Tag: efcc
Lawyer Arrested Over N70m Dud Cheques
Adeboye Oluwole A Lagos-based lawyer, Mrs Shade Ogundare, has been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,…
N1.3b Fraud: Ajudua Sent To Kirikiri
Henry Ojelu Serial fraud kingpin, Fred Ajudua has been remanded in Kirikiri Prison for allegedly defrauding former Chief of Army…
The Herculean Task Before Adamu Mu’Azu
Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, new PDP National Chairman, has the enormous task of restoring solidity to a party currently held together…
Ajudua’s Trial Stalled
The trial of alleged fraud kingpin, Fred Ajudua, over allegation of duping two Dutchmen, Remy Cina and Pierre Vijgen, of…
Absence Of Prosecutor Stalls Atuche’s Re-Arraignment
The re-arraignment of the former BankPHB Managing Director, Francis Atuche, and the former managing Director of Spring Bank, Charles Ojo,…
Wole Olanipekun Leads Ikuforiji’s Defence Team
The case of transacting financial business without going through any financial institution preferred against the Speaker of Lagos State House…
Jonathan drags OBJ to rights body, ICPC, EFCC
The public spat between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and President Goodluck Jonathan is far from over. Yesterday, Jonathan asked the…
Arrest of Kano lawmakers politically motivated, says Kwankwaso
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Governor Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso of Kano, northwest Nigeria, Monday evening described the arrest and detention of the Speaker…
EFCC arrests Kano speaker, 10 others
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Authorities of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday invited 11 principal officers of Kano State…
Those fighting me will fail in 2014, says Ikuforiji
EROMOSELE EBHOMELE As the world looks towards the Christmas and New Year celebrations, Speaker Adeyemi Ikuforiji of the Lagos State…
EFCC debunks reports on its financial status
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday described as untrue recent newspaper reports that one of its officials said…
EFCC broke
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday in Abuja said it urgently needs capital injection for its continued…
EFCC to appeal court verdict on Mallam el-Rufai
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Sunday decried two recent court decisions in which Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, the former…
As Corruption Deepens, EFCC Chases Rat In Imo State
By Peter Claver Oparah Last week, Transparency International, the global anti-corruption watchdog released its ranking of world corruption index among…
Tambuwal Urges EFCC To Prosecute Oil Thieves
The Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, has urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to arrest…
Mahmud Tukur docked again for oil subsidy fraud
Henry Ojelu& Oluchi Chiowa The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission today re-arraigned Mahmud Tukur, son of the Chairman of the…
Photographer jailed for possession of fake currency
A Nigerian Federal High Court sitting in Gombe, Gombe State presided over by Justice Babatunde O. Quadri, on Friday November…
Yet Another Pension Scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, arraigns 12 officials of Oyo State Pension Board for alleged complicity in a…
Fani-Kayode’s trial stalled again
The absence of prosecution counsel on Thursday stalled the trial of Nigeria’s former aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, over alleged N230…
EFCC to arraign Reverend over N40.2m Scam
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, will on Thursday arraign one David Kim Pam, a Reverend and Chairman of…
Estate agent bags 15 year sentence for fraud
A Nigerian High Court in Ikeja, capital of Lagos state on Monday sentenced an estate agent, Michael Olabameji, to 15…
Estate Agent Swindles Prospective Tenants Of N30.7m
Jamiu Yisa An estate agent, Peter Nwogu, has been arraigned before a Lagos High Court, Ikeja, for allegedly defrauding some…
Fake EFCC operative jailed
A man who had paraded himself as an operative of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC, has been sentenced to…
N1.7b Pension Scam: EFCC Docks Ex-Boss Of Scheme, 11 Others
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Thursday arraigned 12 former officials of the Oyo State Local Government Pensions Board…
EFCC docks 12 persons for N3bn pension theft
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) today arraigned 12 officials of the Oyo State Local Government Pension…
Oduah: Ethnic Campaigners Got It Wrong
The ethnicisation of the call for probe of Mrs. Stella Oduah, the Aviation minister, is a wrong approach to the…
Pension Scam: EFCC to charge Iyabo Adeleke, others
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, will on Thursday, 7 November arraign a former Oyo State Head of Service,…
Publisher Sent To Jail Over Dud Cheques
An Ikeja High Court on Thursday remanded a publisher, Tony Iwena, in Kirikiri Prisons, Lagos, southwest Nigeria for allegedly issuing…
Subsidy Fraud: Alao Asks Court To Set Aside Ruling
An oil marketer, Abdullahi Alao, has asked an Ikeja High Court to set aside its ruling which dismissed his application…
Businessman Jailed For Theft
An Ikeja High Court on Tuesday sentenced a businessman, Yinka Fagbure, to one year imprisonment for stealing N356,000. Justice Olutoyin…