The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has asked the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos to dismiss an application filed by the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, seeking to stop the forfeiture of some properties and monies linked to him. On August 25, 2024, the court authorised the […]
A high court of the federal capital territory (FCT) in Maitama has issued a public summons to Yahaya Bello, former governor of Kogi state. In the summons issued on Thursday, Maryanne Anenih, presiding judge, ordered Bello to appear before the court on October 24 to be arraigned on a 16-count charge preferred against him by […]
A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja, on Thursday granted the Former governor of Taraba State, Darius Ishaku, bail in the sum of N150M in the alleged N27 billion fraud charge brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. In his ruling, Justice Sylvanus Oriji granted Ishaku bail in the sum with […]
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has announced that over ₦13 billion in diverted public funds was recovered in September 2024 alone. The Chairman of the ICPC, Musa Aliyu, disclosed this during the launch of the commission’s 2024-2028 strategic action plan in Abuja on Wednesday. Aliyu, who emphasised that the anti-corruption […]
Former Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has said he joined politics solely to serve the people, not to seek money or steal public funds. He stated during a Hausa program aired on Freedom Radio station in Kaduna on Tuesday morning. El-Rufai emphasized that he was content with what he had even before becoming governor. […]
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has affirmed the suspension of three of its personnel over the bribery allegation against Idris Okuneye, a popular crossdresser known as Bobrisky. BACKGROUND Martins Otse, aka VeryDarkMan, had shared an audio in which Bobrisky purportedly claimed that she bribed some officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) with […]
The Federal Government has inaugurated a committee to probe allegations of gross misconduct against the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) by crossdresser Idris Okuneye better known as Bobrisky. The Minister of Interior Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo inaugurated the independent investigative panel on Monday. “We want to really reform the correctional service. Your core responsibility is to investigate specific […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Darius Ishaku, former governor of Taraba State, over allegations of fraud. Ishaku was arraigned on Monday alongside Bello Yero, former permanent secretary, Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs before a federal capital territory high court in Maitama. More to follow…
Bobrisky had alleged in a viral video that he offered N15 million as a bribe to some unnamed EFCC officers to drop money laundering charges against him. A Prosecutor with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Bilikisu Bala, on Monday, told a Joint Committee of the House of Representatives investigating allegations of corruption against […]
A social media influencer, Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, on Monday, apologised to human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, over his recent derogatory innuendos against the senior lawyer. VeryDarkMan, who appeared before the House of Representatives Joint Committee on Financial Crimes and Reformatory Institutions on Monday, said he also did not believe Falana was […]
