The former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to call the EFCC to order, appealing that the president intervenes by stopping the EFCC from constantly harassing and intimidating him over allegations of a N2.9 billion fraud case. In a chat with State House correspondents after a visit to the […]
The judgment of a Federal High Court in Abuja which convicted a former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, to six years imprisonment was on Tuesday in Abuja admitted as exhibit against a former Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Stephen Oronsaye. The judgment was tendered in evidence by […]
The former governor of Imo state and Senator representing Imo West Senatorial District, Rochas Okorocha, on Tuesday, alleged it was the Imo state governor, Hope Uzodimma, who was behind the alleged N2.9 billion fraud allegation by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, against him. Okorocha revealed this to newsmen in Owerri, through his Special […]
Former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, on Monday faulted the series of allegations of corruption against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the state government. Rather than being prosecuted for corruption, he stressed that he should be the one laying claims to the benefits he ‘rejected’ while serving as governor […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed criminal charges against Rochas Okorocha, senator representing Imo west. The 17-count charge was filed on Monday before a federal high court in Abuja. According to the commission, the former Imo governor allegedly conspired with others, including a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Saturday detained the Director General of Voice of Nigeria, VON, Mr. Osita Okechukwu, over a case of conspiracy, abuse of office and misappropriation of public funds to the tune of N1.3billion. He was said to have arrived the headquarters of the anti-graft agency in Abuja at about […]
Nigeria has dropped five places on the 2021 corruption perception index published by Transparency International, TI, yesterday. The country scored 24 out of 100 points, ranking 154 out of 180 countries surveyed by the organisation. In the 2020 index, Nigeria had scored 25 out of 100 points, ranking 149 out of the 180 countries surveyed. […]
Femi Fani-Kayode, former minister of aviation, on a 17-count charge of fraud. The former minister was re-arraigned on Monday alongside Nenadi Usman, former minister of state for finance; Danjuma Yusuf, a former national chairman of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON) and a company, Joint-Trust Dimensions Nigeria Limited, on charges bordering on conspiracy […]
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday,issued an arrest warrant against the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, believed to be residing in the UK. Justice Bolaji Olajuwon granted the request, after counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Farouk Abdullah, made an oral application. The court had fixed November 3, 2021 […]
The Rivers State Police Command says it has set up a panel to investigate a Divisional Police Officer (DPO) who is alleged to own an illegal refinery in Rivers State. In a statement on Sunday, the Police said the unnamed DPO has been “immediately redeployed and a panel headed by an assistant commissioner of police […]
