ICPC to begin second phase of constituency projects tracking
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) is set to begin the second phase of tracking of constituency projects, crimefacts.news can report. This follows the huge successes…
Atiku’s in-law instructed me to take $140,000 to Obasanjo – Witness
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday opened its case against Abdullahi Babalele, son-in-law of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, accused of laundering $140,000 in the build-up to the 2019…
Ex-PPMC boss, Haruna Momoh to forfeit N2.4bn, properties to FG, says ICPC
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has started moves to recover N2.4 billion and some landed properties, alleged to have been illegally acquired and linked to…
Lawyer docked for alleged N200m scam, gets bail for N100m
The Enugu Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned a lawyer, Nwabufo Richard Obienu and his company, Forric Nigeria Limited before Justice B.G Diepri of a…
Activist to FG: Check criminal activities of EFCC, police in Imo
A civil rights activist and president, Association for Good Governance, Barr. Justice Uhuegbu has called on the federal government to quckly intervene in the alleged unbridled criminal activities of the…
CCB, AGF may block bank accounts of 200 public officers
Following a joint investigation by the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) and the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), no fewer than 200 bank accounts belonging to…
Hamza Koudeih: Unravelling a Money Laundering Honcho
He is a Lebanese, resident in Lagos and steeped in money. From his $1.3million residence in Eko Atlantic Pearl Tower to his high-end automobiles, Hamza Koudeih oozes money-all of which…
Court remands British nationals in prison over $9.6bn P&ID scam
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday remanded two British nationals, James Richard Nolan and Adam Quinn in prison custody pending the determination of their bail application in a charge of complicity in the controversial $9.6 billion arbitral award to Process and Industrial Developments Limited (P&ID) by a United Kingdom commercial court.
How did you get $8.4million, Ajudua queries Bamaiyi in court
The defence counsel to Fred Ajudua, a Lagos socialite accused of defrauding a former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi (rtd), on Wednesday, raised probing questions on the source…
Okorocha: Police arrest 12, impound two trailers in failed attempt to cart away sealed properties
Police in Imo state yesterday foiled an attempt to surreptitiously remove properties from one of the warehouses owned by Mrs. Nkechi Okorocha earlier sealed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Okorocha, Ihedioha fight dirty over Imo funds
imo State Governor, Chief Emeka Ihedioha and his predecessor, Chief Rochas Okorocha are enmeshed in a proxy battle and all the gloves are off. With weeks of allegations and counter…