Tag: efcc
Some Civil Organisations are tools in the hands of corrupt individuals, says Lamorde
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Lamorde, has thrown a strong challenge to…
EFCC appeals Atuche’s acquittal
Henry Ojelu The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has appealed against the judgement of a Lagos High Court sitting…
I do not influence who EFCC, others probe, Buhari tells PDP Senators
The Presidency has debunked the allegation by members of the PDP Senate Caucus that the present administration is being selective…
$2.1m seized cash: Ex-NHIS boss appears before EFCC
Former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Dr. Olufemi Thomas has voluntarily submitted himself to the Economic…
EFCC docks banker for N27m fraud
Eromosele Ebhomele A banker, Bawa Momodu, is standing before Justice I.E Ekwo of the Federal High Court sitting in Port…
Toyin Saraki’s entourage to EFCC embarrassing, says CACOL
Eromosele Ebhomele The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders, CACOL, a Lagos-based rights organisation, has slammed Mrs. Toyin Saraki, the wife of…
APC not witch-hunting Saraki, says Oyegun
The national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, on Wednesday distanced the party from Mrs Toyin…
We questioned Toyin Saraki for six hours, says EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday interrogated Mrs Toyin Saraki, wife of the Senate President for about…
EFCC arraigns six persons for N31m fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, July 24, 2015, arraigned six persons before Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye of…
Toyin’s Invitation By EFCC: Another Trouble For Saraki
Eromosele Ebhomele It is not yet two months after Dr. Bukola Saraki, former governor of Kwara State, North-central Nigeria emerged…
Corrupt persons behind “Rented Protest” – EFCC
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja A rented crowd claiming to be representatives of civil society organizations under the aegis of Coalition of Civil…
Corruption, EFCC And Conspiracy Theory
By Tayo Ogunbiyi The issue of corruption has over the years been a constant subject of discourse among Nigerians. To…
Sule Lamido, 2 sons regain freedom
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, granted bail, on self-recognition, to former Gov. Sule Lamido of Jigawa and…
EFCC must do more to win cases – Lawyers
Three prominent Lagos-based lawyers on Sunday said that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) needed to do more in…
Sylva urges court to dismiss N19.2bn EFCC case against him
Former Bayelsa Governor, Timipre Sylva on Thursday, prayed an Abuja Federal High Court to quash 50 fresh charges filed against…
N19.2bn: Judge defers ruling in Timipre Sylva’s case
The case involving a former governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial…
From Govt House to Prison: Sule Lamido, 2 sons remanded in Kano prison
Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano Weeks ago, Sule Lamido of Jigawa was leaving in a palatial Government House as governor of the state…
N1.4bn Subsidy Fraud: EFCC tenders ‘Proof of Forgery’ against Helen Aninye, others
Dennis Kasari, the prosecution witness in the trial of Helen Aninye, Chizobam Ben-Okafor and their company, Pon-Specialized Services Limited, on…
Cash Smuggling: Congolese forfeits $511,225 to FG
Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court, Lagos today convicted one Kutumisana Mbuta Blaise, from the Democratic Republic of…
N6bn: Oronsaye to be charged with pension fraud today
Former head of the Nigerian civil service, Steven Oronsaye may be arraigned in court today over a N6 billion biometric…
Money Laundering: Court remands ex-Govs Ohakim, Nyako, son
An Abuja Federal High Court on Wednesday ordered former Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa, and his son, Abdulazzez, to be…
EFCC arrests, detains ex-governors Ohakim, Nyako
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, confirmed the arrest and detention of two former governors, Ikedi Ohakim…
Money Laundering: Sule Lamido, sons face trial today
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will today charge former Jigawa state governor Alhaji Sule Lamido and two of…
EFCC docks ex-PHCN staff, Yakubu Ndam, for N5.5m fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, July 7, 2015 arraigned one Solomon Yakubu Ndam before Justice Jude…
N514.9m: EFCC witness reveals how Garba, others stole pension funds
A witness in the ongoing trial of Tahir Abdullahi Garba, a chief accountant in the Pension Office of the Office…
Court Orders Nnamani’s Companies To Forfeit Assets To FG
Akin Kuponiyi A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday ordered the forfeiture of multi-billion naira assets allegedly owned by…
You can’t arrest Kwankwaso, Court tells EFCC
A Kano High Court on Thursday restrained the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) from arresting the immediate past governor…
EFCC returns €10,000 to scammed French lover
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has recovered and returned 10,000 euros to F. Mercade, a French citizen, who was…
2 arraigned for defrauding American of $64,000
Eromosele Ebhomele The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, arraigned the duo of Osaze Akhigbe and Ndekwu Jindu…
EFCC to challenge Fani-Kayode’s acquittal
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said on Wednesday that it would respond to the acquittal of Mr Femi…