Temidayo Akinsuyi, Lagos Abubakar Malami (SAN), Attorney-General and Minister of Justice on Tuesday said he never instructed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC ) and Code of Conduct Bureau…
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EFCC TELLS COURT WHY MAINA ESCAPED TO NIGER
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has revealed why former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, jumped bail and fled to Niger Republic. Maina is…
FG ASKS EFCC TO SUBMIT PATIENCE JONATHAN’S CORRUPTION CASE FILES
The Federal Government has asked the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mohammed Umar Abba, to make available details of all cases concerning former first lady,…
MILITANTS GIVE ULTIMATUM TO BUHARI OVER CONTINUED REFUSAL OF EFCC TO LEAVE TOMPOLO PREMISES DESPITE COURT ORDER AS WELL AS REFUSAL TO UNFREEZE HIS ACCOUNT
A militant group, the 21st Century Youths of the Niger Delta and Agitators with Conscience (21st CYNDAC), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently intervene in the alleged refusal…
HOW ABDULRASHEED MAINA STOLE 14BIL NAIRA PENSION FUND, EFCC WITNESS TELLS COURT
A Prosecution Witness, in the ongoing trial of a former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, on money laundering charges, Mrs. Rouqayya Ibrahim, yesterday, told the…
TRIAL OF EX-PENSION CHIEF, ABDULRASHEED MAINA BEGINS IN ABSENTIA
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday commenced the trial of a former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reformed Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, in his absence.…
CODE OF CONDUCT TO TRY MAGU OVER PORT HARCOURT PROPERTY
The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) will arraign Ibrahim Magu, suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CTC) any moment…
MONEY LAUNDERING CASE: MOMPHA KNOWS FATE IN DECEMBER
Oladimeji Ramon The Federal High Court in Lagos has further adjourned till December 9 to rule on the no-case submission filed by Internet personality, Ismaila Mustapha, alias Mompha, in response…
COURT TOLD HOW 2.2BIL WAS SPENT ON PRAYERS IN NIGERIA AND SAUDI ARABIA FOR THE COUNTRY TO WIN WAR AGAINST BOKO HARAM
An EFCC investigating officer, Mr Adariko Michael, on Tuesday alleged that N2.2 billion was spent on prayers in Nigeria and Saudi Arabia to win the war against insurgency in the…
EFCC REVEALS THE REAL REASONS TUNDE FOWLER WAS ARRESTED, THE ABBA KYARI CONNECTION, OTHERS TO BE INVITED TOO
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja A former Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Babatunde Fowler, is currently in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Lagos responding to…
EX ZAMFARA GOVERNOR’S TRIAL HELD UP BECAUSE OF DEATH OF CO-DEFENDANT
The trial of a former Governor of Zamfara State, Mahmoud Aliyu Shinkafi before Justice Fatima Aminu has been adjourned till November 17 and 18, 2020 for continuation of trial. The…
BUHARI SEEKS TO UNBUNDLE EFCC, ICPC, OTHERS THROUGH PROCEEDS OF CRIME BILL, NEW AGENCY TO EMERGE
Sends bill to create new agency President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, initiated moves to unbundle the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and create a new body, Proceeds of Crime Recovery…
CONTROVERSY OVER MALAMI’S MOVES TO CONTROL EFCC
ADE ADESOMOJU examines how the incumbent Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami (SAN), has pursued an ambitious plan to control the Economic and…
MONUMENTAL FRAUD: COURT FREEZES LAGOS ASSEMBLY SPEAKER’S BANK ACCOUNTS
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the temporary freezing of three accounts belonging to the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly,…
SALAMI PANEL LATEST: MAGU WRITES TO SUMMON MALAMI AS WITNESS
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri The suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, has applied for the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice,…
P I&D SCANDAL: OVER 301MILLION DOLLARS SPENT AS BRIBE MALAMI
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has said that ongoing investigation has revealed that about $301 million was given as under-hand dealings to some persons…
NEW BILL BY MALAMI WEAKENS EFCC CHAIRMAN’S POST, CREATES OFFICE OF DG TO RUN THE COMMISSION
ENIOLA AKINKUOTU, BABATUNDE AJAJA, AFEEZ HANAFI, OLALEYE ALUKO and TOBI AWORINDE A new bill seeking to amend the Economic and Financial Crimes Act has weakened the Office of the Chairman of the EFCC…
US TO SEIZE WANTED KOLA ALUKO’S 25MILLION DOLLAR MANSION
The money laundering and asset recovery section of the United States department of justice has begun proceedings to seize a mansion owned by Kola Aluko. The DoJ has initiated proceedings…
BATTLE OVER WHO SUCCEEDS MAGU RAGES IN ASO ROCK
Aisha Buhari, Malami, Gambari, Others Proposed 14 Candidates Indications at the Presidency may have sealed any hope of recalling the suspended acting chairman of the anti-graft agency, the Economic and…
EFCC RE-ARRAIGNS MAMA BOKO HARAM, TWO OTHERS FOR FRAUD
By Soni Daniel, Abuja The Maiduguri zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has re-arraigned the Chief Executive Officer of Complete Care and Aid Foundation, Aisha Alkali Wakil,…