An aide to a former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, on Tuesday said no court in Nigeria had ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to recover “even a pin” from him. The aide, Sam Onwuemeod in a statement in Owerri, was reacting to a document making the rounds that an unnamed court had […]
There were reports on Tuesday that the operatives of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) interrogated immediate past governor of Zamfara State, Alhaji Abdulazeez Yari, for several hours. According to the report, Yari was being interrogated at the Sokoto State office of the anti-graft agency over allegations of corruption. Although Yari was expected to report […]
There has been a verbal war between the loyalists to Governor of Imo state, Hope Uzodimma and former governor Rochas Okorocha, over the arrest of Okorocha by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to answer questions on alleged financial fraud by Okorocha. Vanguard yesterday in Owerri, monitored the war of words by the loyalists of […]
The Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees on Friday raised the alarm that about nine governors were diverting local government funds, in violation of the guideline issued by the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit in May 2019. The union said the actions of the governors were depriving the people of the benefits that they should ordinarily […]
A former governor of Niger State, Dr Muazu Babangida Aliyu, has chided the leadership of the country, saying Nigeria’s economy has been plunged into grave danger in the last six years. Speaking with reporters in Abuja on Friday, Aliyu alleged the country has been weakened by bad policies, poor implementation, wastages and plundering of resources. […]
A former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has been released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) after spending two nights in detention. Okorocha’s aide, who disclosed this to Daily Trust via telephone, said the former governor was released around 5:45 pm and he’s currently in his Maitama residence in Abuja. When contacted, […]
The senate committee on public accounts has summoned Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, over an alleged secret withdrawal of N7.5 billion from the National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC) account. Ahmed Idris, accountant-general of the federation, was also summoned over the withdrawal from the NADDC levy account domiciled with the Central Bank of Nigeria […]
Barely 48 hours after he was arrested and detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the immediate past Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, yesterday opened up on his arrest, saying he was only invided by EFCC over alleged misappropriation of public funds. Okorocha was arrested by the EFCC operatives about 4:10pm […]
A former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has broken his silence on his arrest by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged misappropriation of public funds. Okorocha was arrested by the EFCC operatives at about 4:10pm on Tuesday at his Unity House office located at Garki, Abuja. Speaking through Sam Onwuemeodo, his […]
Former Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha spent his second night with his interrogators on Tuesday, with indications emerging that he would not be released until he had addressed all the things he knows about the sum of N7.9 billion and choice property allegedly traced to him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. A […]
