The Director-General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, Doyin Okupe, has been sentenced to two years for breaching the Money Laundering Act.
The PUNCH reported that Okupe was convicted of the offence on Monday by a Federal High Court in Abuja.
Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu presiding over the case on Monday...
A federal high court in Abuja has convicted the director-general of Peter Obi presidential campaign, Doyin Okupe, for money laundering, Vanguard reports.
Recall that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, had arraigned Okupe in 2019 on a 59-count charge bordering on alleged money laundering and diversion of funds to...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Thursday, said it had so far recovered over N30 billion from the corruption activities surrounding the suspended Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Idris Ahmed.
Chairman of the Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, stated this at the media briefing organised by the Presidential Communications Team at...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has confirmed the arrest of Mr. Oladipo Daniel Oyebanjo, otherwise known as D’Banj.
Daily Trust had reported how the singer was grilled by the commission and detained over night.
In a statement, Mrs. Azuka Ogugua, Spokesperson of ICPC, said D’Banj was...
The National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Monguno, has estimated that the Federal Government may lose $23bn in 2023 if crude oil theft continues.
He made the comment on Tuesday during the inauguration of a special investigation panel set up to check crude oil theft in the country.
General Monguno expressed...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it is making efforts to arrest Abdulsalam Zaura, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Kano central senatorial district, over alleged fraud.
Ahmad Rogha, counsel to EFCC, said this on Monday while speaking with journalists at the federal high court in Kano.
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A federal high court in Akwa Ibom has sentenced Bassey Albert, governorship candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP), to 42 years in prison for fraud.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had, in 2019, arraigned Albert on a six-count charge of allegedly taking possession of six vehicles worth...
The United States Department of Justice said it has transferred over $20.6 million to the Federal Government of Nigeria as part of the loot traced to former Nigerian military leader General Sani Abacha and his co-conspirators.
The US DoJ, in a statement on Thursday, said the fresh repatriation brings the...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it will appeal the court judgment dismissing a case of alleged fraud against Babachir Lawal, former secretary to the government of the federation (SGF).
The commission had re-arraigned Lawal alongside Hamidu David Lawal, his younger brother; Sulaiman Abubakar, Apeh John Monday, and...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has seized no fewer than 97 property from different individuals in the past four years.
The list of seized assets include 33 buildings, plots of land and a factory forfeited to the Federal Government by a former accountant with the Joint...
