A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed March 3, 2021, for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to fully comply with its orders in the trial of a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu fixed the date on Thursday after counsel to the EFCC, Farouk Abdullah, asked the […]
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday rejected an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for the arrest of a former Minister of Aviation , Chief Femi Fani – Kayode. EFCC’ s prosecuting counsel , Mr Mohammed Abubakar , had urged the court to issue an arrest warrant against the ex -minister […]
The Police Service Commission (PSC) says 925 names out of the 10,000 recruited constables were smuggled into the list of officers employed into the police force. Ikechukwu Ani, the commission’s spokesman, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. He said the 925 persons were those who did not go through the stages and processes of […]
….Says EFCC Froze His Account Even When Case Is Pending Before The Court Former Head of Service of the Federation, Winifred Oyo-Ita, on Tuesday, urged the Federal High Court, Abuja, to adjourn her ongoing trial sine die over alleged Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC’s abuse of court process. Also making the plea for the […]
House of Representatives will engage the British Parliament over allegation levelled against former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (Rtd). This followed a motion on matters of urgent national importance moved by Rep. Yusuf Gagdi (APC,Plateau) calling on the House to write the British parliament and invite the British High Commissioner to the House on […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday secured the conviction of a former banker, Adam Adam, who was sentenced to one-year imprisonment. A statement by the EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, noted that the convict was arraigned at the Yobe State High Court sitting in Damaturu by the Maiduguri zonal office of the anti-graft […]
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), on Monday, announced that it had obtained an Interim Forfeiture Order on the sum of USD919,202.07 (approximately N450 million) allegedly hidden in a bank account by some officials of the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt. This action, according to a statement by the commission’s […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has re-arraigned Kayode Odukoya, CEO of First Nation Airways Limited, before an Ikeja Special Offences Court, Lagos over allegations of forged memorandum of loss of Lagos State certificate of occupancy and N1.7 billion fraud. Odukoya was docked along his companies, First Nation Airways Limited and Bellview Airlines Limited, […]
The federal government has demanded an apology from the British government over the “unsubstantiated” claim by a member of its parliament that Yakubu Gowon, Nigeria’s former head of state, looted public treasury. Ferdinand Nwonye, spokesman of the ministry of foreign affairs, in a statement on Friday, said Nigeria has also demanded that the statement be […]
The acting Director-General (DG) of the National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), Alex Akpa, is currently cooling his heels in the cell of Independent Corrupt Practice Commission, ICPC for allegedly defrauding the federal government of N400 million. In a statement signed by the commission’s spokesperson, Azuka Ogugua, Wednesday, the agency said it is also investigating the […]
