A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, dismissed Rep Nicolas Mutu (Delta-PDP)’s no-case submission in the alleged N320 million money laundering charge by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Folashade Giwa-Ogunbanjo, in a ruling, directed Mutu and his co-defendants to enter their defence as they have...
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A Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja, on Friday, ordered Mr Chinenye Duru, a Polaris Bank staff and account officer to Mr Victor Onukogu, to be remanded in a correctional facility over alleged N16.6 billion fraud. Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the order after Duru was arraigned by the office...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has approached the Court of Appeal to set aside a no-case ruling granted a former Governor of Niger State, Dr, Muazu Babangida Aliyu and former Chairman, People’s Democratic Party, Niger State, Tanko Beji by Justice Abdullahi Mukailu of the Niger State...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) should devise methods of re-orientating arrested educated online fraudsters (aka Yahoo Boys) to become information technology specialists, a cyber-security specialist, Mr Chidiebere Ihediwa, has advised. According to him, this strategy is better, rather than allow them languish in detention or undergo...
The Economic and financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday filed an amended 20-count charge against the suspended governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele in an FCT High Court. EFCC dragged Emefiele to court earlier on six counts bordering on alleged breach of procurement procedure in...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has interrogated the Accountant General of the Federation, Oluwatoyin Madein, and also invited more members of staff of Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs over alleged N585.2m fraud in the ministry. An EFCC source told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that Madein and...
A don, Prof Jonah Onuoha, says the probe of the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Mrs Betta Edu, over alleged financial misappropriation should serve as a ‘red flag’ to other members of President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet. Onuoha, a former Head, Department of Political Science, University...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, ordered Mr Suleiman Dabo, the immediate-past member of Kaduna State House of Assembly representing Zaria Constituency, to be remanded in Kuje Correctional Centre pending ruling in his bail plea. Justice James Omotosho gave the order following Dabo’s arraignment...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – NDI-IGBO YOUTH WING has commended President Bola Tinubu for his proactiveness and adherence to the Rule of Law on the recently suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu. National Youth Leader, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Wing, Chukwuma Okpalaezeukwu, who gave the...
President Bola Tinubu has been urged to review the integrity performance of his cabinet members in a bid to achieving the Renewed Hope Agenda. A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, Mr Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, made the call while speaking with journalists on Sunday in...
First, let’s look at the theoretical groundings of innocence before we situate the innocence of Sadiya Umar Farouq in the mix. The philosophy of innocence is a concept that delves into the moral and ethical considerations surrounding the state of being innocent. Innocence, in this context, typically refers...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A foremost pressure group, “Niger Delta Media Activists” Group has exonerated the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Allegation, Dr. Betta Edu of any involvement in the reported allegation of diverted N585,198,500 funds of the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA). The...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has suspended all administered programmes by the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA). Director Information, office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Segun Imohiosen, made this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja. The...
Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of a Federal Capital Territory High Court on Thursday admitted former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Aguloye bail in the sum of N50 million. Aguloye was charged with seven counts bordering on forgery, disobedience of presidential order and corruption in the suit marked FCT/HC/CR/617/22,...
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, on Thursday, charged the newly appointed Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) and directors of the aviation agencies to optimally carry out their duties in the best possible way as outlined in the ministry’s key performance indicators. He also...
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party , Mr Peter Obi says President Bola Tinubu must ensure that those culpable in the alleged N585m fraud involving the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu are brought to book. Obi said in a write-up in...
A former Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in South Africa, Mr Bola Babarinde, said President Bola Tinubu should fish out accomplices of suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu. Babarinde, also the deputy director of the Sanwo-Olu/Hamzat Campaign Council, Diaspora Directorate, in...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction and sentencing of Benjamin Ikaa before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja. He was sentenced to five years imprisonment for his involvement in $1.6million cryptocurrency fraud. Ikaa pleaded guilty...
By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – Zenith Bank has debunked media reports alleging the arrest of its Group Managing Director, Mr Ebenezer Onyeagwu, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Zenith Bank’s Company Secretary/General Counsel, Mr Michael Otu, said this in a statement made available to the Nigerian Exchange...
Investigators from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday have started grilling suspended minister Betta Edu over alleged N585m disbursement fraud. According to Channels TV report, Dr. Edu arrived at the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Jabi, Abuja, at 11am. ...