CORRUPTION
EFCC Charges State House Of Assembly Speaker Over Fraud Allegation
The Ondo State House of Assembly speaker, Bamidele Oleyelogun was threatened to be sent to prison after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) dragged him to the state High Court sitting at the Olokuta Correctional Centre, Akure, the state capital. Together with several members of the House, Oleyelogun was to be charged in court on charges of seminar fraud...
Appeal Court Upholds Forfeiture Of Diezani’s $40m Worth Of Jewellery
The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has upheld the final forfeiture order on the $40 million worth of jewellery seized from the premises of the former Minister for Petroleum, Diezani Allison-Madueke. Justice Festus Obande, who read the judgment on Friday, held that there was no substance in Alison-Madueke’s bid to overturn the lower court’s order and subsequently dismissed the...
Obiano Under EFCC’s Watchful Eye As Tenure Ends — Report
There are indications Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has placed the incumbent governor of Anambra state, Willie Obiano on watchlist. This is contained in a letter to the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) dated November 15, 2021. The EFCC requested the Service to place the outgoing governor on watchlist and inform it anytime he is travelling out...
Kogi Govt Lied, We Recovered Hidden N19.3bn From Its Salary Bail-Out Account — EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has faulted claims by Kogi State government that no fund was recovered from its bail out account, describing it as campaign of misinformation and unconscionable denials. The anti-graft agency in a press release made available to ABN TV titled, "Hidden N19.3bn Kogi Salary Bail-Out Funds Returned to CBN" and signed by its Head,...
Brouhaha Between EFCC And Prison Officials Over Custody Of Maina
There was an altercation at the federal high court in Abuja on Monday after the sentencing of Abdulrasheed Maina, erstwhile chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Taskforce Team (PRTT). ABN TV had earlier reported that Maina was sentenced to sixty-one years in prison after being found guilty of money laundering. After the verdict was delivered, operatives of the Economic and Financial...
Court Sentences Abdulrasheed Maina To 8-Year Imprisonment
A Federal High Court in Abuja has found the ex-chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, guilty of money laundering and other forms of corruption. Justice Okon Abang, in a judgment on Monday, analysed evidence led by not the prosecution and defence in the case and found that the prosecution established it’s case against Maina. Justice Abang...
FG To Auction Ex-Minister, Diezani Madueke’s Underwear
The Nigerian Government has initiated the process for valuation of property belonging to several politically exposed persons, including the embattled former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. Diezani’s Properties located in the highbrow Banana Island Foreshore Estate, Ikoyi, Lagos, include eighteen flats and six penthouses located at Building 3, Block B, Bella Vista, Plot 1, Zone N, Federal Government Layout. The...
Ex-SGF Breaks Silence, Reveals Why EFCC Arrested Him
Chief Anyim Pius Anyim has finally revealed reasons why the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC arrested and detained him. Anyim, in a statement via his media spokesman, Sam Nwaobasi, revealed that he came to the commission on his own volition to clear his name after he was fingered in a corruption case. “Anyim had been inundated with inquiries from friends, associates, PDP...
After Absenting From Court, Judge Slams Fani-Kayode N200,000 Fine
Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court, Lagos has slammed a N200,000 fine on a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, for not showing up in court to take a new plea in the alleged N4.6 billion fraud against him. Fani-Kayode is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) alongside a former Minister of Finance, Nenadi...
Court Jails Man For Attempted Bank Fraud In Gombe
Justice S.Y. Abubakar of Gombe State High Court, Gombe has convicted and sentenced one Abubakar Mohammed to four years imprisonment on a four count charge for attempt to commit theft, personation, possession and use of false document. The defendant who was prosecuted by the Gombe Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, was convicted on September 23,...
