Tag: efcc
Let’s Blame Corruption, Greed And Impunity
By Odunayo Joseph There is no doubt that the ossified profligacy and the reckless urge for sharing rather than baking…
Why We Are Silent On Boko Haram In Lagos
Deputy Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Taiwo Kolawole, is known for his frank comments on issues. In…
Atuche Faces Fresh Forgery Charge
Henry Ojelu The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) today filed a fresh forgery charge against a former Managing Director…
War Of Orjis
Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State and his predecessor, Orji Uzor Kalu, continue their duel over the control of politics…
Pension Thief Gets N10m Bail
Convicted pension thief, John Yahaya Yusufu, who slumped in court last Monday while standing trial on an alleged false declaration…
Aliyu Dasuki’s Billions Tear Family Aparrt
Jamila, the daughter of Ibrahim Dasuki, deposed Sultan of Sokoto, is at war with Ahmed, her brother, who has fled…
EFCC Arraigns Indian Over N44.9m Dud Cheque
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday arraigned one Patrick Fernandez , 50, before Justice Adeniyi Onigbanjo of…
EFCC Arraigns Indian Businessman Over N13m Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today arraigned an Indian Businessman, Patrick Fernadez before an Ikeja High Court over…
EFCC charges 2 e-mail hacking suspects
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has raised alarm over the rising incidences of e-mail spoofing and account takeover by…
Birthday Present: Family Battles Obasanjo Over Land
In what appears to be a bad birthday present to Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, a family in Badagry whose land the…
Nigeria’s Pension Thief Slumps In Court
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Convicted pension thief, John Yahaya Yusufu, who is standing trial on an alleged false declaration of…
Daniel’s appeal stalls trial at lower court
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Justice Olanrewaju Mabekoje of the Ogun State High Court, sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta, southwest Nigeria, Friday granted…
Babalakin Gets Permission To Travel For Medical
Henry Ojelu Chairman of Bi-Courtney, Dr. Wale Babalakin was today granted permission by a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja…
Ex-Governor Audu’s son docked for fraud
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday arraigned the son of Abubakar Audu, former…
Erastus Akingbola Charged Again
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Tuesday re-arraigned the former Managing Director of Intercontinental Bank Plc, Erastus Akingbola, over…
Akingbola re-arrested, to be charged afresh
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC said on Monday it has re-arrested Erastus Akingbola, the former managing…
Docked Babalakin denied comfort chair as trial stalled
Henry Ojelu/Judiciary Correspondent A Nigerian High Court sitting in Ikeja, has adjourned proceedings till 27 March in the ongoing trial…
Judge Advises EFCC On Prosecution Of Cases
Justice Lateefat Okunnu of the Lagos High Court on Wednesday advised the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to do…
Female banker jailed 9 years for fraud
Justice Adeniyi Onigbanjo of the Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced a former banker, Vera Ogbonna Akanni to…
EFCC Loses Bid To Halt Speaker Ikuforiji’s Trial
Henry Ojelu Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC today lost the bid to temporarily halt the trial of the…
Ikuforiji’s aide gets bail
A Nigerian High Court sitting at Igbosere, Lagos on Friday granted bail to an aide to Speaker Adeyemi Ikuforiji of…
Oil Subsidy Fraud: Court Freezes Suspect’s Assets
Justice Adeniji Onigbanjo of Nigeria’s Lagos High Court, Ikeja today granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, an order…
Land Scam: EFCC to Arraign Kano Commissioner
A Kano State Civil Service Commissioner, Alhaji Aminu Ibrahim Gaya, is to be arraigned by Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes…
Ex-Kogi Senatorial Candidate To Be Arraigned For Impersonation
A former Kogi Central Senatorial candidate, Alhaji Abdulazeez Bello will soon be arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,…
JTF Hands over 18 Oil Thieves to EFCC
The Joint Task Force, JTF of 4 Brigade Nigerian Army, Benin has handed over 18 suspected oil thieves to the…
A Failed Plea Deal
The plea agreement between Mr. John Yahaya Yusufu, the convicted pension fund thief, and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission…
Nigeria’s ‘yahoo yahoo’ boys arrested
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested twenty suspected internet fraudsters, otherwise called yahoo-yahoo boys. The arrest which…
EFCC confirms witness got N3m from ‘hoax’ loan
By Henry Ojelu/ Judiciary Correspondent The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) today confirmed that a prosecution witness and a…
Pension Thief remanded in Prison
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Former deputy director at Nigerian Police Pension Office, Mr. John Yakubu Yusuf, who was recently convicted…
Rep member charged with issuing dud cheques
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday arraigned Aliyu Gebi, a member of the…