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, […]
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 was made in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Monday, by TETFund’s Director of Research and Development, Salihu Bakari, who said that huge sums of money […]
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. Okoi Obono-Obla, is on its list of wanted persons. This also as the Commission urged Obono-Obla to turn himself in and clear his name. Addressing […]
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 aside all fines imposed on the former governor by the appellate court. Delivering judgment, Justice Amina Augie held that the Court of Appeal’s decision to […]
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 of the Governing Council of Kwara State Polytechnic, Dr. Saadu Alanamu. Crimefacts.news reports that Dr. Alanamu who was nominated into the Board of the Independent […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the candidate of the Action Democratic Party for last year’s Anambra State governorship poll, Chief Ifeanyichukwu Okonkwo. Okonkwo was arrested by the anti-corruption agency after he instituted a N65bn law suit against the commission. It was learnt that the EFCC had earlier detained Okonkwo for two […]
A prosecution witness, Inspector Anthony Iliya, told an Upper Area Court in Zuba, FCT that a teacher, Akum-Chukwu Dolibi, defrauded four job seekers of N855,000. The police charged Dolibi, a teacher with the Union Secondary School Zuba, Abuja was charged with criminal breach of trust and cheating on July 1, 2019. The offence, the police said, […]
