Justice Call Garba of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, on December 7, 2012, sentenced Fidelis Teseer Tule, who was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to two years imprisonment for impersonation and obtaining money by false pretence. Tule was arrested following an intelligence report that he was parading himself as a [...]
Officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Monday arrested Alhaji Umar Ibrahim-Rabagaddama, the immediate-past Chairman of the Interim Management Committee of Zaria Local Government Council in Kaduna State, over alleged fake projects. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the former council boss was invited to the Zaria Police Area Command [...]
The frequency at which currency is being trafficked these days through our airports is disheartening and a sad reminder that corruption remains high in our country. On Tuesday night, Aminu Lamido, son of Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State, was arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, after $50,000 cash was [...]
Mrs. Omolara Onamade, a female staff of Lagos State Lands Bureau, was on Monday docked at a Lagos High Court in Ikeja for allegedly swindling prospective land owners of N18.3 million. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Onamade, 41, was arraigned before Justice Lateefat Okunnu on 44 counts of stealing, forgery and uttering. [...]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday re-arraigned Mamman Ali, son of a former People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman, Ahmadu Ali, on an amended charge of N4.4 billion fuel subsidy theft. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Maman was re-arraigned before Justice Adeniyi Onigbanjo of a Lagos high court sitting [...]
The trial of Mr. Sabit Adeyemi Ikuforiji, the Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, and his personal aide, Alade Atoyebi, was stalled again today due to the absence of the prosecuting counsel for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Chief Godwin Obla. The Lagos Speaker and his aide are standing trial for spending N518 [...]
The trial of the Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Sabit Adeyemi Ikuforiji and his aide, Alade Atoyebi, was this morning stalled due to the absence of the prosecutor, Chief Godwin Obla. The Speaker and his aide are standing trial for transacting business by spending N518 million without going through a financial institution. Obla, prosecuting [...]
