A group, Abia Renaissance, has through it coordinator, Chibuzor Opara, issued a press statement stating that the “Abia State House of Assembly led by Rt. Hon Chinedum Orji, the son of the former Governor of Abia State, T. A Orji and members of the Abia State House of Assembly have shared a second set of […]
A Lagos High Court sitting in the Ikeja area has sentenced former managing director of defunct Bank PHB, Francis Atuche to over 6 years in prison. In a judgment that lasted over 10 hours, Justice Lateefat Okunnu convicted Atuche alongside a former Chief Financial Officer of the bank, Ugo Anyanwu. The two were convicted on […]
THE Federal Government has commenced the bidding process for the sale of recovered and forfeited assets from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice and the Inter-ministerial Committee set up by the government to handle sales of the assets under the Ministry of […]
The crisis rocking the Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, took a new dimension on Tuesday following the suspension of the state chairman of the party, Dr Tony Aziegbemi, over alleged misconduct and fraud. Aziegbemi was suspended by 12 members of the state working committee during a meeting, while the state deputy […]
Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), has denied the allegation that N2 billion was paid to his office from recovered loot. The house of representatives ad hoc committee probing the status of recovered loot had on Tuesday queried Malami on the N2 billion which it said was never approved as budgetary allocation. Citing a […]
The Delta State Government has denied receiving £4.2 million looted by its former governor, James Ibori. The Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris on Tuesday while appearing before the Senate committee investigating the status of recovered loot noted that the fund has been returned to the state. However, the Chief Press Secretary to the […]
The immediate past governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Sources at the anti-graft agency told Channels Television that the former governor is being questioned by a crack team of operatives at the EFCC headquarters in the Jabi area of Abuja, the nation’s capital. He […]
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has declared Gimba Yau Kumo, son-in-law of President Muhammadu Buhari, wanted over an alleged $65 million fraud. In a notice published on Thursday, Azuka Ogugua, spokesperson of the anti-graft commission, said Kumo has declared wanted alongside Tarry Rufus and Bola Ogunsola over alleged misappropriation and […]
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, says the anti-graft agency has so far recovered $153 million from a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke. Bawa added that 80 houses valued at $80 million were also recovered from the former minister. “There are several cases surrounding Diezani’s case. […]
The Minister of Transportation, Hon Rotimi Amaechi, has denied putting pressure on the suspended Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman, to consider two Chinese firms for Channel and Intel contracts. Reacting to a publication of a newspaper on May 11, 2021, the Minister said the publication was targeted at misinforming the […]
