The executive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, says there was no diamond bra recovered from former petroleum minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke. Recall that Diezani, who fled the county shortly before former President Goodluck Jonathan handed over to President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015, is alleged to have stolen $2.5 billion from […]
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A federal capital territory (FCT) high court, Apo, has granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) leave to arraign Diezani Alison-Madueke, former petroleum minister, and Olajide Omokore, a former chairman of Atlantic Energy Drilling company, on February 25. Alison-Madueke and Omokore are to be arraigned on five counts bordering on conspiracy and illegal act […]
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Justice Mojisola Olatoregun of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday ordered the final forfeiture of two properties in Lagos allegedly belonging to a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, to the Federal Government. The properties are: Pent House 21, Building 5, Block C, 11th floor (Bella Vista Estate) located at Plot 1, […]
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Officials of the public affairs directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Tony Orilade and Aisha Gambari have written a piece on the wealth recovered from Diezani Alison-Madueke, former minister of petroleum resources. In the piece entitled: ‘Diezani Alison-Madueke: What an Apetite’, the officials gave details of the investigations to track the former […]
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The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the permanent forfeiture of a $37.5m property on Banana Island in Lagos, allegedly belonging to a former Minister of Petroleum Resource, Mrs Diezani Allison-Madueke. Justice Chuka Obiozor ordered the permanent forfeiture of the property to the Federal Government on Monday after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission […]
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Court documents filed by the US Department of Justice in Houston have revealed that Nigeria’s former oil minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke tried to warn Kola Aluko and Jide Omokore, her business partners against lavish spending, including splashing millions of dollars on a yacht. “If you want to hire a yacht, you lease it for two weeks […]
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Nigeria’s former president Goodluck Jonathan has denied receiving bribe from a $1.3 billion deal involving oil giants ENI and Shell. He also flatly denied sharing with any one $466 million kickback arising from the deal. Jonathan posted the denial Tuesday in a statement by his spokesman, Ikechukwu Eze. “At no time did the former president hold […]
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