Tag: efcc
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…
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…