Tag: efcc
EFCC slams new charge on convicted pension thief
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has filed a new charge against a former director of…
Nigeria: Pension thief re-arrested amidst outrage
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has re-arrested John Yakubu Yusuf, a former director in the Police Pension Office who…
Repentant pension thief gets light punishment
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The trial of former officials of the Nigerian Police Pension Fund before an Abuja High Court…
Currency smuggler forfeits money to FG
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja A forex currency smuggler who delayed his sentencing by a Nigerian Federal High Court siting in…
Rep Azubuogu Absolved By EFCC Witness
strong> Nnamdi Felix / Abuja A witness called by Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, at the resumed trial…
88 Year-old Grandpa Charged with Fraud
By Henry Ojelu/ Judiciary Correspondent A 88 year-old grandfather, Olusola Alaba has been arraigned before a Lagos High Court sitting…
Man with $188,858 changes guilty plea
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja An alleged money launderer, Abdulrasheed Ibrahim, who was slated for sentencing on Monday having pleaded guilty…
Senator Ugbane, Elumelu for retrial
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Former Chairman, of Nigeria’s Senate Committee on Power, Senator Nicholas Yahaya Ugbane and his counterparts at…
Ex-NIMASA Boss Re-Arraigned
By Akin kuponiyi The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Monday, re-arraigned the former Director-General of Nigeria Maritime Administration and…
Man with $188,858 to be sentenced Monday
A Nigerian Federal High Court sitting in Abuja will on Monday January 21, 2013 sentence one Abdulrasheed Ibrahim for attempting…
New date for Akingbola’s case against EFCC
A Nigerian Federal High Court, Lagos has fixed Feb. 12 for hearing in a suit filed by former Managing Director…
Two nabbed for impersonating EFCC officials
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arrested two suspects, Tanimu Abubakar (also known as Ibrahim) and Mohammed Yaba…
Nigerian lawyer Babalakin charged
Henry Ojelu/ Judiciary correspondent The hide and seek game between Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and businessman Dr.…
Court Extends Forfeiture Order on Sylva’s assets
Justice A.R. Muhammed of the Nigerian Federal High Court, in Abuja today granted the application by the Economic and Financial…
Aide of Nigeria’s richest woman arrested for fraud
Vincent Ayewah, an aide of Mrs Folorunsho Alakija, Africa’s richest woman and oil mogul, has been arrested by Nigeria’s Economic…
Fraud: Court Remands Kaduna Deputy Speaker
Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna has ordered that the Deputy Speaker of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Dr.…
EFFC arrests Soludo, ex- CBN governor
Oluokun Ayorinde/Abuja Nigeria’s anti graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Thursday afternoon arrested Professor Charles Soludo…
EFCC Declares Ex-Nigerian Rep Wanted
A former member of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Chief Gbineje Obukowho Napoleon has been declared wanted by the Economic and…
EFCC seizes 48 ex-governor Sylva’s houses over theft
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, January 3, 2013 took possession of 48 properties of the former…
N1.5b scam: Bank Manager, Lagos Speaker’s aide arrested
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested a former manager with Intercontinental Bank Plc( now Access Bank), Mr. Olayinka…
Nigerian Lawyer Docked Over N25m Fraud
A convicted Nigerian lawyer, Kole Bello and an alleged accomplice, Muhydyn Ango were have been arraigned for obtaining a N25…
Wanted Nigerian ex- governor flees to USA
Abubakar Audu, former governor of Nigeria’s central state of Kogi, declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has…
Nigeria: Babalakin’s bid to stop EFCC fails again
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday dismissed the application filed by Dr. Wale Babalakin, lawyer and Chairman of…
Lagos bizman denies stealing Coscharis money
A Lagos-based businessman, Alex Ikpeme, on Thursday denied an allegation that he fraudulently converted N61.5 million belonging to Cochedes Agro…
2 Lebanese bizmen convicted for forex smuggling
Two Lebanese businessmen in Nigeria, Hassan Rmaiti and Talal Hammoud who were arrested at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos…
EFCC Nabs Courier With $130,000
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, December 19, 2012, arrested one Bash Abdu at the…
Audu, ex-Nigerian governor declared wanted
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has declared former governor of Kogi State , Abubakar Audu wanted for offences…
Bank Managers Face Criminal Trial
An Asaba high court in Delta State, southsouth Nigeria, has adjourned till next year for continuation, the trial of three…
Forex smuggler Arrested in Nigeria With $130k
Operatives of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, December 19, 2012, arrested a suspected forex smuggler, Bash…
Nigeria: Babalakin challenges EFCC again
The Chairman of the Bi-Courtney Nigeria Limited, Dr. Wale Babalakin, has reinstituted the suit, challenging the legality of the criminal…