In a statement by Wilson Uwujaren, Head of Media and Publicity of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, it was disclosed that operatives of the agency’s Kaduna zonal office, on Tuesday, March 14, 2017 intercepted a sum of N49million in five large black 150kg colored BUHU sacks following a tip off. During a routine baggage […]
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Men of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested George Turnah, an ally of former President Goodluck Jonathan, for alleged possession of money running into N2 billion. Turnah, who was arrested Port Harcourt, Rivers state capital, served as special adviser to Dan Abia, ex-managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The […]
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The senate has scheduled a confirmation hearing for Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Senate President Bukola Saraki announced this on Tuesday, that the hearing will hold on Wednesday. This is coming a few weeks after President Muhammadu Buhari asked the senate to reconsider its decision to reject the […]
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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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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has recovered 17 “exotic vehicles’’ in a warehouse belonging to a former Comptroller-General of Customs, Abdullahi Dikko Inde. Wilson Uwujaren, Head, Media and Publicity of the commission, said on Wednesday in Abuja that the vehicles were recovered from Mr. Inde’s residence located at Nnamdi Azikwe Street, […]
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The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court will on Today, Thursday rule on an application for the appearance of former National Security Adviser, NSA, Sambo Dasuki, in the trial of embattled former publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh. Mr. Metuh is facing trial for alleged diversion of N400 million meant for […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday said it will prosecute a Deputy Director of the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) in Akwa Ibom State, over the N23.29b poll bribery cash giving out by former oil minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke. Gogo Anderson Waribo who was former Electoral Officer in Rivers State, was alleged to have collected […]
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Mr. Andrew Yakubu, the former managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, whose $9.7million and £74,000 was hidden in a nondescript house in Sabon Tasha in Kaduna city, has launched a move to have the seized money returned to him. Reports have it that Yakubu has filed a petition before a Federal High Court […]
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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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Mr Andrew Yakubu has forfeited the huge money found in his secret safe in Sabon Tasha, in Kaduna town. Justice Zainab B. Abubakar of the Federal High Court sitting in Kano today ordered the forfeiture to the Federal Government of $9,772,000 and £74,000 recovered from him. The order was sequel to an ex-parte application by the […]
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