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. BACKGROUND In 2018, EFCC […]
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 N204 million when he […]
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 total amount forfeited and […]
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 two companies — Rholavision […]
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 Admission and Matriculation Board, […]
Operatives of the Nigerian Navy Ship, NNS Victory, on Friday evening set ablaze a wooden boat laden with Premium Motor Spirits (PMS) along the Calabar Water ways. The Base Operation Officer of NNS Victory, LT CDR Isaac Ayogu said Navy intercepted the suspects en route Agbani oil terminal. LT CDR Ayogu said the […]
Nigeria’s former football official, Amos Adamu, was allegedly offered £1.3m to back the Qatar 2022 bid, The PUNCH reports. Adamu in 2017 was banned for two years by the world governing body FIFA for ethics violations. The suspension came after he already served a three-year ban in 2010 for accepting bribes in relation to […]
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited on Wednesday said it discovered 295 illegal connections to its pipeline. NNPC Group Chief Executive Officer, Mele Kyari made this disclosure at a Legislative Transparency & Accountability Summit in Abuja. “We have seen thousands of illegal refineries that we have taken down in the last 45 months. […]
A former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, on Monday, challenged the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to try him on the basis of a 17-count money laundering charge the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, preferred against him. Okorocha, who piloted affairs of Imo state from 2011 to 2019, […]
The Federal High Court in Lagos has adjourned the alleged money laundering trial of former Ekiti state governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, to January 31 and Febuary 1, 2023. The case was earlier scheduled for continuation of trial on Oct. 26, but a mix up in the date ensured it could not proceed. New trial […]
