Tag: Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
Babachir Lawal, others re-arraigned for alleged N554m grass-cutting contract fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, re-arraigned the former secretary to the government of the federation, Mr. Babachir Lawal, at the...
Court grants Ndume bail, seizes international passport
Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja yesterday granted the embattled senator representing Borno South, Mr. Ali Ndume bail after spending five...
Maina, ex-head of service stole N14bn through 66 bank accounts –...
A prosecution witness has alleged that the former chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Force, Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina, allegedly looted N14 billion worth...
Ndume remanded for failure to produce Maina
Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja on Monday ordered the remand of Mr. Ali Ndume at the Kuje Correctional Centre following...
Alleged $9.8m fraud: Court dismisses EFCC’s application to cross-examine ex-NNPC GMD
The Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday dismissed an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to cross-examine former Group Managing Director...
ICYMI: The SARS in all Nigerian governance
Akin Osuntokun
“The situation was fast degenerating into anarchy. It was at this point that LASG (Lagos State governor) requested for the military to intervene...
EFCC recovers over N11bn in 10 months ― EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said that it recorded 646 convictions and recovered more than N11 billion in monetary assets this...
Man jailed 125 years for N12.8m social intervention programme contract fraud
A Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri has convicted and sentenced one Allen Abel to a cumulative term of 125 years in prison...
Ex-First Bank staff jailed 98 years for fraud
A former employee of First Bank of Nigeria Plc, Ms Oreoluwa Adesakin, was yesterday sentenced to 98 years imprisonment for fraud.
She was found guilty...
Court convicts 14 internet fraudsters in Calabar
Justice Simon Amobeda of the Federal High Court in Calabar, Cross River State, has sentenced 14 Internet fraudsters to various jail terms.
The scammers were...