According to officials aware with the situation, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested Nigerian socialite Cubana Chief Priest on charges of money laundering and tax fraud. His real name is Pascal Okechukwu, and he was detained at the Lagos airport on Thursday, but anti-graft officials kept quiet...
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BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has declared as false the media reports that he diverted 189 billion naira from the state coffer. Tambuwal who noted that the said fabricated report was not only maliciously crafted but also lacks single iota of truth, assured...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s prosecution witness (PW1), Umar Babangida, on Thursday, linked former Director of Legal, Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Grace Taiga’s link in the alleged 9.6 billion dollars Process and Industrial Development Limited (P&ID) scandal. Babangida, who is the Head, Special Investigation Unit on P&ID in...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, discharged and acquitted Andrew Yakubu, former Group Managing Director (GMD), Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) of money laundering charge. Justice Ahmed Mohammed, in a judgement, held that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt....
The Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, has expressed worry over the growing rate of cyber-attacks across the globe especially in the country. Pantami said this at the opening of a two-day International Workshop on Cyber-security and Digitalisation, organised by the Africa Centre of Excellence on...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Operatives of the Enugu and Ibadan Zonal Commands of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 120 suspects over alleged internet fraud in Enugu and Oyo States. The Head of Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed this in...
Mrs Debest Osarumwense has been sentenced to five years imprisonment in Benin, the Edo State capital. She is the mother of Endurance Osarumwense, an alleged internet fraudster a.k.a. ‘Yahoo boy’. Justice M. S. Shuaibu of the Federal High Court in Benin delivered judgment on Tuesday. The Economic and Financial...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, threatened to strike out the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s suit against former governor of Imo, Sen. Rochas Okorocha. Justice Inyang Ekwo, gave the warning following a complaint by Cosmas Ugwu, counsel for the EFCC, that all efforts made by the...
The immediate past governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, has explained why he tried to leave Nigeria on March 17, the same day he handed over to his successor, Chukwuma Soludo. Mr Obiano was intercepted by law enforcement at the airport in Lagos as he tried to board a...
…. Don’t just fear EFCC, ICPC, also fear Allah – Bauchi gov tells politicians ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAHANI, Bauchi – The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III, has warned politicians seeking for elective offices not to perceived the process as a do-or-die affair just as he reminded them that it is...
Abubakar Bukola Saraki (ABS) Ilorin FC on Saturday defeated EFCC Football Club of Abuja 1-0 in a Nigeria National League (NNL). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Match Day 7 2021/2022 NNL encounter was played at the Kwara Stadium Complex, Ilorin. The result means the Ilorin...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A Concerned Nigerians advocacy group has issued a 7 day ultimatum to EFCC to probe Bola Tinubu, an All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential aspirant over his source of income. The group made the call on Friday in a petition that was addressed to the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has released a former Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano on an administrative bail. It was learnt that Chief Obaino was released by the EFCC on Wednesday evening. An official at the commission, who confirmed the development...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Operatives of the Lagos and Enugu Zonal Commands of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have arrested 33 internet fraud suspects popularly known as “Yahoo boys” in separate sting operations. The EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, who disclosed this in a statement issued on...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday, accused Paul Erokoro, SAN, counsel to James Nolan, a director in Process and Industrial Development Limited (P&ID), of deploying a delay tactic in the ongoing trial. EFCC lawyer, Bala Sanga, made the allegation before Justice Ahmed Mohammed of a Federal...
The Anambra State Traditional Rulers Council has reacted to the online video showing former Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In a statement signed by its Chairman and Obi of Onitsha, Prof. Nnaemeka Achebe, the council stated that it...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has granted a former governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, bail. Chairman of the commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, disclosed this on Monday in an interview with journalists in Abuja on the sideline of 5th Annual General Assembly (AGA) of the Network...
A short video showing the immediate past Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s detention has surfaced online. In the video which lasted 12 seconds, Obiano was seen sipping water from a bottle. He was also discussing with an unidentified person in the...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been criticized over its alleged failure to arrest former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Reno Omokri, a former presidential aide, wondered why Tinubu has been allowed to move freely despite alleged corruption cases against him while Willie Obiano, who...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said former Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra was being quizzed over alleged misappropriation of N42 billion belonging to the state. An authoritative source in the EFCC disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Abuja. The source said...