The supreme court has thrown out the appeal of Senate President Bukola Saraki seeking to stop his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). In the lead judgment taken by Justice Walter Samuel Onnoghen, the court held that the CCT was properly constituted to exercise jurisdiction over Saraki’s trial. It also resolved the issue […]
Continue ReadingA Federal High Court in Abuja, will on Monday February 8, 2016 rule on whether to discharge former National Security Adviser (NSA) Col. Sambo Dasuki from the criminal charges brought against him by the Federal Government or not. Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf fixed the date after counsel to Dasuki, Mr. Joseph Daudu, SAN and counsel to Federal Government, Mr. […]
Continue ReadingA former special adviser on political matters to former Vice President Namadi Sambo, Abba Dabo, has narrated how Olisa Metuh, spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), gave him N25m to fight criticisms in the traditional and in the social media against former President Goodluck Jonathan. Dabo, however, explained that he returned the money to […]
Continue ReadingAs a follow up to the Mutual Legal Assistance agreement President Muhammadu Buhari signed with the United Arab Emirate on the repatriation of stolen funds and extradition of indicted officials, the Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, today met with the UAE Ambassador to Nigeria, Mahmud Muhammad Al- Mahmud in his office […]
Continue ReadingThe late arrival of former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki from security custody has stalled the commencement of his trial before Justice Peter Affen of FCT High Court, Maitama, Abuja. The proceedings could not go on due to the failure of the operatives of the Department of State Service (DSS) to produce the ex-NSA in […]
Continue ReadingThe International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague has confirmed that it is considering petition submitted to it by human rights lawyer Femi Falana, SAN over alleged crimes against humanity committed in the context of the arms procurement scandal. The ICC revealed this in a letter dated 1 February 2016 with reference: OTP-CR-32/16 and signed […]
Continue ReadingThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Monday, raided the Abuja office of the former Vice President, Namadi Sambo and seized $50,000 found in his safe.The raid was carried out on the building which houses a top European High Commission’s Visa Processing Centre opposite the National Defence College, Abuja. A source revealed that the operatives broke […]
Continue ReadingInsight into what the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh, allegedly wrote in the torn statement which he made under caution while in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on January 5, has emerged. The statements of the operatives who were said to have witnessed the incident and […]
Continue ReadingA Former Minister, Musiliu Obanikoro yesterday sought to rubbish media reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) traced N4.7billion believed to be from the $2.1billion slush funds from the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) to the account of a company in which his two sons –Gbolahan and Babajide – are directors. […]
Continue ReadingAn operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrahman Mohammed Biu, a deputy detective superintendent, has been arrested for offences bordering on extortion, influence peddling and impersonation, the commission said in a statement Friday. The officer was arrested on Monday following intelligence report alleging that he extorted $150,000 from some military officers on the […]
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