The scheduled arraignment of a billionaire businessman, Cletus Ibeto, for alleged N4.8bn fraud was stalled on Thursday, for the third time, due to the absence of the defendant from the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission filed 10 counts against Ibeto alongside his company, Ibeto Energy Development, before […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has secured an arrest warrant for former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. The EFCC Acting spokesman, Dele Oyewale confirmed the development to newsmen omn Monday. Meanwhile, the anti-graft agency has also initiated extradition proceedings to bring the former minister back to Nigeria. Recall that Alison-Madueke […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Thursday, arraigned an oil marketer, Florence Onojame, for alleged N4.4bn fraud. Onojame, alongside her company, Emee Oil & Gas Nigeria Limited, was arraigned before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos Special Offences Court in Ikeja. The three counts filed against her and her company bordered on conspiracy […]
Yusuf Anas, a dismissed police officer, has been arrested for alleged impersonation and stealing by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, Zone 17, Akure in Ondo State. Anas was apprehended after he purchased a mobile phone from a store and allegedly generated a fake bank transfer alert, indicating that he had credited the seller’s […]
A federal high court in Abuja has ordered the office of the attorney-general of the federation (AGF) to take over the N5 billion suit filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against Stella Oduah, former aviation minister. The EFCC alleged that Oduah misappropriated public funds estimated at N5 billion while serving as […]
A federal high court in Abuja has fixed July 21 for the arraignment of Stella Oduah, former minister of aviation. Inyang Ekwo, the presiding judge, fixed the date after the court session on Monday. Oduah, senator representing Anambra north, is to stand trial alongside eight others on a 25-count charge bordering on alleged conspiracy, […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arrested a fake Senator, Ifechukwu Tom Makwe for alleged €5.7million (Five Million, Seven Hundred Thousand euros) internet fraud. Makwe was arrested at the Guzape area of Abuja following credible intelligence about his internet- related fraud activities. Upon arrest, it was discovered that the suspect, bearing many […]
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Retired Assistant Inspector General of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, as the substantive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The appointment of Odumosu, a former Lagos State Commissioner of Police, is subject to confirmation by the Senate. He replaces Abdulrasheed Bawa who was recently suspended […]
The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, May 18, 2023, secured the conviction and sentencing of the trio of Semiu Oladiti, Owolabi Azeez and Nnagbogu Chikelu Nicodemus, who were prosecuted for a N1.5 billion fraud, before Justice O.O. Abike-Fadipe of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is set to commence fresh proceedings against Femi Fani-Kayode, a former minister of aviation, over allegations of money laundering. The anti-graft agency is expected to file the charges before a federal high court in Abuja. The commission had previously arraigned Fani-Kayode and Nenadi Usman, a former minister of […]
