The scope of the ongoing probe of Ahmed Idris, the suspended Accountant-General of the Federation, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reached N170billion. However, Idris, who was battling for bail last night, has opened up on some top government officials allegedly involved in some transactions. The EFCC has grilled a Permanent Secretary […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has brought the former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha before an Abuja Federal High Court for arraignment over N2.9B corruption charges. Okorocha was driven to the court premises at about 8:45 a.m. and was immediately led to the court room. Dressed in his usual green coloured Agbada with […]
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A Presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and former Minister of Transport, Mr Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has lost his legal battle seeking to stop his probe in alleged N96b fraud and alleged fraudulent sale of valued assets belonging to Rivers State. The Supreme Court in a judgment just delivered ordered […]
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Embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, has reportedly escaped murder from angry inmates, who accused him of insincerity in bribe-for-release deals when he was in active service. According to a report by Premium Times, internal documents and officials said the attack happened on Wednesday, May 4, 2022, months after Kyari was remanded following his […]
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The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, CACOL, on Wednesday commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for arresting the former Governor of Imo State and a sitting Senator, Rochas Okorocha. Kokomansion recalls that on Tuesday, EFCC officials and security agents stormed his residence in Abuja and took him after breaking in. The anti-graft […]
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Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has finally arrested Rochas Okorocha, an All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential aspirant. It was understood that the EFCC picked up Okorocha from his residence in Maitama area of Abuja on Tuesday evening. The anti-graft agency had earlier invaded the residence of the former Imo State […]
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Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday stormed the residence of former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, Channels TV has reported. The anti-graft agency operatives had stormed the residence of the former governor in the Maitama area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to arrest him. According to Channels, the EFCC […]
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The Minister of Finance , Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, has suspended Ahmed Idris, as the Accountant General of the federation over alleged N80 billion fraud. Kokomansion recalls that, Idris was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in Kano, on Monday. The Special Adviser to the Minister on Media, Mr. […]
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Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has placed four Rivers State Government officials on its Wanted List. The officials, comprising three men and one woman, were declared wanted by the anti-graft agency over alleged criminal conspiracy, money laundering, misappropriation of public funds and abuse of office to the tune of N117billion. […]
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An Abuja Federal High Court has sentenced two former officials of the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS), Mohammed Adamu and Eunice Okoro Udokamma, to five years imprisonment for forging Income Tax Clearance Certificate for unsuspecting tax payers. It could be understood that the convicts were jailed five years without option of fine for forging an […]
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