A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday, discharged and acquitted the former Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Ishaq Kawu of the alleged N2.5 billion corruption charge. Delivering judgment, Justice Folashade Giwa-Ogunbanjo, held that the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) failed to...
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An Ikeja High Court on Tuesday fixed March 11 for the arraignment of First City Monument Bank (FCMB) and three others over alleged forgery and mortgage fraud. Other defendants in the case are Okogun Polycarp, Batik Line International Ltd, and Bolaji Adebajo. Justice Ismail Ijelu, adjourned the arraignment due...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede has conferred a Posthumous Award of Bravery on a slain officer of the Commission, Assistant Superintendent of the EFCC, ASE II. Aminu Harisu Sahabi. He disclosed this in Sokoto on Friday, ...
A Federal High Court, sitting in Calabar, Cross River State, presided over by Justice Rosemary Oghogho-rie has convicted and sentenced Dr. Geraldine Orok Ita to prison for fraud. Ita was prosecuted by the Uyo Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, on a twelve-count charge, bordering on forgery and diversion of fund to the tune of N127,686,594,l.87 (One Hundred and Twenty-seven Million, Six Hundred ...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, February 6, 2025, arraigned nine Chinese and a company, Genting International Co. Ltd., before Justice C.J. Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. The defendants are Su...
Dear Editor Sir, The recent report that operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) raided the Abuja home of a former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Prof. Usman Yusuf, picking him up a few days after he spoke as Chairman at a one-day...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says it recovered over N20 billion in pension deductions from the salaries of ghost workers in 2024. The Chairman of ICPC, Dr Musa Aliyu, said this on Wednesday in Abuja at a breakfast meeting with some members of the...
By OLA MODUPE , Ibadan – Justice Bayo Taiwo of the Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan has convicted and sentenced one Olayiwola Oguntade to prison for fraud. Oguntade, a former staff member of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) was arraigned by the Ibadan Zonal Directorate of...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations in Nigeria (COCSON) has condemned the growing trend of media trials of the former Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Chukwunyere Anamekwe Nwabuoku and other individuals accused of financial crimes. COCSON stressed that such practices undermine the fundamental...
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Tuesday discharged and acquitted, Femi Fani-Kayode, the former Minister of Aviation, of a medical report forgery charge. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had on Nov. 11, 2021, charged Fani-Kayode with 12 counts, including procuring of documents by false pretences, using false...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- Justice A. Owoeye of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday, February 3, 2025, ordered the interim forfeiture of digital wallet assets valued at $222,729.86 to the Federal Government of Nigeria. The digital wallet assets were recovered from an alleged syndicate of...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday re-arraigned former Minister of Power and Steel, Dr Olu Agunloye before a Federal Capital Territory(FCT) , high court Apo. He was re-arriagned on allegations bordering on award of contract for construction of 3,960MW Mambilla Hydroelectric Power Station in Taraba. The...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, tendered into evidence more documents against the social media celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha, popularly known as Mompha charged with six billion naira money laundering. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the case is before an Ikeja Special Offences Court....
An Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) witness, , Salawu Gana on Monday, told an Abuja High Court that the contract awards for vehicles purchased by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) passed due process of procurement laws. Gana, who testified as the 10th witness (PW 10) admitted that...
Some members staff of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU) have petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged contract racketeering and abuse of office by the Acting Vice Chancellor, Prof. Kate Omenugha. The staff in a petition signed on their behalf by Mr Joseph Onu, Managing Consultant...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has stated that Nigeria’s under-development would be a thing of the past if everyone begins to see corruption as a common enemy and tackle it. He stated this on Friday, January 31, 2025...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Friday, January 31, 2025, arraigned 11 Chinese, one Filipino and a company, Genting International Co. Ltd, before Justice D.I. Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. The defendants are:...
A Zenith Bank Plc staff, Eucharia Ezeodi, and a director with the federal civil service, Felix Nweke, on Friday, testified against Anamekwe Nnabuoku, former acting Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), in the alleged N1.96 billion fraud. They gave their testimonies before Justice James Omotosho of a Federal High Court...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Justice Chinyere E. Nwecheonwu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Kuchiako, Kuje, on Thursday, January 30, 2025 rescheduled to February 3, 2025 the arraignment of Professor Usman Yusuf, former Executive Secretary of National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC had on Wednesday, January 29, 2024 arrested Yusuf and brought before...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja– The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), said it noted with concern the reported unsavoury experiences of some Nigerians who participated in the just concluded public auction of forfeited vehicles conducted by accredited auctioneers on behalf of the Commission. A statement issued on Thursday by...