The Senate has confirmed Abdulrasheed Bawa as the substantive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Kokomansion understand a that he was confirmed after being grilled during Senate plenary on Wednesday. During the plenary, he reacted to a plethora of questions posed by Senators on his readiness for the job, given his age […]
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The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions has issued warrant of arrest on the Interim Administrator of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Effiong Okon Akwa, for failing to honour the panel’s invitation. The committee had on several occasions summoned the NDDC boss to offer explanation over the N6.2 billion spent by the commission […]
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Tosin Ajaomo, the lawyer representing the former acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, on Tuesday said the appointment of a new boss to head the anti-graft agency came as a shock. Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari had on Tuesday asked the Senate to confirm Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa as substantive […]
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A couple, Ebiesuwa Abayomi Fredrick and his wife, Tinuola Idayat Oyegunle, have been sentenced to 40 years imprisonment each. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State today, February 15, 2021 found them guilty on all four counts of conspiracy and obtaining by false pretence brought against them by the Ibadan Zonal […]
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The Senate Public Account Committee has described as unacceptable the payment of N98.4m by the Petroleum Resources Ministry for the printing of flyers. The flyers, according to the 2015 Auditor-General for the Federation’s report, was meant to create awareness campaign for the Petroleum Industrial Bill. The report, currently being scrutinised by the National Assembly, also […]
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Lateefa Okunnu, presiding judge of the Lagos state high court sitting in Ikeja, on Tuesday, convicted and sentenced Okey Nwosu, a former managing director, Finbank Plc, to three years imprisonment over N10 billion fraud. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had arraigned Nwosu alongside Dayo Famuroti, Agnes Ebubedike and Danjuma Ocholi on a 26-count […]
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has suspended workers fingered in extortion at enrolment centres of the National Identity Management Commission. It was gathered that the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, ordered the immediate suspension of the staff members allegedly involved in extortion of applicants at the NIMC Bauchi and Kaduna state offices. […]
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The International Criminal Police Organisation, popularly known as Interpol, has traced a €500,000 COVID-19 fraud to Nigeria. The organisation made this known in a statement on its website titled, ‘Unmasked: International COVID-19 fraud exposed’. The alleged scheme was coordinated using compromised emails, advance-payment fraud, and money laundering. It stated that the fraud was uncovered by […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Abdon Dalla, special adviser on civil service and labour matters to Bala Mohammed, Bauchi governor, over alleged vote buying. Dalla was arrested on Saturday after voting during the Dass constituency bye-election in Bauchi. The EFCC operatives reportedly recovered a sum of N1.5 million from his car. […]
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The Nigeria Police Force, has extradited Abdulrashid Abdullahi Maina, former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), to Nigeria from Niamey, Niger Republic. That was where he was arrested having been declared wanted by a court of competent jurisdiction over a pending criminal trial against him. This is contained in a press statement sent […]
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