Tag: efcc
Lamorde is Nigeria’s new anti-graft czar
After a thorough screening and grilling, the Nigerian Senate this morning confirmed Ibrahim Lamorde as the substantive chairman of the…
Nigerian official: How I lost $380,000 to conman
A People’s Democratic Party, PDP, governorship aspirant in Kogi state and former Director of Pension in the office of the…
A Curious Ruling
A day after it was showered with accolades for displaying courage in a landmark judgement, the Nigerian judiciary received knocks…
15 Suspects In EFCC Net Over Illegal Bunkering
Fifteen suspects arrested by men of the Nigerian Army and Navy for conspiracy and illegal dealing in petroleum products are…
Akingbola: Court Adjourns As EFCC Asks Judge To Disqualify Self
Justice Charles Achibong of the Federal High Court, Lagos has adjourned till 31 January, hearing in the application brought by…
Nigeria’s Ex-Speaker, Nafada Have Case To Answer —EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on January 23rd, 2012, told an FCT High Court, sitting in Abuja ,…
EFCC Denies Arresting Adenuga, Others
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Economic and Financial Services Commission, EFCC has described reports that appeared on its website this morning on…
Subsidy Protest: EFCC site hacked with False arrests of oil moguls
Nigerian hackers have tampered with the website of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, www.efccnigeria.org, posting on the site…
EFCC Spokesman, Babafemi Quits
The spokesman for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Femi Babafemi, has resigned his appointment with the anti-graft…
Fraudster Bags 7 Years Jail Term
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has sentenced Abdulkadir Ntiem to seven years imprisonment for defrauding Mark Anthony Ugochukwu…
EFCC Arrests Two Hackers Of Multichoice Signals
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested Sani Garba Musa and Jamimah Ayuba who engage in importing, selling…
Court approves trial of Nigeria’s Ex-Speaker
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja For the second time at two different courts, former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji…
EFCC Organises Workshop For Journalists
A two-day workshop organised by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in conjunction with World Bank for journalists with the…
Court Lifts Arrest Order On Lagos Speaker
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, southwest Nigeria this afternoon vacated an order of arrest issued against the Speaker…
Lagos Speaker Not In Hiding
Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rotimi Adebayo has denied report that his…
Lagos Speaker Goes Into Hiding
There are indications that the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, has gone into hiding following…
We’ll Clean Up EFCC —Lamorde
Acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde has vowed to cleanse the anti-graft agency…
Ex-Gov Audu T Face Trial For Scam
The Supreme Court of Nigeria, SCN, has struck out an application for stay of proceedings before a High Court of…
Court Orders Lagos Speaker, Ikuforiji, Arrested
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the immediate arrest of the Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly,…
NUPENG Threatens Strike Over Shell Deductions
Workers in the oil and gas sector have threatened to embark on strike over alleged illegal deductions from their salaries…
Trial Of Nigeria’s Ex-Governor Stalled Again
Proceedings at a Federal High Court, Lafia, Nasarawa State, were again stalled on Wednesday, November 30th, 2011, when the presiding…
Farida Waziri hands over to Lamorde
Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde on Monday, November 28th, 2011, charged all…
EFCC Charges Staff with embezzlement
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, 28th November, 2011, arraigned David Lohbut, a Police Sergeant seconded to…
Farida Waziri Stepped On Toes –Groups
Two prominent groups in the country, the CLEEN Foundation and the Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders, this morning said sacked Chairman…
EFCC Boss Farida Waziri Sacked
The big axe of President Goodluck Jonathan this morning fell on Mrs. Farida Waziri, boss of Nigeria’s leading anti corruption…
Senate To Unravel Sharp Practice In Fuel Subsidy
Chairman, Senate Joint Committee investigating the management of the fuel subsidy scheme, Senator Magnus Abe, says the committee is determined…
US-Based Nigerian Lawyer To Remain In Custody Over $.94m Fraud
December 1, 2011 has been fixed by Justice Christopher Balogun of the Lagos State High Court, sitting in Igbosere for…
We Have More Charges Against Daniel, EFCC Tells Court
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has told an Ogun State high court sitting in Abeokuta that it has…
Daniel’s Case Adjourned Till 28 Nov
A Ogun State High Court sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta, has adjourned the trial of former governor of the state, Otunba…
Fuel Scarcity Looms: PENGASSAN Issues Seven Days Ultimatum To Madueke
Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Minister of Petroleum…