BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Justice Ahmad Mahmud of the Federal High Court siting in Sokoto has sentenced and convicted two car dealers, Aminu Sahabi to five years imprisonment and Nasiru Mohammed with an option of fine. The duo were dragged before Justice Ahmad by the Economic and Financial...
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A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered that a former Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, and three other defendants be remanded in the Kuje Correctional Facility. Mr Idris and his co-defendants were arraigned before Justice Adeyemi Ajayi on Friday following charges of stealing and criminal breach...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) says it will on Friday, arraign the former Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Mr Ahmed Idris Mr Wilson Uwujaren, the Head of Media and Publicity of the EFCC said this in a statement on Thursday, in Abuja. Uwujaren said the former...
A wire fraud suspect, Fatade Olamilekan, has been extradited to the United States for allegedly stealing over $3.5 million worth of equipment in various cities across the country. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, five days after the suspect was extradited...
Mr Aliyu Abubakar, a defence witness in the trial-within-trial of the former Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke told a Federal High Court, Abuja that an EFCC officer threatened him to indict former President Goodluck Jonathan in alleged money laundering. Abubakar, who is also a co-defendant in the suit, told...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Saturday said its operatives have arrested no fewer than 3 suspects over alleged vote buying in the ongoing Osun Governorship election. The suspects were arrested around Ward 2 unit 2 Ifelodun Street Isale Osun in Osogbo, the...
A third prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of Azeez Fashola popularly known as Naira Marley has told Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos how electronic tools used for accessing compromised credit card information was found on the laptop of the defendant. The witness,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says its operatives have rescued an alleged kidnapped Yahoo-Yahoo apprentice, Destiny Peter, 17, from an apartment in Mpape, Abuja. EFCC spokesman Mr Wilson Uwujaren disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja. Mr. Uwujaren said...
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Friday granted bail in the sum of N20 million to Bola Fasasi, a co-defendant in a $156,700 fraud case involving Macmillan Nigeria Publisher, Prof. Adesanya Adelekan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Adelekan is still at large, according to the Economic...
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Thursday sentenced a fake Army General Bolarinwa Abiodun, whose real name is Hassan Ayinde to seven years in prison for impersonation and N266.5 million fraud. The convict also disguised as the Chief Of Army Staff (COAS) to carry out the N266.5 million fraud....
The money laundering trial of a former Governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose, was on Monday, stalled before a Federal High Court in Lagos as the trial court did not sit. The trial which was fixed for continuation on Monday, could not proceed as the trial judge Justice Chukwujekwu...
The Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal today July 1, 2022 convicted and sentenced Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, senator representing Delta North Senatorial District at the National Assembly, to 7 years imprisonment. The Appeal Court also ordered that his two companies, Golden Touch Construction Project Ltd and Suiming Electrical...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it is not in custody of a pregnant woman in connection with vote buying in the just concluded Ekiti governorship election. The EFCC spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, who stated this in a statement on Monday, explained...
Hearing in a suit filed by former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and others could not proceed on Monday due to the presiding judge’s absence. Though the two separate suits were on number five and six on the day’s cause list, Justice...
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday nabbed an alleged fake lawyer, Aladejobi and Aladejobi & Co in Justice Mojisola Dada’s Special offences Court in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the alleged fake lawyer according to findings was said to have...
Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested a staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission over alleged extortion in Rivers State. INEC confirmed the arrest on Tuesday via a statement issued by its Public Affairs Officer in the state, Geraldine Ekelemu. According to the electoral body,...
Youths in the FCT defied torrential rainfall on Tuesday to register for voter cards at the open air Continuous Voters Registration (CVR). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the on-going open air Permanent Voter Cards registration was organised by the INEC, the European Union and civil society...
An FCT High Court in Gwagwalada, FCT, on Tuesday ordered a 21-year-old student, Babatunde Samuel, to clean the premises of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for two weeks for internet fraud. Samuel pleaded guilty to cheating filed by the EFCC and begged the court for leniency. Delivering...
The trial of former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode could not go on at the Federal High Court Abuja on Monday due to the absence of his lead counsel, Mr Ahmed Raji, SAN. At the resumed hearing, the Prosecution Counsel, Mr Farouk Abdullah told the court that the business of...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to prosecute all those involved in vote-buying in the course of the Ekiti State governorship election. SERAP in a short tweet on Saturday said the prosecution must not end with those caught in the...