Tag: efcc
More can of worms revealed at pension scam trial
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Head, Internal Audit, Police Pension Office, Mr. Adeyemo Julius Adebolu, has told a High Court in the Nigerian…
$15m Ibori money given to FG by court
Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, the Nigerian capital on Friday awarded the Federal government,…
Witness cashed 303 cheques for pension director
A High Court in the Nigerian capital of Abuja on Thursday heard that an accused, Veronica Onyegbula, cashed 303 cheques…
Fayose wants court to strike out EFCC charge
Former governor of the western Nigerian state of Ekiti, Ayo Fayose on Wednesday urged the Federal High Court in Ado…
Alao Loses Bid To Quash N1.1b Fuel Subsidy Fraud Charge
An Ikeja High Court on Monday dismissed an application by an oil marketer, Abdullahi Alao, seeking to quash the fuel…
Car scandal minister: Falana petitions EFCC, threatens court action
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes…
Exlusive: Redeemed Pastors In N600m Scam
Four years after its conception by some members of an Abuja parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, a…
EFCC, ICPC to get direct funding, says Senator Lar
Chairman, Senate Committee on Drug, Narcotics and Financial Crimes, Senator Victor Lar, has disclosed that the National Assembly will amend…
N4.7b Fraud: Another Judge Takes Over Babalakin’s Case
The trial of the Chairman of Bi-Courtney Ltd., Wale Babalakin, accused of a N4.7 billion fraud, has been transferred to…
5 bank fraudsters arrested
Ayo Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested a five- man syndicate for attempting to defraud various…
Jonathan, Nigerians And Corruption
On Tuesday at the 54th annual conference of the Nigerian Economic Society in Abuja, President Goodluck Jonathan scored a point,…
How ex-minister Lawal breached rules over N24.3b contracts
The Federal High Court sitting in the Nigerian capital of Abuja on Tuesday heard that Hassan Lawal, a former works…
Court Grants Ajudua Bail
Alleged serial fraudster, Fred Ajudua, has been granted bail by a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja. Vacation judge, Justice…
Ajudua Seeks Bail Again
Fraud kingpin, Mr.Fred Ajudua has asked a Lagos High Court in Ikeja for a fresh bail. Ajudua’s counsel, Mr. Olalekan…
EFCC declares 3 aides of ex-governor Nnamani wanted
Following the arrest warrant issued by Justice M. N. Yunusa of the Federal High Court in Lagos, Nigeria’s Economic and…
Satellite Broadcast Pirate arrested in Kano.
Ayo Oluokun/Abuja Operatives of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested a man in Kano, northern Nigeria, over…
Cameroonian, 11 Nigerians arrested for oil theft
The Central Naval Command of the Nigerian Navy on Sunday transferred a Cameroonian and 11 Nigerians suspected to be oil…
Court grants bail to ex-Nigerian presidential aspirant
A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has granted the former presidential candidate of the Hope Democratic Party, Chief…
Kudos To CBN Gov On Issuance Of Dud Cheques
By Odunayo Joseph Whenever the history of the banking industry in Nigeria is written in future, the tenure of the…
Lloyd Granted N10m Bail
Chidi Lloyd, the embattled leader of the Rivers House of Assembly, was granted bail by Justice Latan Nyordee of a…
EFCC Declares Two Suspected Oil Subsidy Thieves Wanted
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has declared two persons accused of defrauding the Federal Government in bogus oil…
Presidential Candidate Arrested For Fraud
The presidential candidate of Hope Democratic Party, HDP, in the 2011 presidential election in Nigeria, Chief Ambrose Owuru, has been…
Presidential candidate arrested over N66m scam
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The Presidential candidate of Hope Democratic Party, HDP, at the 2011 Presidential election in Nigeria, Chief…
Ahmed Sani Yerima: The Profile of Unrepentant Paedophile
By Alaba Abdulrazak Ahmed Sani Yerima, the former Governor of Zamfara State is indeed a man who derives joy in…
Kano lawyer docked for theft of N4.8m
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday arraigned a legal practitioner, Hassan Tanko Kyaure before a…
Employment Scam: SSS Impostor Arraigned
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday 24 July, 2013 arraigned Mohammed Ayuba before Justice Adebukola Banjoko of…
Insider Abuse In Nigerian Banks
The country’s banking industry is crawling with criminally-minded people who, through a variety of tricks, continue to milk depositors. Now…
EFCC Arrests Serial Fraudster over $92,000 Scam
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested Dr. Princewell Arinze Chukwueze, an alleged serial fraudster, over a $92,000(Ninety-Two…
Trial Of Ex Gov Audu’s Son, Wife Resumes
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Trial of Mr. Mustapha Audu, son of a former Kogi State Governor, Prince Abubakar Audu and…
Stockbroker jailed for defrauding clients
An Ikeja High Court on Thursday sentenced a stockbroker, Ayoola Coker, to 30 years imprisonment for stealing N17.5 million shares…