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Fake Agency DG Adeniyi Adeyemi Faces 36 Charges in Abuja Court

ICPC adds four defendants and expands charges against the purported head of a non-existent foreign intervention council.

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Fake Agency DG Adeniyi Adeyemi Faces 36 Charges in Abuja Court

What this story says

  • Adeniyi Adeyemi, the alleged director general of a fake agency, faces 36 charges before the FCT High Court in Abuja.
  • Four new defendants, all civil servants, have been added to the case by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).
  • The case was adjourned to November 18 for arraignment because one defendant was absent due to illness.
  • Previous charges filed by the Nigerian police were withdrawn and refiled by the ICPC, with Adeyemi accused of obtaining over N27 billion for the fake agency and N3.8 billion for personnel.

Who covered it

Left 50%(3)Centre 50%(3)Right 0%(0)

Percentages are shares of the 6 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 8 of the 14 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

60/100

Craft

70/100

Hype

15/100

14 sources · methodology

Thin on the right so far

None of the 6 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.

This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has filed amended charges against Adeniyi Adeyemi, who is alleged to be the director general of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), a non-existent agency. The charges were increased from 22 to 36 counts, and four new defendants have been added to the case. These new defendants are civil servants from the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, and the Federal Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning. The case has been adjourned to November 18 for arraignment after the court was informed that one defendant was absent due to health reasons.

Disagreement on Previous Charges

The ICPC refiled charges that were previously brought by the Nigerian police. Premium Times Nigeria reported that the police first charged Mr Adeyemi and others with eight counts on November 27, 2025. However, the ICPC took over the case last month and has now amended the charges. The prosecution lawyer, Sylvanus Tahir, informed the court that the case was originally filed last year by the Nigerian police. Premium Times Nigeria also stated that the Director of Public Prosecution of the Federation withdrew the police charges on October 12 for amendments and refiling at the FCT High Court.

What the coverage left out

No centre- or right-rated reports were available for comparison. The single left-rated report did not mention the specific roles of the new defendants beyond stating they are civil servants from specific government offices, nor did it detail the specific health grounds for the fourth defendant's absence from court.

Tags:#Corruption#Nigeria#Abuja#ICPC#AdeniyiAdeyemi

Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 11 times, most recently on 9 Nov 2026, 20:30, and will add the sides that appear.

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

3 rated outlets

  • Premium Times Nigeria reported that the ICPC has filed amended charges against Adeniyi Adeyemi, the purported director general of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), before the FCT High Court in Maitama, Abuja. The outlet detailed that the charges were expanded from 22 to 36 counts, with four new defendants added. These new defendants are identified as civil servants from the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, and the Federal Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning. The report stated that the case was adjourned to November 18 for arraignment due to the absence of one defendant on health grounds. Premium Times Nigeria also noted that previous charges filed by the Nigerian police were withdrawn and refiled by the ICPC. The outlet detailed the alleged sums obtained by Adeyemi, stating he "allegedly obtained over N27 billion to start the fake agency and N3.8 billion for personnel costs."

Centre

3 rated outlets

  • All three centre outlets reported that the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission filed a fresh 36‑count charge against Adeniyi Adeyemi and added four additional defendants. The amendment raised the count from the earlier 22 and was filed in the FCT High Court in Abuja.
  • AllAfrica’s full report listed the four new co‑defendants as Aminu Abdullahi, Harry Ogaba, Florence Omameh and Patricia Akhigbe, describing their positions in the Office of the Secretary to the Government, the Accountant‑General’s office and the Ministry of Budget. It quoted prosecution lawyer Sylvanus Tahir and noted Judge Halilu Yusuf’s adjournment order to 18 November.
  • The digests from Channels Television and Daily Post Nigeria mentioned only the increase to 36 counts and the addition of four defendants, without naming them or providing their official roles. Neither digest included the prosecution’s remarks, the judge’s adjournment decision or the detail that one defendant was absent on health grounds.

Right

0 rated outlets

No outlet rated right has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Fake Agency DG Adeniyi Adeyemi Faces 36 Charges in Abuja Court?
Of the 6 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 50% are rated left, 50% are rated centre, 0% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 14. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Fake Agency DG Adeniyi Adeyemi Faces 36 Charges in Abuja Court left or right?
Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 6 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
Is the coverage of Fake Agency DG Adeniyi Adeyemi Faces 36 Charges in Abuja Court biased?
Fake Agency DG Adeniyi Adeyemi Faces 36 Charges in Abuja Court is one event reported by 14 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting Fake Agency DG Adeniyi Adeyemi Faces 36 Charges in Abuja Court?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered Fake Agency DG Adeniyi Adeyemi Faces 36 Charges in Abuja Court?
14 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
What are the new charges against Adeniyi Adeyemi?
Adeniyi Adeyemi, the alleged director general of a fake agency, now faces 36 charges. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has expanded the original 22 counts and added four new defendants to the case. These new defendants are civil servants from various government offices.
Why was the court case adjourned?
The court case was adjourned to November 18 for arraignment because one of the defendants was absent due to health grounds. The prosecution informed the court that the defendant was on admission, preventing the plea-taking process from proceeding.
What is the alleged financial misconduct?
Adeniyi Adeyemi is accused of obtaining over N27 billion to establish the fake Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council and an additional N3.8 billion for personnel costs. He allegedly obtained these funds under false pretences between 2024 and 2026.

Read it at the source

14 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.

Left

3

Centre

3

Right

0

No outlet in this group ran the story.

Not rated

8

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