The Tinubu Media Support Group (TMSG) has advised former Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi, to submit himself to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for questioning over alleged misappropriation of public funds. The TMSG Chairman,Mr Emeka Nwankpa said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. He...
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It’s not geopolitics, nepotism, or religion that will be the cause of the collapse of the largest black nation on the planet if the Nigerian state crumbles. Corruption is what’s going to make that happen if something drastic is not done before it’s too late. Countries like...
The charade of Nigeria is never-ending! Only recently, one of Nigeria’s best-known cross-dressers, Idris Okuneye, alias Bobrisky, was arrested on charges of abusing banknotes. He was later convicted and sentenced to six months in prison. Not long after, popular socialite, Pascal Okechukwu, aka Cubana Chief Priest, was also arrested...
On Tuesday, April 23, 2024, Mr. Ola Olukoyede, Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the full glare of the media and diverse global audiences passed a verdict of ‘guilty’ on Yahaya Bello, former governor of Kogi State. It was a crude enactment of the Latin phrase,...
Chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to ensure due process in its dealings with financial crime suspects. Mr Jesutega Onokpasa, a lawyer and Head of the Tinubu Media Support Group, made the call at a news...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The lawmaker representing Kogi Central senatorial district, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has lauded ongoing efforts by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to apprehend and prosecute the immediate past governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello, over an alleged N80.2 billion fraud. She also commended the EFCC...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has filed a notice of withdrawal to discontinue an appeal against an order of a Kogi high court restraining the agency from arresting Yahaya Bello, former governor of the state. In the notice filed on April 22, and signed by its...
Mr Daniel Bwala, Former Spokesman of Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Wednesday faulted the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC’s) disregard for rule of law and the media trial of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello. Bwala, a lawyer and a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has invited a former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Siri , over alleged N8.06 billion money laundering. A reliable source from the commission, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the former minister was at the Federal Capital Territory Command of the EFCC...
The Kogi State House of Assembly on Tuesday urged the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) to obey court order in respect alleged N80. 4 billion fraud case against former governor Yahaya Bello. The house equally called on the commission to with immediate effect remove the tag ’WANTED’...
By PAUL ADAJI, Abuja – Immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has told the the Federal High Court in Abuja that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), is an illegal organisation. Yahaya Bello, who is being accused of committing money laundering offences to the tune of...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, fixed May 10 for ruling on an application by former Governor of Kogi, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, seeking an order of setting aside the April 17 arrest warrant issued against him. Justice Emeka Nwite fixed the date after counsel for the Economic...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has served a copy of the charge sheet of alleged fraud to the tune of N84bn against the immediate past governor of Kogi State Yahaya Bello on his lawyer, Abdulwahab Mohamed. This follows a Tuesday order by Justice Emeka Nwite of...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, adjourned hearing in the bail application of the detained Binance executive, Tigran Gambaryan, until April 23. Justice Emeka Nwite adjourned the hearing following an oral application by counsel for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ekele Iheanacho, seeking more time...
Controversial cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, on Monday filed a notice of appeal challenging the six months sentence handed to him by a Federal High Court, Lagos. Okuneye was charged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on four counts bordering on naira abuse. He...
Hearing on the appeal instituted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against an interim order of the Kogi State High Court restraining it from arresting former Kogi governor Yahaya Bello, suffered a setback on Monday as the Court of Appeal failed to sit. The Kogi High...
Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court on Monday fixed May 15 for ruling on former former minister of power and steel, Olu Agunloye ‘s preliminary objection. Agunloye is challenging the power of the economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to prosecute him regarding...
A financial expert, Mr Okechukwu Unegbu, has urged the Federal Government to dissipate more effort in arresting and prosecuting politicians accused of looting the treasury. Unegbu, a past president of the Chattered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency...
A Lawyer, Mr Jesutega Onokpasa, has advised EFCC not to act above the law in its efforts to arrest and prosecute former governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello, over alleged N80.2 billion fraud. Onokpasa, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at a news conference on Sunday in...
The Ebiraland Youths Coalition has urged the Federal Government to ensure the embattled former Governor of Kogi, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, is unharmed in his current face-off with the EFCC. The Coalition’s Coordinator, Mr Fache Onimisi-Moses, made the call in a statement in Lokoja on Sunday. Bello is being...