N2.7m Fraud: Appeal Court Upholds Man’s 14-year Jail Term
A three-man panel of the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, on Thursday, February 8, 2018, upheld the conviction and sentencing of one Abiodun Ibrahim Atobalete, who was charged with a N2, 700,000( Two Million, Seven Hundred Thousand Naira) fraud. The convict had been arraigned som…
Court Issues Bench Warrant Against Innoson Motors Boss
Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on February 9, 2018, issued a bench warrant against the founder and Chairman of Innoson Motors Boss, Innocent Chukwuma, for his failure to appear in court, for the second time, to face a criminal charge…
Bribery: Court Dismisses Rickey Tarfa’s No-Case Submission
Justice Adedayo Akintoye of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Igbosere, Lagos, on February 9, 2018, dismissed a no-case submission filed by Rickey Tarfa, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, in response to the criminal charge filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crim…
Interpol Commends EFCC’s Anti-Graft Efforts, Recommends it As Model for Africa
Secretary General of Interpol, Jurgen Stock, has commended the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari for its efforts in fighting corruption in Nigeria and also assured the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, of support at the international level. Stock, who led…
Court Jails 6 Rural Electricity Agency Directors for N5.2bn Scam
Justice Adebukola Banjoko of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court sitting in Gudu, Abuja today, convicted and sentenced former directors of the Rural Electricity Agency, REA, to various jail terms for their culpability In the N5.2bn scam. The convicts include Engr. Samu…
EFCC, INEC Partner To Fight Corruption
As the country steadily move towards 2019 general elections, the Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has called on Nigerians to rise up to their responsibilities by making the right choice of leaders in order to move the nation forward.…
Magu is Operations Management's Man of the Year
In appreciation of his uncommon exploits in the fight against corruption, Ibrahim Magu, Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, was on Thursday, February 8, 2018 honoured by the Chartered Institute of Operations Management of Nigeria, CIOMN, as “Operation…
Finance Director Reveals How Ex- Air Force Chief, Dikko, Collected N558.2m Monthly, for 2years
The trial of Air Marshal Mohammed Umar Dikko, former Chief of Air Staff, on charges of fraud to the tune of N9.7billion came up on Thursday, February 8, 2018 before Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court, sitting in Maitama, Abuja, with the cross-examination of the first…
EFCC Parleys JAMB on Corruption Fight
The Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has expressed the determination of the Commission to collaborate with the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, in tackling corruption and examination malpractices with a view to promoting…
EFCC Witness Reveals How Goje Forged House Approval to Secure Loan
The trial of Danjuma Goje, former governor, Gombe State and a serving senator, on charges of financial misappropriation, came up on Tuesday, February 6, 2017 before Justice B. Quadri at the Federal High Court, Jos, with the 24th prosecution witness testifying. Goje is being prose…
Documents state Dokpesi’s Complicity in N2.1bn ONSA Fraud
The trial of Raymond Dokpesi, founder, African Independent Television and Daar Investment & Holdings Limited, in the N2.1billion ONSA fraud continued on Wednesday, February 7, 2018 before Justice John Tsoho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, with the testimony of the 12th prosecut…
Money Laundering: Court Grants Ex-Nasarawa Gov’s Son N8m Bail
Justice J. K. Daggard of the Federal High Court sitting in Kano on February 7, 2018 granted Nuraini Adamu, son of former Governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Adamu and one Felix Onyeabo bail in the sum of N8million each and two sureties in like sum. Nuraini is being prosecuted b…
EFCC Re-arrests Two Ex-INEC Staff For N731.4m Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, on Tuesday, February 6, 2018, re-arrested two former officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Christian Nwosu and Tijani Bashir Inda, for an alleged offence bordering on diversion of…
EFCC Arrests Fake America Colonel
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested one Barr. Mike Nkwocha, and a self-professed Colonel of the United States Army, Richardson Obasogie for impersonating EFCC operatives to obtain $10,000 by false pretense. The victim had petitioned the EFCC alleging…
N7.3bn Oil Fraud: Again, Suspect Faints In Court
The ongoing trial of a suspected oil fraudster, Ogbor Elliot, Managing Director, Danium Energy Services Limited, before Justice M. S. Hassan of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, could not continue today, as the suspect passed out while in the dock. The suspect had,…
EFCC Witness Reveals Badeh’s Wife’s Role in Laundering N3.9bn NAF’s Funds
The trial of Air Chief Alex S. Badeh, former Chief of Air Staff resumed on Tuesday, February 6, 2018 before Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, with the cross-examination of the nineteenth prosecution witness, Abubakar Madaki. Madaki, an operative of the…
N29bn Fraud: Courts Adjourns Nyako’s Trial to Feb 26
Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, on February 6, 2018, adjourned to February 26, 2018 for ruling on the admissibility of a document, tendered by Zakari Uthman, the seventeenth prosecution witness, in the trial of a former governor of Adamawa…
Metuh's Ill Health Stalls Trial as He Appears in Court on Stretcher
The embattled National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh, was on Monday, February 5, 2018 brought to court on a stretcher in compliance with the court’s order that he must appear today or risk being arrested. Justice Okon Abang of the Federal H…
NIMASA: Court Orders Final Forfeiture of Director’s £578, 080
Justice Saliu Saidu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos has ordered the final forfeiture of the sum of E578, 080 .00 (Five Hundred and Seventy-eight Thousand, Eighty Pounds) found by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in the account of a company, Za…
Magu Lauds Buhari's Appointment as Africa Anti-corruption Champion, Advocates Regional Collaboration against Graft
Ibrahim Magu, Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has stressed the need to build strong regional and national institutions to effectively fight corruption by adequately empowering national anti-corruption institutions and insulating them from undue po…
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