Former Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader has been sentenced to four and a half years imprisonment for a corruption case. He was accused of taking 17 million kunas (about 2.5 million dollars) bribes after government bought a building from a private company in 2009 when he was prime minister. According to the law, Sanader will […]
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The letter used by the convicted former Adamawa governor, Bala Ngilari, to secure bail is fraudulent, an official has said. The letter, which supposedly confirmed Mr. Ngilari’s bad health situation, was the major one he presented to a Yola High Court and upon which the court granted him bail. Justice Nathan Musa of the Yola […]
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A Yola High Court on Monday sentenced a former Governor of Adamawa state, Mr James Bala Ngilari, to five years in prison without the option of fine. He was found guilty of the corruption charge filed against him by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The case was filed in September 2016. The court presided […]
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A Federal High Court Lagos on Thursday ordered the final forfeiture of the sum of N34 billion (153 million dollars) linked to a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Allison-Madueke. Justice Muslim Hassan issued the order while delivering judgment in a suit by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) seeking the forfeiture of […]
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Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has told the cadets who just joined the commission that they must hate corruption, as it is the mother of all crimes. Maintaining that every evil is rooted in corruption, Magu enjoined them to always shun acts capable of compromising their official duties. […]
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Diezani Alison-Madueke, former minister of petroleum resources, says every human being makes mistakes, but that she has not stolen from Nigeria. The former minister accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of taking advantage of her silence, noting that she was prepared to face trial as long as due process is taken into consideration. […]
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The EFCC says it has made a startling discovery about former Enugu State Chief Judge Innocent Azubuike Umezulike’s; as detectives found N632.2 million in his bank account, reinforcing the reason for his involuntary retirement. The agency also found that the lodgements came from lawyers, businessmen, politicians and litigants. According to The Nation newspaper, Justice Umezulike […]
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Sequel to an order by a Federal High Court in Lagos, former Nigerian minister of petroleum resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, temporarily forfeited $153.3 million to the Nigerian government on Friday. The seized money, according to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, was stolen from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and stashed in three banks in Nigeria, […]
Continue ReadingJames Onanefe Ibori, former Delta state governor who was released from a UK prison on Wednesday is still facing two obstacles before he can return to Nigeria. However, the former governor of Delta State was spotted in an elated mood after his release from a prison. A praise and worship session was held on arrival […]
Continue ReadingThe Federal Government on Wednesday sought to tender documents of over 30 bank accounts in evidence against former Gov. Muritala Nyako and seven others who are facing trial in the Federal High Court Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nyako, the former governor of Adamawa and seven others, including companies, are standing […]
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