The Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation is not investigating All Progressives Congress chieftain , Bola Tinubu, the AGF, Abubakar Malami ( SAN) , has said . Malami said this during an interview with Channels Television’ s ‘ Politics Today ’ programme on Tuesday. The AGF, however , said he could not say if […]
The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) on Tuesday explained why the 4.2 million pounds loot recovered from a former governor of Delta State James Ibori and his associates will not return to the coffers of the state. Instead, the chief law officer said, in a television programme on […]
Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez helped smuggle tons of cocaine into the United States, a US prosecutor said Tuesday at the trial of an accused drug trafficker. That defendant, Geovanny Fuentes, bribed the president with $25,000 in cash and this made Fuentes “untouchable,” prosecutor Jacob Gutwillig said in opening arguments at the New York federal […]
The Federal Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United Kingdom (UK) for the return of a total sum of €4.2 million linked to the former governor of Delta State, James Ibori. The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), said the signing of the MoU […]
A former Minister of State for power in the country, Muhammad Wakil, is to remain in prison custody till March 31, 2021 on the order of a Federal Capital Territory High Court over his alleged involvement in the mismanagement of the N27 billion set aside for the payment of the retirement benefits to staff of […]
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says Nigeria accounts for 20 per cent or 10 billion dollars (N3.8 trillion) of the estimated 50 billion dollars that Africa loses to Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs). Chairman of ICPC, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, said this during a virtual meeting to review a report on IFFs […]
A human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), says contrary to a report making the rounds, he has never bought any property from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In a communique on Friday, Falana said the claims by the online medium that ran the report are false, adding that the publication was a ploy […]
Abdulrasheed Bawa, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says under his leadership, the anti-graft agency will be proactive in fighting corruption. Bawa was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari in February and was subsequently confirmed as the substantive chairman of the EFCC by the senate. Speaking on Friday when he officially assumed office, […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has lost out in its bid to forfeit two Lagos property owned by a former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, to the Federal Government. This was sequel to the dismissal of a suit filed by the anti-graft agency at a Federal High Court in Lagos seeking permanent forfeiture […]
The Senate Committee on Public Accounts on Wednesday was stunned as the Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris told the lawmakers that only the national oil giant, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, (NNPC) could give an account of how N443 billion was paid as petroleum subsidy without appropriation by the National Assembly. The Account […]
