collaboration

The Society of Public Interest Lawyers in Nigeria, SPI-LAW, has dragged the Federal Government and the concessionaire of the Benin–Asaba Expressway before the Federal High Court, Abuja, over the deteriorating condition of the strategic highway.



read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/spi-law-sues-fg-concessionaire-over-benin-asaba-expressway/

The trial of an alleged hacker, Ugochukwu Eze, who was arraigned before a Federal High Court Lagos, for allegedly hacking into SunTrust Bank’s sever and moved a whooping sum of over N800 million, has been fixed November 11, 2026.



read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/n800m-fraud-court-adjourns-till-nov-11-trial-of-man-accused-of-hacking-sun-trust-bank/

J.P. Morgan has included selected Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) bonds in its newly introduced Government Bond Index–Emerging Markets Edge (GBI-EM Edge), in a development expected to boost foreign investment and liquidity in Nigeria’s domestic debt market.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/jpmorgan-lists-fgn-bonds-in-new-emerging-markets-bond-index/

AREPO, a sprawling community of over 20 estates in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State, has petitioned Ikeja Electric (IE) over what it called prolonged outage.



read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/journalists-estate-others-petition-ikeja-electric-over-prolonged-outage/

The Federal Government has called on Nigeria’s banking and financial services industry to direct more capital towards productive enterprises, infrastructure and job creation, as the country advances from macroeconomic stability to inclusive prosperity.



read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/fg-tasks-financial-institutions-on-financing-productive-growth/

Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has called on students and youths across the country to be the builders of their own future by embracing integrity and accountable conduct.



read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/build-your-future-by-embracing-integrity-olukoyede-charges-youths/

Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State , has appealed to President Bola Tinubu and the Nigerian Army Headquarters to site the headquarters of the newly created 83 Division of the Nigerian Army in Delta State.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/oborevwori-urges-army-to-site-83-division-hqrs-in-delta/

The Supreme Council for Sharia in Nigeria, SCSN, has called on relevant authorities to review the continued detention of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, warning that actions perceived as arbitrary or politically motivated could undermine public confidence in Nigeria’s democratic institutions.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/sharia-council-demands-review-of-el-rufais-continued-detention/

By Okechukwu Nwanguma
There is an important story to be told about people who have disappeared amid security operations and separatist violence in Nigeria’s Southeast. But it should not be framed merely as a question of “missing persons.”


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/disappearing-into-nigerias-security-architecture-who-accounts-for-south-east-detainees/

Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has declared that the anti-graft agency has recovered more than N1.23 trillion and $684.47 million in proceeds of crime within the first 34 months of his administration, while securing 10,872 convictions from 14,476 cases filed in court.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/efcc-secures-n1-23tn-684-5m-recoveries-10872-convictions-in-34-months/

National Democratic Congress, NDC, Presidential Candidate, in the 2027 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has raised concerns over what he described as the unresolved questions surrounding President Bola Tinubu’s past, particularly records relating to his educational credentials.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/obi-to-tinubu-nigerians-deserve-answers-on-your-educational-credentials/

Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State , on Thursday commemorated the state’s 35th anniversary, commending successive administrations and the people of Delta State for their contributions to its peace, stability and development.



read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/delta-at-35-oborevwori-celebrates-states-remarkable-progress/

Justice Friday Ogazi of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, to produce detained Lagos social media influencer and businessman, Afolabi Kazeem Michael, popularly known as “KC Luxury”, in court after he allegedly spent 14 days in the agency’s custody without being formally charged.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/court-orders-ndlea-to-produce-media-influencer-kc-luxury-after-14-days-in-custody-without-charge/

Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State, has congratulated Deltans as the state marks its 35th creation anniversary, assuring citizens that the state has entered a new era of sustainable growth, development and prosperity.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/delta-at-35-oborevwori-congratulates-deltans-says-states-shining-era-is-here/

Justice Friday Ogazi of a Federal High Court, Lagos on Wednesday ordered the remand of a 70- year -old woman, Madam Barek Yetunde, in the custody of Ikoyi prison, pending the hearing of her bail application on September 2,2026.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/court-remands-70-yrs-old-woman-over-alleged-exportation-of-13kh-cocaine/

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday arraigned two men, Gideon Aghogho, a staff member of First City Monument Bank (FCMB), and Oscar Ebere Chukwuebuka, before the Federal High Court in Lagos over alleged unlawful dealings in the bank’s access credentials.



read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/efcc-arraigns-fcmb-staff-accomplice-over-alleged-25000-credential-deal/

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned one Adeoye Adewale and his firm, De Lukas Global Concept Limited before Justice Olusola Adetujoye of the Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/efcc-arraigns-man-firm-for-n7-8m-fraud-in-ibadan/

Access Bank Plc is currently struggling to recover a whooping sum of N1,340,425,393 billion allegedly removed from its vault by some suspected hackers, when its system experienced glitches sometimes early this month.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/access-bank-seeks-court-intervention-as-hackers-allegedly-syphoned-sum-n1-3bn-from-bank/

Former National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party, nPDP, and chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has described Governor Ademola Adeleke’s victory in the 2026 Osun State governorship election as “God’s victory” and a triumph of the people over political machinery.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/adelekes-victory-shows-apc-can-be-defeated-with-protected-votes-eze/

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has commenced investigation of a suspect, Haruna Yusuf and multiple undeclared foreign currencies, $73,000, £15,957 and 827,800 Saudi Riyal intercepted by the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, MAKIA.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/efcc-commences-investigations-of-suspect-73000-15957-827800-sar-intercepted-at-kano-airport/