Beyond the Headlines
The 35-year-old who is the Head of Sales for Procter and Gamble company, during interrogation, claimed to have spent the money on online sports betting. He was arrested along ‘K-Line area’ of Ewet Housing Estate in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state, following a petition. The petitioner alleged that Eze used his position as Head of Sales […]
The Ondo State House of Assembly, on Monday , said only two people in the Assembly are in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission over the allegation of fraud and not four as earlier reported in the media. It was earlier reported that the Clerk of the House , Mr Bode Aladeyelu […]
Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), says he recommended Abdulrasheed Bawa as chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) based on his competence and capacity to deliver. In an interview with Daily Trust, Malami said he is happy that the comments against Bawa’s nomination did not have anything to do with his […]
A Nigerian by name Collins Samuel, who allegedly scammed the American State of Virginia of the sum of $8000 under the guise that he was an American citizen, has been remanded in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on the orders of a Kaduna Federal High Court presided over by Justice P. […]
Femi Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), says the loot recovered from James Ibori, former governor of Delta, should be returned to the source, which is the state. Falana stated this when he featured on a Channels Television programme on Wednesday. Commenting on the position of Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation, who had […]
Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), and Ibrahim Magu, former acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have failed to appear before a federal high court in Abuja in respect of the case involving Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT). Okon Abang, the presiding judge, had […]
You would expect a convict to show remorse while posing for crime profiling. Not for Michael Lawal who just bagged three months’ jail term for internet fraud. In his photo shared by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lawal looked happy as the commission announced he was on his way to jail over the […]
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, […]
A businesswoman, Emem Bassey, on Wednesday told a Chief Magistrates Court in Gwagwalada, FCT, that her boyfriend, Onokevbagbe Enikioye, allegedly sold her Lexus Jeep worth N2.3 million without her consent. The police charged Enikioye and Sunday Akachukwu with six counts of criminal conspiracy, criminal breach of trust, theft, criminal intimidation, cheating and criminal force and […]
Over 50 persons have been arrested in connection with pipeline vandalism in Imo state. The Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Elisha Danjuma, disclosed this on Tuesday in Owerri, while commemorating the International civil Defence Day. Danjuma said that the arrest of over fifty persons was part of it’s efforts to […]
