EFCC Docks 29 for Illegal Bunkering
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission today, Tuesday November 7, 2017 arraigned twenty nine persons on one count charge before Justice Hadiza Rabiu Shagari of Federal High Court, Ikoyi in an alleged case of conspiracy and illegal dealings in Petroleum Products. The Nigeria…
Nigeria Elected Vice Chair of the 7th Session of the Conference of States Parties to the UNCAC
Following the determined efforts of the President Muhammadu Buhari's administration in the fight against corruption, Nigeria was on November 6, 2017 elected the Vice Chairman of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption. The election…
Fraudster Bags 7 Years for N20m Scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission today November 6th, 2017 secured the conviction of one Mohammed Yusuf before Justice Zainab Bage Abubakar of the Federal High Court Gusau, Zamfara State. The convict was sentenced to 7 years imprisonment on each of the eleven count cha…
Army Commends EFCC for tackling illegal Bunkering in Niger Delta
The General Officer Commanding, GOC, 6 Division, Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Major General Enobong Udoh, has commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for its “impressive roles” in checking illegal oil bunkering and other acts of economic sabot…
Corruption: Ex- Enugu CJ, Umezuluike Breached Code of Conduct – Witness
A principal witness for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC in the case involving the erstwhile Chief Judge of Enugu State, Justice, Innocent Azubuike Umezuluike ( before Justice A.O. Onovo of the Federal High Court, sitting in Enugu, Peter Eze on Thursday, Novembe…
EFCC Opposes Diezani’s Application in N450m Fraud Case
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday October 30, 2017, vehemently opposed an application filed by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, seeking to be joined as a defendant in a N450m fraud charge before Justice Rilwan Aikawa of…
Court Dismisses Diezani’s Application in N450m Fraud Case…admits evidence against Belgore
Justice Rilwan Aikawa of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday, November 1, 2017, dismissed an application by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, seeking to be joined as a defendant in a N450m fraud case. Alison-Madueke, who is…
EFCC Docks Suspected Payroll Fraudsters for N293m Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, November 1, 2017 arraigned nine suspected payroll fraudsters before Justice Peter Kekemeke of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Apo, Abuja, on a 16-count charge of conspiracy and stealing to the tune…
EFCC, NAPTIP to Partner in Tackling Human Traffickers, Organ Harvesters
Ibrahim Magu, Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has expressed the resolve of the anti-graft agency, to go after human traffickers, stressing that such inhumanity against fellow humans was as a result of corruption. “We are prepared to go after human…
Magu Tasks Cooperative Societies on Integrity, Transparency
The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has called on members of the Federal Civil Service of Nigerian Cooperative Societies Union to be prudent and transparent in managing peoples’ resources while stressing the need for a united f…
Metuh’s Counsel Calls for Daura’s Arrest For Failure to Produce Dasuki in Court
Emeka Etiaba, SAN, counsel to the embattled former spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh on Tuesday, October 31, 2017 asked Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja to order the arrest of Director General, Department of State Service, DSS, Lawa…
Metuh’s Counsel Calls for Daura’s Arrest For Failure to Produce Dasuki in Court
Emeka Etiaba, SAN, counsel to the embattled former spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh on Tuesday, October 31, 2017 asked Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja to order the arrest of Director General, Department of State Service, DSS, Lawa…
N2bn Fraud: Court Adjourns Oronsaye’s Case to Nov 14
The case of a N2 billion fraud brought against Stephen Oronsaye, a former Head of Service, HoS to the Federation, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, before Justice Gabriel Kolawole of a Federal High Court, Abuja, has been adjourned to November 14, 2017 for “fu…
AJUMOGOBIA LIED IN ORDER TO EVADE EFCC INVESTIGATORS - Witness
A witness the ongoing trial of Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia and Godwin Obla (SAN) before Justice O.H. Oshodi of State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos state, today gave evidence on how Ofili-Ajumogobia lied to evade investigators of the anti-graft agency by falsely claiming that she w…
EFCC Arraigns Two For N5.5m Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, October 26, 2017 arraigned the duo of Kenneth Elele and Duru Patrick Uchenna before Justice Adebimpe Olatoregun of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on a two-count charge bordering on money laundering t…
Court Adjourns Dudafa’s Trial To November 22
Justice Babs Kuwuemi of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos has adjourned further hearing in a $15.5m money laundering case involving a former Special Adviser on Domestic Affairs to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Waripamo-Owei Dudafa, to November 22, 2017. The Economi…
EFCC Recovers N11.9m for Redeemed Church
The Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, has commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for being " an agent of transformation. This commendation was given on Wednesday by one of the regional Ministers of the Church, Pastor Mark Barango, while receiving a su…
FG to Deal With Perpetrators of Corruption- Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has reaffirmed the determination of the Federal government to apprehend and deter perpetrators of corruption in order to achieve sustainable development in Nigeria. "Corruption fight is a cardinal focus of this present administration and government is…
Magu to Sue Online Publication over False Report
The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC , has been drawn to publications in a section of the social media, accusing the Acting Chairman, Ibrahim Magu of vindictiveness in the “removal” of a Zonal Head of Operations over alleged “corruption allegations”…
Again, Ex-Gov. Shema’s Corruption Trial Stalled Over S’Court Appeal
The corruption trial of a former governor of Katsina State, Ibrahim Shehu Shema could not resume today October 24 at the Katsina State High Court as the defendant through his counsel informed the court that he had approached the Supreme Court to upturn the Court of Appeal decisio…
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