Tag: efcc
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…
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…