The Federal High Court in Lagos has allowed the former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, who is being tried for alleged N2.2bn fraud, to embark on a foreign medical trip. Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke granted an application brought by his lawyer, Ola Olanipekun (SAN), seeking the leave of the court to be allowed to travel. […]
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 Federal High Court Abuja on Friday, adjourned the alleged bribery case filed against Shehu Sani until Jan. 27 over the prosecution’s unpreparedness to play an audio recording it tendered in evidence. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) charged Sani with two counts of bribery and influence peddling. The defendant pleaded not guilty to […]
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 […]
DCDS Edeh A. Uchenna, the Head of Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has warned procurement officers in the Akwa Ibom State civil service to steer clear of fraud. He gave the warning on Tuesday at the second edition of ‘Law and Finance Seminar’, organised by the office of the […]
The re- trial of the former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, and his aide, Oyebode Atoyebi, charged with 54 counts of N338.8 million money laundering continued today, 25 November, at the Federal high court in Lagos south west Nigeria. The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) prosecutor, Mr Ekene Ihenacho, […]
The Police in Jigawa State have arrested a pregnant woman who was said to be in possession of 100 pieces of fake N1,000 notes and 76 pieces of fake N500 notes in Birnin Kudu Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Abdu Jinjiri, who confirmed this to […]
A lawyer, Taiwo Oreagba, was on Thursday, November 12 arraigned before Justice Sherifah Solebo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on a two-count charge bordering on alleged corrupt demand and obtaining by false pretence the sum of N4 million. The Lagos zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), arraigning […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Benin Zonal Office on Wednesday November 11, 2020 arraigned Philip Orumade on a nine count charge bordering on stealing before Justice Efe I. Ikponmwonba of the Edo State High Court, Benin City. Orumade was alleged to have, sometime in November 2019 while working as a banker in charge […]
Four years after he began trial for allegedly stealing N156.4million, a former Director-General of the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Haruna Jauro, faced re-arraignment yesterday for the same offence. Jauro, Dr Dauda Bawa and a firm, Thlumbau Enterprises Ltd, were again brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before the Federal […]
