The Presidency on Sunday said security agencies have not been able to arrest embattled former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello because of the “complicated” nature of the case. Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga disclosed this while featuring as a guest on the Sunday edition of Inside Sources with Laolu Akande,...
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The Centre for Crisis Communication (CCC), has raised concerns over three pressing issues it deems potential national instability catalysts. In a press briefing led by its Chairman, Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade (Rtd) at the weekend, the CCC highlighted the legal battle challenging the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),...
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Femi Falana, has urged anti-corruption agencies to prosecute churches converting charity funds to commercial purposes, describing such act as criminal. He also urged church members to go against the perpetrators of such acts of financial misappropriation. Falana stated this in an interview...
Jigawa State Government has withdrawn from the suit challenging the constitutionality of the laws that established the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) currently before the Supreme Court. The withdrawal was announced by the state’s Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Bello Abdulkadir-Fanini, at news conference in Dutse on...
The Supreme Court on Tuesday, October 22, reserved judgment in the suit filed by 19 state governments challenging the constitutionality of the laws establishing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and two other anti-corruption bodies. The other two agencies are the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences...
The Benue State Government has withdrawn from the suit challenging the constitutionality of the laws that established the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) currently before the Supreme Court. The withdrawal was contained in an application obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Makurdi. The...
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory on Thursday, granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s application for adjournment in a fresh charge against the immediate-past Governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello, and two others until Nov. 14 Rotimi Oyedepo, SAN, who appeared for the EFCC, made the oral...
A High Court in Kaduna State on Thursday, ordered the forfeiture of a Samsung S20, 3 Hp laptops, three exotic cars and N9.5million cash belonging to a convict, Stephen James, to the Federal Government. Delivering Judgment, Justice Dairus Khobo, sentenced James after he pleaded guilty to internet related fraud...
Hyacinth Alia of Benue has suspended the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice and Public Order, Mr Fidelis Mnyim, over his role in the suit against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Alia announced the suspension when he personally addressed newsmen after the State Executive Council (SEC) meeting...
The Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), Gov Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, has expressed the forum’s support to the the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in its anti-corruption crusade. This is coming as the Supreme Court reserved ruling on the suit against the EFCC by 19 other governors over...
The Federal Government, on Wednesday, withdrew the money laundering charge filed against the detained Binance Holdings Limited’s executive, Tigran Gambaryan, due to his ill-health and diplomatic intervention. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gambaryan was the 2nd defendant in the charge preferred against the cryptocurrency platform (1st...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says Nigeria lost more than 500 million dollars to cybercrime in 2022, warning that if unchecked, the current cybercrime wave portended a grave danger. EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, made this known on Tuesday in Abuja at the 2024 National Cybersecurity Summit with...
The Supreme Court has reserved judgment in the suit filed by 16 states challenging the constitutionality of the laws establishing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and two others to a date to be communicated to the parties. At the resumed hearing on Tuesday, Imo, Bauchi, and Osun...
Justice Mahmood Abdulgafar of the Kwara High Court on Monday in Ilorin fixed Dec. 3 for commencement of trial of the immediate-past governor of Kwara, Abdulfatah Ahmed. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ahmed is to be tried on a 15-count charge bordering on alleged diversion of...
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has apologised to the broadcast industry, people of Enugu State and listening public, over the incursion into Urban Radio by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The apology is contained in a statement issued by the Director of Public Affairs of...
A former minister of power, Dr Olu Agunloye, on Monday challenged the amended charge filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in an FCT High Court. He is standing trial on allegations of some infractions in the award of the six billion dollars Mambila Hydropower...
There was a mild drama at a Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, as the detained Binance Holdings Limited’s executive, Tigran Gambaryan, was conspicuously absent for his trial. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Emeka Nwite had, on Oct. 11, fixed today for continuation of...
The Delta United Movement (DUM), says the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) did not detain the immediate past governor of Delta, Sen. Ifeany Okowa, contrary to reports purporting so. The political pressure group, therefore, cautioned against fake reports capable of causing disharmony in the state. The group said...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, called its 15th witness in the money laundering trial of a former Governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose. The witness, Mr Joseph Machleb, was led in examination by the prosecutor, Mr Rotimi Jacobs (SAN). In his examination in chief, on...
Systemic corruption is the bane of many developing countries. In the words of a prominent anti-corruption crusader, corruption is a “force which drives poverty, inequality, dysfunctional democracy and global insecurity”. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu recently highlighted the dangers of allowing corruption to fester when he described the menace as...