Ebony Mayfield, an American woman, who allegedly aided Allen Onyema, founder of Air Peace, in facilitating a $20 million bank fraud, has admitted to receiving $20,000 for her roles over a period of two years.
Mayfield pleaded guilty to the charge at the United States district court for the northern...
The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday rearraigned suspended Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris and three others over alleged N109.5 billion fraud in an FCT High Court, Maitama.
Other defendants are Olusegun Akindele; Mohammed Usman and Gezawa Commodity Market and Exchange Limited.
They were first arraigned on July...
The Chairman of the Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa said this on Tuesday at a workshop on financial crimes reporting organised by the Commission for some selected journalists in Lagos.
Bawa said the commission was stepping up its investigations of the DNFBPS through its Special Control Unit Against Money Laundering (SCUML) under...
Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon of the Federal High Court, Abuja today Monday, October 24, 2022, ordered the final forfeiture of two Abuja properties and two luxury cars belonging to a former minister of petroleum resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, to the Federal Government.
In a statement on the facebook page of the...
Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman, defunct Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), says he is suffering from a life-threatening disease and he needs urgent medical attention
Maina told Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja in an ex-parte motion filed by his lawyer, Israel Obaniyi.
The motion, marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1729/2022, was...
The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari on Tuesday said cooperation with security agencies has significantly reduced the scale of oil theft in the Niger Delta, following the discovery of several illegal pipes.
He made the comment during his address on the second...
TANTITA Security Services Nigeria Limited, TSSNL, the private security company, PSC, operated by ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemuplo, alias Tompolo, has counteracted the claim by Femi Falana, SAN, that Chief of Defense Staff, CDS, General Lucky Irabor and Nigerian Navy were wrong in the burning of the crude oil vessel,...
The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Isah Idris, on Monday, ordered the investigation of a case of extortion allegedly perpetrated by officers of the NIS at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja, Lagos State.
The order followed a recent outcry on Twitter by a Dubai-bound Nigerian, who alleged massive extortion...
Human rights activist and foremost Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana kicked over the destruction of vessels loaded with stolen crude oil by the Nigerian Navy
Falana, in a statement made available to newsmen, reacted to a statement credited to the chief of Defence staff, Lucky Irabor.
His words, “Apart from...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “promptly set up a presidential panel of enquiry to thoroughly, impartially, and transparently investigate the operations of illegal oil pipelines from 2001 to date, and to widely publish the names of anyone suspected to be involved.”
SERAP urged...
