An EFCC witness, Bamaiyi Mairiga on Thursday told an FCT high court, Maitama that the signatures of former President Muhammadu Buhari and the immediate past Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, were forged. Mairiga, a forensic document examiner with the EFCC, said this while...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Trucks Association has denied allegation leveled against their 21 trucks intercepted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday at Bama Entrance Gate Konduga road Maiduguri, allegedly smuggling food and non-food items to neighboring countries. The association also refuted...
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has struck out the bid by the Federal Government to begin fresh prosecution of former Abia Governor, Orji Uzor Kalu, in the N7.6 billion fraud and money laundering case brought against him. The appellate court threw away the government’s move in a...
The criminal trial of Nigerian singer Azeez Fashola a.k.a Naira Marley could not proceed before a Federal High Court Lagos on Wednesday, following a pending application for fiat before the Chief Judge (CJ) of the court. The trial judge, Justice Isaac Dipeolu, was informed by the prosecutor, Mrs...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Operatives of the Maiduguri Zonal Command of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have arrested 21 trucks loaded with food and non-food items heading toward N’djamena, Chad Republic, Central African Republic and Cameroon. The Commission’s spokesman, Dele Oyewale, disclosed this in a statement issued...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has asserted that it has powers based on judicial precedents to prosecute ex Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye over alleged $6 billion Mambilla hydroelectric power plant. EFCC is prosecuting Agunloye, who served as a minister in the administration of...
A former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye, charged with six billion dollars Mambilla Hydroelectric plant fraud, has sought intervention of the Minister of Justice, Mr Lateef Fagbemi, SAN. He also sought the intervention of the President, Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Yakubu Maikyau, SAN; a former Minister...
Justice Lewis Allagoa of a Federal High Court in Lagos, on Monday, struck out the charge against 19 Bureau De Change (BDC) Operators, following the withdrawal of the case. The suspects are Ibrahim Jubril, Abdullahi Abubakar, Ibrahim Hassan, Adamu Isiaka, Ibrahim Abdulrahman, Jubril Hassan, Mohammed Isoaka, Mohammed Aminu...
The Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed March 7 to hear a motion filed by former Anambra Governor, Willie Obiano. Obiano is challenging the jurisdiction of the court to hear the alleged N4 billion fraud charge filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC). The...
An Ikeja High Court on Friday has ordered that hearing notice be served on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the case of a businessman, Chief Cletus Ibeto, charged with N4.8 billion fraud. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Oyindamola Ogala ordered that...
Dr Olu Agunloye, former Minister of Power and Steel under ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, has filed a N1 billion suit against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over allegations that it published his name on its website’s wanted list. Agunloye, in the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/167/2024 and filed by...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – Operatives of the Kano Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have arrested thirteen (13) suspected internet fraudsters in the Badawa area of Kano metropolis, Kano State. The anti-graft agency in a tweet on Friday, said suspects were arrested following...
Justice Peter Kekemeke of an FCT High Court on Tuesday convicted a false investigator, Mohammed Momoh for defrauding Mrs Mario Al -Makura, wife of former governor of Nasarawa state. Kekemeke convicted Momoh based on the charge preferred against him by the Economic and financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) bordering...
An FCT High Court in Apo adjourned hearing in the preliminary objection filed by a former minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye until March 4 The application is challenging the powers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to prosecute him regarding certain infractions in the...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 46 suspected internet fraudsters in Bauchi and Ibadan. Its Spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, who said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja, explained that 27 of the suspects were arrested in Bauchi, while 19 were arrested in Ibadan. According...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arraigned the immediate past governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed before Justice Evelyn Anyadike of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin. A statement via the anti-graft agency X (Twitter) handle on Friday,...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have arrested 48 students of the Kwara State University (KWASU), and two others for offences bordering on internet fraud. The EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale disclosed this in a statement on...
A Federal High Court judge, Justice James Omotosho on Friday, warned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) to be diligent in its prosecution of the alleged money laundering charge filed against Ali Bello and Suleiman Daudu or its case would be closed. Omotosho gave the warning while...
Mr Suleiman Dauda, co-defendant to Ali Bello in the ongoing alleged money laundering charge against them has raised objections against the fresh charges filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). At the resumed hearing of the case on Thursday, at the Federal High Court, Abuja, Dauda,...
Money laundering trial of a former Governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose, could not proceed on Wednesday before a federal high court in Lagos, as the court did not sit. The Judge, Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke, is said to be away on an official assignment. The case...