CORRUPTION
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,...
Alleged N600m Debt: Court Faults AMCON’s Seizure Of Buhari’s Property
A Federal High Court in Abuja has faulted the procedure adopted by the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) in obtaining an order empowering it to seize houses belonging to Senator Buhari Abdulfatai for allegedly owing a new generation bank N600million. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling on Thursday, found that AMCON misled and concealed important facts from the court...
EFCC Secures 978 Convictions
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa on Thursday, September 23, 2021 disclosed that the Commission has so far recorded 978 convictions in 2021. He made this disclosure during a courtesy visit to the Administrator of the National Judicial Institute, Justice Salisu Garba Abdullahi at Jabi, Abuja. Bawa, who said he was visiting to promote...
EFCC Arrests 21 Suspected Internet Fraudsters In Umuahia
Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested twenty one ( 21) suspected internet fraudsters in an early morning sting operation in Umuahia, Abia State. The suspects are: Orji John Chika; Stanley Chukwkreka; Torti Nnana; Chukwuebuka Onwuegbu; Anyanwu Emmanuel Gideon; Obioma David; Inadinma Daniel; Ohakwe Joseph; Oburu Emmanuel, Justin Ashiesbu Chinedu...
