A former Minister of State for Defence, Mr Musiliu Obanikoro, on Tuesday narrated before a Federal High Court in Lagos State how N1.2 billion was allegedly taken to former Gov. Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti, using an aircraft. Fayose is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)...
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Former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, has prayed a Federal High Court, Abuja to vacate an order granted to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for final forfeiture of her seized assets. Alison-Madueke, in an originating motion, sought an order extending the time within which to...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Following the Osun Governorship Election Tribunal judgement, a leading Civil Society organisation, the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has charged the Independent National Electoral Election (INEC) to be circumspect and thorough with regards to all aspects of its responsibilities in view...
A Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja, on Wednesday, struck out two separate suits filed by former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and others. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a short ruling, struck out the suits for lack of diligent prosecution. Upon resumed hearing...
The money laundering trial of a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode and others, was on Wednesday, stalled before a Federal High Court in Lagos, following absence of Prosecution and Defence Counsel. The case which was initially fixed for continuation of trial could not proceed as the prosecution and...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council has said that Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lacks the character to be the country’s president. Mr Bayo Onanuga, Director, Media and Publicity of the APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), said this in a...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has destroyed and set ablaze over 317,417 kgs (317.4 metric tons) of cannabis sativa in the Opuje forests, Edo. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Saturday in Abuja....
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, set aside the Nov. 4, 2022 interim forfeiture order on 40 landed property linked to Sen. Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling, said he had found that the application for forfeiture filed by the Economic and...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says the Department of State Services (DSS) acted on a 2016 watch list request to arrest former campaign DG of Labour Party, Doyin Okupe at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Thursday morning. EFCC spokesman,...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Department of State Services (DSS) has confirmed the arrest of the Doyin Okupe, the former Director General of the Labour Party (LP) Presidential Campaign Council at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos. The DSS spokesman, Peter Afunanya, who confirmed this in a...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has recovered about N13billion as proceeds of illegal payments made under the subsidy regime between 2017 and 2022. The revelation contained in a document published in the website of the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit on the National inherent risk assessment of money...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has concluded plans to conduct sale of properties which are subject of Final Forfeiture Orders. The Commission on Saturday December 24, 2022 publicly announced the commencement of the auction exercise with advertorial in major newspapers inviting bids for the properties. According to...
A group known as Vanguard for Judicial Independence has faulted prosecuting agencies’ verification of sureties for bail. The group said that the practice was unconstitutional. The group made this known in a statement signed by its Convener, Mr Douglas Ogbankwa, in Lagos. According to the group, it is unconstitutional...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said he wrote a letter the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate allegations against him but did not submit the letter. He said he was convinced by President Muhammadu Buhari who humorously told him not to take the issue seriously. “One day, I...
A Federal Capital Territory High Court has ordered the interim forfeiture of $899,900 and N304, 490,160.95 recovered from a former Accountant General of the Federation (AGF) Ahmed Idris, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The court also forfeited 15 properties recovered from Idris in Kano and Abuja....
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Usman Baba says the police has devised strategies to arrest and prosecute politicians moving on election days with tonnes of cash for vote buying. Baba stated this on Monday in Abuja at a one-day Stakeholders Summit on Addressing the Influence of Money on the...
Mr Doyin Okupe, former Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Media to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, on Monday evening, paid the sum of N13 million for the 52-year jail term bagged for N240 million money laundering offence. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justuce Ijeoma Ojukwu, in a judgment,...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, convicted and sentenced Mr Doyin Okupe, former Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Media to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, to two years imprisonment. Justuce Ijeoma Ojukwu, in a judgment, found Okupe guilty in 26 out of the 59 counts preferred against him by the...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has convicted the Director-General of the Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Doyin Okupe over money laundering. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had arraigned the Director-General of the Peter Obi Presidential Campaign in 2019 on a 59-count charge bordering on alleged money laundering...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has debunked an allegation of fraud, saying that the commission is ready to open its books for scrutiny because it has nothing to hide. Mrs Aisha Dahir-Umar, the Director-General, PenCom, said this in a statement by the commission’s spokesperson,...