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, Owerri, owned by Senator Rochas Okorocha. Afara, who disclosed this while speaking from the witness box, said he did not know that the hotel’s parking
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 (DSO) fraud. Kawu, the late Chairman of Pinnacle Communications Limited, Mr. Lucky Omoluwa, and the Chief Operating Officer of the same company, Mr. Dipo Onifade,
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 on conspiracy and intent to defraud before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court sitting in Warri, Delta State. Joan Uruvbu is one of
…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 that may hold former Governor Rochas Okorocha solely accountable for the strings of contract infractions under his tenure. Our correspondent has obtained, from impeccable Government
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 Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on a seven-count charge bordering on conspiracy and stealing to the tune of N553,820,000.00 (Five Hundred and Fifty-three
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 Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on March 2, 2020. Adebowale, who claimed to be using the coffin as a
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. as a conduit. The Federal Government had said the money will be used to expedite work on the Lagos–Ibadan expressway, Abuja–Kano expressway and the second
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 from their accounts. They also execute fraudulent financial transactions, including unauthorized debits of depositors’ funds. Crimefacts.news reports that the members of the criminal syndicate, which
.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, Dr. Bukola Saraki, to the Federal Government before Justice Rilwan Aikawa of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. Crimefacts.news reports that the EFCC
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 meant for projects in the state to his private use through a company, Dantata and Sawoe Construction Company. Crimefacts.news reports that the EFCC re-arraigned Lamido,