The Federal Government has uncovered 14 assets, including shopping malls, residential estate, polo playground, lands and farmland belonging to a former commander, Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police. Kyari was said to have failed to disclose his ownership of the properties in different locations in the Federal Capital Territory, […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has granted administrative bail to the Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Olakunle Oluomo. Our correspondent gathered that the Speaker was released around midnight Friday on the condition that he returns on Monday with both the assembly clerk and the accountant. Oluomo was arrested on Thursday […]
A Plateau State High Court sitting in Jos on Friday discharged and acquitted a former Governor of the state, Jonah Jang, over the N6.3 billion corruption charges levelled against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission The court presided over by Justice Christy Dabup also discharged and acquitted a former cashier in the […]
The Ogun State House of Assembly Speaker, Rt. Hon. Olakunle Oluomo, who was arrested by officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Thursday morning and flown to Abuja, is still in the custody of the anti-graft agency, Thursday night. An impeccable source within the anti-graft agency confirmed […]
The arrest of the Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Olakunle Oluomo, by the officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Thursday, disrupted the sitting of lawmakers. The PUNCH reported that Oluomo was picked up by officials of the anti-graft agency, Thursday morning, at the Muritala Muhammad International Airport, Lagos, […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Olakunle Oluomo at the Muritala Muhammad Airport, Lagos State. Our correspondent gathered that Oluomo was arrested over allegations bordering on financial crimes. A staff member at the assembly who pleaded anonymity said the speaker was picked up this […]
CHAIRMEN of the 13 local government areas of Ebonyi State are under probe by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over alleged road contract estimated at N2 billion. Documents obtained by Vanguard indicated that the anti-graft agency had invited the chairmen, following a petition that the amount meant for road projects was allegedly mismanaged […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja has declined the extradition application filed by the Federal Government for permission to extradite the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari to the United States (US). Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment on Monday held that the extradition application was an abuse of court process, on […]
As the United States government plans to return the over $23 million looted by the late dictator Sani Abacha, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has demanded a copy of the agreement. Last Tuesday, Nigeria and the United States reached an agreement on the return of over $23 million of the Abacha loot. […]
Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Abdulrasheed Bawa has charged political parties in the country to ensure that the 2023 general election is free and fair. Bawa made the appeal on Wednesday when he received a delegation from the Inter-Party Advisory Council of Nigeria, led by its Chairman, Engr. Yabagi […]
