Hushpuppy has case to answer with us – EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said that Nigeria’s most-wanted hacker, Ramoni Igbalode, alias Ray Hushpuppy, has a number of cases to answer with the anti-graft agency. A…
Contractor reveals more messy contract deals by Okorocha
The Managing Director of Grandi Projetti Construction International Nigeria Limited, Mr. Jack Afara, a Palestinian national,Tuesday, told the Judicial Commission of Inquiry on Contracts that he worked on Lamonde Hotel,…
N2.5bn Fraud: You have a Case to Answer, Court tells Kawu
A Federal High Court, Abuja, has ordered the suspended Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Ishaq Modibbo Kawu, to defend his alleged involvement in the N2.5 billion Digital Switch-Over…
Operation Rewired: Wanted female FBI suspect, ‘Jay Jay’, bags two-year jail term
The Benin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction of a fugitive suspect, Joan Uruvbu (alias Jay Jay) on a two-count charge bordering…
Contract Fraud: The indemnity letter that may nail Okorocha
…The Paschal Obi connection While the Imo state Judicial Commission of Inquiry on Contracts continues its investigations into contracts awarded between June 2011 and May 2019, there are emerging documents…
Couple docked for alleged N553.8m fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on March 4, 2020, arraigned a couple, Oladeji and Omotola Henry, alongside their company, Built Global Concept, before Justice Mojisola Dada of the…
Suspect caught with mini coffin, as EFCC nab six ‘Yahoo Boys’
A 38-year-old suspected internet fraudster, Azeez Adebowale, has been arrested with a mini coffin containing fetish materials found in his possession, when his house was raided by operatives of the…
Reps probe alleged plans to divert $308million Abacha loot
The House of Representatives has mandated a committee to investigate allegations of plans to divert the recently recovered $308 million Abacha loot into private accounts using Julius Berger Nigeria Ltd.…
N37m Fraud: EFCC clamps down on syndicate of rogue bankers stealing depositors’ funds
The Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has uncovered a criminal syndicate of bankers that specialized in forging signatures of deceased bank customers, and stealing…
EFCC seeks permanent forfeiture of Saraki’s Kwara property
.Saraki: Application, an abuse of court process The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has sought permanent forfeiture of two houses in Ilorin, Kwara State belonging to former Senate President,…
Alleged N1.35b Fraud: How ex-Governor Lamido diverted state fund to private use – Witness
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, through its prosecution witness, Michael Wetkas, has given an account of how the former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido allegedly diverted funds…
Nigerian lecturers spend research grants on cars, houses – TETFund
Lecturers of Nigeria’s public tertiary institutions divert research grants for the purchase of houses, cars and other personal effects, the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has alleged. PremiumTimes reports that the allegation…
Alleged Corruption: Obono-Obla is a fugitive, to be arrested on sight
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has said that the suspended Chairman of the Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property (SPIP), Mr.…
Ex-Governor Nyame will serve 12 years in jail, Supreme Court affirms
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the 12-year jail term served on former Taraba governor Jolly Nyame by the lower court over N1.6bn corruption charge. The apex court, however, set…
Ex-KwaraPoly Governing Board Chair will serve 12-year jail term, Appeal Court affirms
The Court of Appeal sitting in Ilorin the Kwara State capital has upheld the judgment of a High Court which handed down a 12-year jail term to a former Chairman…