In its sustained determination to recover assets acquired with the proceeds of crime by corrupt persons, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured an Interim Forfeiture Order on two assets located at Sabon Lugbe, Abuja. Crimefacts.news learnt that following a motion ex parte filed by counsel to ICPC, John Paul Okwor, Justice […]
A Popular music artist, Duncan Mighty who was in the early hours of Saturday arrested in Owerri, the Imo state capital, in a commando-style operation by men of the Anti-Kidnapping Squad (AKS) of the Imo State Police command may have asked for what he got. Duncan Mighty, who was one of the celebrity artists invited […]
The trial of Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman, Pensions Reform Task Team, and his son, Faisal continued on December 11, 2019 before Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC presented more witnesses against them. Testifying as the second prosecution witness, PW2, against Maina, Fatima Abdulahi, a […]
Justice I. Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Thursday, December 12, 2019 adjourned to February 27, 2020 further hearing in a case involving Afeez Fashola, a.k.a Naira Marley, who is being prosecuted for alleged conspiracy and credit card fraud. At the resumed sitting today, the first prosecution witness, PW1, […]
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has sentenced one Roland Onosemuode, to six months imprisonment for forging a Bachelors of Engineering (Chemical) degree of the University of PortHarcourt. Crimefacts.news gathered the suspect was arrested through a sting operation after complaints of his nefarious activities were made to relevant authorities. Intelligence that had […]
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission (ICPC) has expressed concern over the spate of abuse of constituency project fund and processes in the country. Commenting on the imperative of constituency project tracking embarked upon by the commission, the ICPC Commissioner for Imo state, Barr. Udonsi Arua explained how the Commission was forcing […]
Two officials of the Benue State Government, Mr. Stephen Amase, Principal Private Secretary to the Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom and Mr. Manger T Emmanuel, a former Commissioner of Works and presently, Special Adviser, Ministry of Energy, Science and Technology, Benue State have been arraigned by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences […]
A fraud suspect, one Mallam Abdulrashid Imam has been arrested by the Kaduna Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), for defrauding one Arc. Mohammed Dewu of N3million and $24,000 USD. Crimefacts.news reports that Dewu had alleged in a petitioner that, sometime in October, 2019 the suspect fraudulently collected money from him […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Enugu Zonal office on December 2, 2019, secured the conviction of Kingsley Nwegwu and Joakim Nwegwu, both managing directors of ACJEC Global Services Ltd. The Nwegwu brothers, who are siblings, were convicted by Justice M.L. Abubakar of the Federal High Court, Awka, Anambra State before whom they were […]
