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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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has confirmed that the process for the extraditing former Minister of Petroleum, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke from the United Kingdom has begun. Acting Spokesman of the commission, Mr Tony Orilade, disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. There have been calls […]
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Former minister of petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of lacking proper understanding of the constitutional powers of a president in managing funds meant for security/intelligence agencies. Diezani said this in response to a report that she withdrew N1.3 billion from the account of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation […]
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Christian Nwosu, an ex-administrative secretary with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says the N30 million he received from Diezani Alison-Madueke, a former minister of petroleum resources, was used for logistics. Nwosu is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) alongside two other INEC officials, for allegedly taking a bribe of N264.88m […]
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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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