The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio has said the Forensic Audit Report of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) indicated that there are over 13,000 abandoned projects within the coastal region. Senator Akpabio disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday when he submitted the report to President Muhammadu Buhari through the Attorney General […]
A Lagos State High Court in Ikeja has frozen assets and funds worth N19.17bn allegedly kept in 24 banks by a convicted former Managing Director of the defunct Bank PHB, Francis Atuche. Justice Lateefat Okunnu made the order sequel to an August 17 application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in a suit between […]
The Ilorin zonal commander of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Usman Muktar, has decried the high rate of cybercrime among youths and enjoined parents and stakeholder to discourage the youths from internet fraud. Muktar, who disclosed that the agency had witnessed an increasing number of arrests of Nigerian youths in cyber crime in recent […]
The Kogi State House of Assembly has threatened to issue a warrant of arrest against the Commissioner for Finance, Asiru Idris, if he fails to appear before it next week Thursday. The position of the lawmakers followed a motion by the Chairman House Special Committee on Public Account, Hilarion Collins Musa, on the need to […]
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has filed a lawsuit against the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), “over his failure to probe allegations that N106bn of public funds are missing from 149 ministries, departments and agencies.” The suit followed the grim allegations by the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation in his 2018 annual […]
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has charged a dean in the University of Calabar, Prof. Francisca Ime Bassey, to court over her alleged involvement in a contract fraud of ₦20.6 million. Prof. Bassey, who is the Dean and Director of the Pre-Degree Programme of the university, was arraigned on Wednesday […]
Outgoing and controversial Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Willie Obiano, looted over N3billion from Security Vote Account in one day, according to 2017 financial documents of the state exclusively obtained by Pointblanknews.com. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has been grappling with the prosecution of Governors hiding under security challenges to convert security votes […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday declined an application by former Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha asking it to restrain the Imo State Government and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from confiscating his properties. A State High Court in Owerri had earlier (on Monday) ordered the final and absolute forfeiture of […]
Senator Seriake Dickson has explained that he was at the office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to clarify some issues related to assets declaration. The former Bayelsa State leader was at the office of the anti-graft agency in Abuja on Tuesday upon the invitation of the agency. He was later released to […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has quizzed Seriake Dickson, a former Bayelsa governor, over alleged corruption. A source at the commission told TheCable that Dickson was interrogated at the headquarters of the EFCC in the federal capital territory (FCT), on Tuesday. The interrogation is said to have lasted for more than five hours, […]
