A Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday remanded two lawyers, Sarah Ajibola and John Demide, in Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) custody, following their arraignment for allegedly rigging the August 2018 Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) national elections. Justice Chuka Obiozor ordered that they remain with the anti-graft agency for seven days in order to […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has described the claim that its investigators pressured former bankers for a bribe of N96 million for their release on bail as untrue. The bankers are standing trial for allegedly defrauding the Central Bank of Nigeria in the mutilated currency scam. The EFCC, in a statement, said three […]
Akwa Ibom state governor Udom Emmanuel has debunked speculations that the state government was seizing local government funds. He spoke during the swearing-in of the newly elected Local Government Chairmen and Vice Chairmen for the 31 Local Government Areas of Akwa Ibom state at the Banquet Hall, Government House Complex, Uyo. He explained that the […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Abdon Dalla, special adviser on civil service and labour matters to Bala Mohammed, Bauchi governor, over alleged vote buying. Dalla was arrested on Saturday after voting during the Dass state bye-election in Bauchi. The EFCC operatives reportedly recovered a sum of N1.5 million from his car. […]
The Special Staff Verification Committee inaugurated by the Acting Chief Judge of Kogi State, Justice Henry Olusiyi, said it has uncovered fraud in the state judiciary. The chairman of the committee, Alhaji Ibrahim Alhassan, disclosed this while presenting the report, in Lokoja, the state capital. According to him, some retired and other deceased staff of […]
• Says Applicants Misinterpreted Order THE Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has clarified that the order given by the Federal High Court in Abuja was not meant to restrain the Interim Management Committee (IMC), led by Professor Daniel Pondei. NDDC Director of Corporate Affairs, Charles Obi Odili, in a statement yesterday in Abuja, argued that […]
Garba Shehu, spokesman of President Muhammadu Buhari, says the transfer of N12.5 million to PMB estate has nothing to do with the president. In a statement on Friday, Shehu said a document on the transition is being circulated to tarnish Buhari’s image. He explained that the PMB estate is a large housing scheme in Abeokuta, […]
A prosecution witness Temitope Isinkaye has narrated how N1.2 billion, sent by the National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki was funnelled into five accounts, including former governor Ayo Fayose’s account. Isinkaye, was giving evidence Thursday in the trial of Abiodun Agbele, an aide to Fayose. The witness is tagged Prosecution Witness No.6. Agbele is being […]
The second prosecution witness, Abdulrahman Arabo, in the ongoing trial of Paul Usoro, SAN, a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, for alleged N1.4bn fraud, on has told Justice Rilwan Aikawa of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos how the defendant received a sum of N1.1bn from the Akwa-Ibom State government. […]
Ekumankama Nkama has written to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on his decision to withdraw as the surety of Anyim Pius Anyim, former secretary to the government of the federation (SGF). Nkama, commissioner of investment & Abuja liaison, Ebonyi state government, disclosed this in a letter dated November 30 and addressed to the […]
