The Senate has queried officials of Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Republic of Germany for allegedly spending a total sum of N248 million without the approval of the National Assembly. The query was raised by the Senator Matthew Urhoghide, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Edo South led Senate Committee on Public Accounts. The Committee is […]
Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, declined to make an order for the arrest of former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is seeking the extradition of the former minister to answer to corruption allegations said to have been committed as Minister […]
A Federal High Court in Lagos Monday heard that former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, was not mentioned in allegedly suspicious financial transactions involving a firm, Still Earth Ltd. Fayose is accused by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of procuring Still Earth Ltd and another firm, De Privateer Ltd, to illegally retain the […]
The Senate Public Accounts Committee has queried the National Health Issuance Scheme over N 122bn fixed in an unnamed commercial bank. The committee admitted that the Auditor General of the Federation approved the deposit but demanded details of the N 3. 7bn interest which accrued to the money. The Senate Public Accounts Committee hinged its […]
THE Senate has taken a swipe at the National Health Issuance Scheme (NHIS) over N122 billion fixed in an unnamed commercial bank in the country without the approval of Auditor General of the Federation. The query was raised today by Senator Matthew Urhoghide, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Edo South led Senate Committee on Public Accounts, […]
The Presidential panel set up to probe the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission , Ibrahim Magu , has begun a physical verification of all assets seized by the EFCC , The PUNCH has learnt . The panel, led by a former President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Salami, […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it recorded 646 convictions and recovered more than N11 billion in monetary asset this year, despite the restriction imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The acting chairman of the EFCC, Umar Abba, disclosed this while addressing the Senate Committee on Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes in Abuja on Tuesday. […]
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the trial of Ramon Abbas, the Nigerian Instagram celebrity facing wire fraud charges in the U.S., has been moved to 2021. According to the chambers orders of Judge Otis Wright released September 23, the jury trial will continue by 9:00 a.m. on May 4, 2021. Across the globe, the respiratory […]
Proceedings in the N 2. 2bn fraud trial of a former governor of Ekiti State , Mr Ayodele Fayose , and a firm , Spotless Investment Limited , was stalled on Tuesday with a request for an adjournment by the prosecuting counsel for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr Rotimi Jacobs ( SAN) . […]
A Swedish chief prosecutor on Wednesday said there were no grounds to reopen the preliminary investigation into the 1986 murder of Sweddish prime minister Olof Palme. Lennart Gune had considered several appeals lodged against the June decision to close the long-running probe, but he did not find grounds to reverse the decision, a statement read. […]
