By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) operatives have arrested no fewer than 39 suspected internet fraudsters in a sting operation in Ibadan, Oyo State. The EFCC spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday said the suspects were...
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Sen. Rochas Okorocha, one of the presidential aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday night, appeared before the party’s seven-man 2023 Presidential Screening Committee. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Okorocha, the immediate past Governor of Imo represents Imo West in the Senate. He had...
An INTERPOL-led operation targeting malware cyber fraud across Southeast Asia has resulted in the arrest of three Nigerians suspected of engaging in global scamming. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrested the suspects in a sting operation conducted simultaneously in a Lagos suburb called Ajegunle and in Benin...
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Tuesday dismissed the no-case-submission applications filed by two oil marketers charged with receiving $8.4 million from oil theft. The defendants, Yusuf Yaya Kwande and Osahon Asemota and their companies are being prosecuted by the Police Special Fraud Unit (SFU). The News Agency of...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will partner with Nigeria’s anti-graft agencies to stop vote buying in the June 18, governorship election in Ekiti. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this on Tuesday in Ado-Ekiti during a meeting with traditional rulers in the state ahead of the...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, admitted Sen. Rochas Okorocha to bail in the sum of N500 million with one surety in like sum. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling, said granting bail was a discretionary power of the court. Justice Ekwo said the surety, who must have...
The number of big shots in the current administration that may be consumed by the ongoing probe of the Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, are increasing on a daily basis as the investigation proceeds. A highly placed source in the anti-corruption circle has informed Economic Confidential, that...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday fixed June 22 to hear a suit filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for the retrial of Chief Olisa Metuh, former National Publicity Secretary, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The court fixed the date following the EFCC’s appeal at...
A Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed Tuesday to hear the bail application filed by Sen. Rochas Okorocha. Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date after counsel for Okorocha, Okey Amaechi, SAN, told the court that a bail application had been filed on behalf of his client, following his non-guilty...
The scope of the ongoing probe of the suspended Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reached N170billion. Idris, who was battling for bail last night, has opened up on some top government officials allegedly involved in some transactions. The EFCC...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a former governor of Zamfara State, Abdul’aziz Yari. Sources within the antigraft agency said the former governor was arrested for his alleged role in the N84 billion fraud involving a former Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmad Idris. He was...
Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) officials have allegedly stormed the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja, which is the venue of the People Democratic Party (PDP) primary amidst dollar rain. According to report, the anti-graft agency stormed the ongoing convention of the party in Abuja to monitor how...
Senator Rochas Okorocha has been denied bail by a Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday. This comes after he was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday. Justice Inyang Ekwo, during the bail application hearing, ordered Okorocha, through his lawyer, Ola Olanipekun, SAN, to put the anti-graft...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been urged to arrest any failed candidate of any political party who is asking delegates to refund their monies after losing election ticket ahead of the 2023 general poll. Reno Omokri, the former media aide to former President, Goodluck Jonathan, made the...
The Federal High Court, Abuja, has adjourned the alleged pension fraud trial involving former Head of Service of the Federation, Stephen Oronsaye until Oct. 5. At the resumed hearing in the case on Thursday, Oronsaye was cross-examined by the prosecution counsel, Mr Oluwaleke Atolagbe. The former Head of Service...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has broken into the residence of Senator Rochas Okorocha in Abuja after gunshots were heard in the vicinity. It is not yet clear if anyone was injured from the shots. The EFCC insisted that journalists must leave the premises, forcefully ejecting everyone...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Coalition Of Civil Society Organizations In Nigerian (COCSON) has criticized the recent corruption allegations leveled against the newly appointed acting Accountant General of The Federation, Anamekwe Nwabuoku by faceless media organisations. Recall that Mr Nwabuoku was on Sunday appointed by the Federal Government to...
The Federal Government has appointed Mr Anamekwe Nwabuoku as the acting Accountant General of the Federation. Nwabuoku’s appointment was conveyed in a letter dated May 20th, 2022 and signed by Aliyu Ahmed, the Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning. President Muhammadu Buhari’s former...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has traced at least 17 properties to the Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris. This is just as the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, suspended Idris who is currently being investigated for fraud to the tune of N80bn. An...
Embattled Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris has been suspended indefinitely by the federal government. Idris’ suspension was announced by the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Dr. Zainab Ahmed over his alleged involvement in N80billion fraud being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Idris...