Crime Facts

SERAP sues Buhari over N800bn recovered loot

Socio- Economic Rights and Accountability Project has filed a lawsuit against the President, Muhammadu Buhari over the failure to disclose information and documents relating to the names of people from whom N 800bn looted public funds have been recovered, specific dates of the recovery , and details of projects on which the money had been […]

N5.4b fraud: ICPC quizzes NDDC directors, recovers documents

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has quizzed top management staff of the Niger Delta Development Commission and recovered documents on the diversion of funds, procurement fraud and misappropriation of N 5. 4 billion COVID – 19 fund by the officials . The ICPC said some NDDC directors were interrogated at its […]

Court suspends Brazil governor over alleged corruption

Brazil’s High Court of Justice removed Rio de Janeiro Governor Wilson Witzel from office Friday, as police raided his official residence in a probe into accusations he stole emergency funds to fight the coronavirus pandemic. The raids also targeted the far-right governor’s wife and inner circle. Among those arrested was Pastor Everaldo, an evangelical preacher […]

Over 16,000 sign petition demanding Tinubu’s probe

Over 16, 000 people have signed a petition on Change . Org calling on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to investigate All Progressives Congress leader , Bola Tinubu . The petition, which was started a week ago by Reno Omokri , a former aide to ex – President Goodluck Jonathan , had garnered 16, […]

UPDATED: Buhari fires Charles Dokubo, appoints Milland Dikio, as coordinator Amnesty programme

President Muhammadu Buhari, Thursday, sacked Charles Dokubo, and appointed Milland Dikio as interim coordinator of amnesty programme. Disclosing this in a statement, Garba Shehu, said: “President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Col. Milland Dixion Dikio (rtd) as Interim Administrator (Amnesty Programme). “This followed the President’s approval of the disengagement of Prof. Charles Quarker […]

EFCC re-arraigns Adoke

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, August 4, 2020 re-arraigned former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Mohamed Bello Adoke and Aliyu Abubakar before Justice I.E. Ekwo of theFederal High Court, Abuja, on a 14-countamended charge of money laundering to thetune of over Six Million United States Dollars($6,000,000). In […]

Magu: How not to be EFCC boss

.By Aremu Lukman Umor There was a time when the suspended chairman of the Economic andFinancial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, was a ‘Magun’ toNigerian looters and scammers. That’s a thunderbolt. Then, at themention of his name, politicians who had looted our commonwealth andstashed it in their coffers would be disturbed. He was tough andaudacious. […]