A British court sentenced the former governor of a Nigerian oil state to 13 years in prison on Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to embezzling 50 million pounds ($79 million) in one of the biggest money-laundering cases seen in Britain.

Oil company rejects watchdog's claims that its local contracts made it complicit in the killing of civilians

Justice Shuaibu Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna has convicted and sentenced to seven years imprisonment the Chief Executive of Credence Investment Ltd, a stock broking firm, Mr. Oladele Shittu. The convict was brought before the court on a 136-count charge by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), over a N139 million fraud

The chairperson of Nigeria's anti-graft agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Farida Waziri, has called for special courts to try corruption cases and urged developed countries to help Africa to recover its looted funds, her office said recently

British electronic waste is being exported to poor African nations where it threatens the environment and human health, reveals joint Panorama and EIA investigation

Britain’s recycling industry is being exploited by criminal gangs that have illegally shipped large quantities of toxic material to developing countries, prosecutors will claim at a series of court cases in the pipeline

One hundred kilograms of cocaine worth an estimated N1.1 billion was seized at the Lagos ports on Friday last week by the Presidential Joint Task Force set up by the Federal Government to ensure 100 percent physical examination of cargoes coming into the country, it was revealed yesterday.

Nigerian prosecutors filed charges against former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and companies including Halliburton Co., where he was chief executive officer until 2000, for alleged bribery, according to court documents

Nigeria’s anti-corruption police have raided the offices of US firm Halliburton and arrested 12 people in a bribery case involving former Halliburton unit KBR Inc, a spokesman said on Saturday

A massive drug seizure by Nigerian authorities yielded $9.9 million in high-grade heroin bound for Europe, Nigeria's National Drug Law Enforcement Agency said Saturday