Tag: Money Laundering
Money Laundering: Court Rejects Ikuforiji’s Plea
The Federal High Court in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, Monday morning refused to strike out or dismiss the criminal charge of…
ALAMS PARDON: Bill Gates Cancels Visit To Nigeria
America’s richest man, Bill Gates, has cancelled his scheduled 27 March visit to Nigeria, in response to the controversial pardon…
Money Laundering: Ex-Governor Nnamani Re-Arraigned
Former Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Chimaroke Nnamani, one of his aides Sunday Onyekazuru Anyaogu and six other companies, were…
Daily Times: Anosike brothers for fraud trial
The Federal High Court in Lagos has fixed March 4 for the arraignment of Fidelis Anosike and his brother, Noel,…
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…
Lagos Speaker’s Trial Continues 18 Feb
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, southwest Nigeria has adjourned till 18 February, 2013 the money laundering charges filed…
Gov. Lamido: My Son Not A Money Launderer
Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa on Thursday in Dutse said that his son was not in anyway involved in money…
Fani-Kayode’s Trial Fixed For 11 Feb
A Federal High Court, Lagos, on Thursday fixed 11 February, 2013 for the commencement of trial of a former Minister…
Prosecutor’s Absence Stalls Lagos Speaker’s Trial Again
The trial of Mr. Sabit Adeyemi Ikuforiji, the Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, and his personal aide, Alade Atoyebi,…
Shame: Malaysia arrests 13 Nigerians for fraud
.UK jails one for money laundering Malaysian police authorities have arrested a group of five Nigerians using the country as…
Dubai, China now favorite destination of forex from Nigeria
Dubai in the United Arab Emirates is now the favorite destination of Nigerians, smuggling out forex, either stolen or hard…
Money Laundering: Ikuforiji’s Trial Stalled
The trial of the Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Sabit Adeyemi Ikuforiji and his aide, Alade Atoyebi, was this…
France, Switzerland crackdown on drug money
French authorities have arrested 17 people, some of them of Moroccan origin, suspected of laundering about 40 million euros ($52…
EFCC closes case against ex-minister
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday at a Federal High Court in Abuja…
Nigerian banks sabotaging anti-corruption war, says EFCC chief
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde, has decried some unethical practices in the banking…
Jonathan Lists Global Security Roles Of Customs
By Esther Komolafe President Goodluck Jonathan has stressed the need for collaboration between Customs administrations world wide, saying it could…
Abacha’s son faces fresh Swiss trial
Abba Abacha, the son of Nigeria’s former dictator Sani Abacha, will face a new trial in Switzerland starting July 4…
Court Jails Forex Dealer Over N300m Scam
A Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna has sentenced a 36-year old foreign exchange dealer, Ibrahim Mohammed Bashir to one year…
Ronaldinho’s Brother Jailed
Ronaldinho’s brother, Roberto de Assis, has been sentenced to five years and five months in prison after being found guilty…
No British Mercy as Ibori Bags 13 year jail term
Justice Anthony Pitts of the Southwark Crown Court in London has sentenced former governor of Nigeria’s oil-rich Delta State, Chief…
Nigerian Ex-Governor Fails to stop Trial
A Federal High Court sitting in Gombe, Gombe state, on 20 March , ruled that the former governor, Alhaji Danjuma…
‘Ibori’s Conviction, A Warning To Corrupt Politicians’
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on Tuesday said that the conviction of former Delta State Governor, James Ibori, for money…
Ibori Pleads Guilty In London Over Loot
A former Nigerian state governor pleaded guilty in a British court on Monday to siphoning off $250 million of Nigerian…
Ex-works Minister Gets Bail
Thirty-one days after he was first arraigned before a Federal High Court on an alleged money laundering charge, temporary reprieve…
Jonathan Signs Terrorism Prevention And Money Laundering Prohibition Bills Into Law
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has signed the Terrorism (Prevention) Bill, 2011 and the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Bill, 2011 into law,…
EX Works Minister Faces More Charges
Embattled former Minister of Works, Dr Hassan Muhammad Lawal was on Tuesday re-arraigned on a fresh nine-count charge bordering on…
Egypt Jails Ex-minister For Corruption
Former President Hosni Mubarak’s top security official was convicted Thursday of corruption and money laundering and sentenced to 12 years…
Ibori Extradited to London
Former governor of Delta State, Southsouth Nigeria, James Ibori has been extradited to London to face trial for alleged money…
Jonathan’s Wife Not Probed For Money Laundering
Nigeria’s presidency has reacted to newspaper reports credited to an opposition spokesperson alleging that Patience, the wife of President Goodluck…
V.Mobile Share Scam: Ibori’s Lawyer Jailed In UK
Counsel to former Governor of Delta State, James Ibori, in the United Kingdom, Bhadresh Gohil, was yesterday jailed seven years…