CORRUPTION
Court Jails Fake Army General 7 Years For N266.5m Fraud In Lagos (Photo)
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, Thursday, July 8, 2022 convicted and sentenced one Bolarinwa Abiodun, a fake Army General to seven years in prison on a 13-count charge bordering on obtaining money by fa...
EFCC Secures Order To Prosecute Ondo Assembly Speaker, Others
The Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, has been granted permission to bring fraud charges against David Oleyeloogun, Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, and some other lawmakers by an Akure High Court. The permission followed a r...
Police Dismiss 10 Officers In Lagos Over Murder, Corruption, Others
The Lagos State Police Command has dismissed no fewer than 10 of its personnel for various offences ranging from murder, discreditable conduct, excessive use of power, corruption among others. The state Police Command Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a statement on Wednesday, entitled “Lagos command kicks against indiscipline, dismisses 10 personnel”, noted that some of the affected personnel...
“Saraki’s Aide Took About N100m Monthly For Security” — EFCC Witness
Isiaka Kareem, a witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and a former controller of finance and account (CFA) at the Kwara state government house, has denied making payments to the bank accounts of Bukola Saraki, former president of the senate. Kareem, the EFCC witness told the Lagos federal high court on Wednesday that the N100 million received...
Reps Summon NNPC Boss, Emefiele, Over Unremitted N3.2tn
The House of Representatives has summoned the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mele Kyari; and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, over non-remittance of $19.25bn (approximately N3.24tn) revenue that accrued from sales of crude oil in 2014. Chairman of the House Committee on Public Accounts, Wole Oke, issued the summons based on...
Maina’s Son Made Contradictory Statements to EFCC, Court – Witness
The trial of Faisal Maina before Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja continued on Wednesday, November 25, 2020, with the testimony of the third prosecution witness, Rouqayya Ibrahim, a Principal Detective Superintendent (PDS) with the EFCC. Faisal Maina, son of Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman, Pension Reform Task Team, is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes...
UPDATE: Maina Extradited To Nigeria After Arrest In Niger Republic
The embattled Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina has been extradited to Nigeria to face his ongoing money laundering trial. Maina was arrested in Niamey, the capital of Niger Republic after he jumped bail and was declared wanted by an Abuja High Court. He was received on Thursday by men of the Nigeria Police Force at the Nnamdi Azikiwe...
N2bn Fraud: I Have No Case To Answer, Maina Tells court
Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman of the Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), told the federal high court, Abuja, that he has no case to answer on the allegations levelled against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Maina told Okon Abang, the presiding judge, shortly after the EFCC, through its counsel, Farouk Abdullah, closed its case on Wednesday. He said...
JUST IN: Maina Collapses In Court
The former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Mr Abdulrasheed Maina on Thursday collapsed in court. The Federal Government is prosecuting Mr Maina on a 12-count charge of fraud and money laundering before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. Mr Maina was recently extradited from the Niger Republic after he jumped bail and escaped the country. The former pension...
Awkuzu SARS Officers Sold Body Parts Of Executed Victims – Survivors
Okechukwu Nwanguma is the Executive Director, Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre, an organisation that promotes justice for victims of human rights violation and has handled several cases of human rights violation by the Nigeria Police. He tells ALEXANDER OKERE how the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the security agency became an organised ‘criminal entity’ How would you assess...
