The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it is probing Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara over alleged N70 billion fraud. The EFCC Chairman, Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, represented by the commission’s Director of Public Affairs, Mr Osita Nwaja, said this at news conference on Thursday in Abuja. This development...
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) A U.S. ex-convict, Kolawole Erinle, charged with alleged 1.4 million dollars internet fraud on Monday denied the charges before an Ikeja Special Offences Court. Erinle, a real estate businessman and general contractor for Lafarge Cement told the court that he did not conspire with one Edward Dada (...
An Ikeja High Court has dismissed the no-case submission of former Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Patrick Akpobolokemi and Ezekiel Agaba, former Executive Director on alleged N754.8 million fraud. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Raliatu Adebiyi dismissed the no-case submission of the...
The trial former Gov. Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti before a Federal High Court Lagos, was stalled on Monday, following the absence of the 12th prosecution witness, Mr Musiliu Obanikoro. Obanikoro, a former Minister of State for Defence, who began his evidence on Jan. 31, is still undergoing cross examination...
Former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, has prayed a Federal High Court Abuja to set aside the bench warrant issued against her on July 24, 2020. Alison-Madueke, in a motion on notice brought by her counsel, Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, before Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon, sought court order...
The Court of Appeal on Friday in Abuja upheld the judgment of Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court which sentenced Abdulrasheed Maina to eight years imprisonment. Maina, who was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), was sentenced following his conviction for laundering pension funds...
A Federal High Court, Abuja on Thursday, adjourned the trial of former Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, until June 20. Justice Obiora Egwuatu adjourned the matter to enable the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) put its house in order on other witnesses lined...
Absence of prosecution witness on Tuesday, stalled the trial of a business mogul, Abdulsalam Abdulkarim-Zaura, before a Kano Federal High Court charged with alleged 1.3 million dollars fraud. NAN reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) filed four-count charge of criminal conspiracy and obtaining money by false...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday arraigned the Speaker of Ondo State House Of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Bamidele Oloyeloogun before the State High Court in Akure over alleged fraud. The lawmaker representing Akoko South/West Constituency 1 at the Ondo State House of Assembly, Felemu Bankole, and...
The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed May 30 and 31 for continuation of the trial of Ali Bello a nephew to Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi. Bello and three others were arraigned before the court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)for alleged N3 billion. When...
A corps member in Oyo State, Ukanwa Ikechukwu, was Friday docked in an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court for allegedly swindling a police officer of N235, 000. The police charged the defendant with false pretence andtheft. The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The Prosecution Counsel, Insp Olufemi Omilana,...
The trial of the former Lagos Attorney-General, Olasupo Shasore, charged with alleged 200,000 dollars corrupt offers before an Ikeja Special Offences Court suffered a set back due to discrepancies in the proof of service. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had on Oct.21, 2022, arraigned the former Shasore on a...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Kwara State has arrested a 42-year-old man, Abdulsalam Ajibola, for allegedly impersonating a soldier to defraud some members of the public of sums of money. The NSCDC spokesman in the state, Mr Olasunkanmi Ayeni, disclosed...
A Bureau De Change operator, Mr Musa Mohammed, on Thursday testified against the Chairman of Natural Oil and Gas Suppliers Association of Nigeria (NOGASA), Philips Fatuyi, charged with N43.5 million fraud. Fatuyi is standing trial alongside his company, Oceanview Oil and Gas Ltd., on a two-count charge bordering on...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday sentenced Umar Hussaini, a private lawyer to the late Comptroller-General, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Abdullahi Dikko, to seven years’ imprisonment with an option of fine. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, in a judgment, found Hussaini guilty of the two-count charge preferred against him...
The absence of the four children of Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, former Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), in a Federal High Court, Abuja, stalled their arraignment on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) had earlier reported that Ojerinde and his children; Mary Funmilola, Olumide Abiodun, Adedayo and...
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested four top officials of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, PRNigeria has reported. PRNigeria gathered the NCAA officials were arrested over alleged N2 billion ‘Duty Tour Allowance’ (DTA) Fraud in the Agency. The suspects include Bilkisu Adamu Sani,...
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Tuesday sentenced a businessman, Ernest Uduebor, for possession of forged Fidelity bank draft of N100 million. Justice Ramon Oshodi sentenced Uduebor to one year imprisonment following his guilty plea to the amended one-count charge of possession of forged document. “I have listened to...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC ) says Sen. Peter Nwaoboshi, who was sentenced to seven years imprisonment for money laundering in absentia, has finally been remanded in Ikoyi Custodial Centre, Lagos. EFCC Spokesperson Wilson Uwujaren, who confirmed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, said that...
The Federal High Court Abuja, on Tuesday discharged and acquitted Shamsudeen Bala, son of Bauchi Governor, Bala Mohammed, of the N1.1 billion fraud charge against him. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), had filed a 20-count charge bordering on money laundering against Bala. However, in a ruling earlier...