Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
EFCC’s legality suit: Supreme Court reserves judgment as three states back out
Three states of the federation pulled out of the legal action before the Supreme Court on Tuesday, seeking to declare the Economic and...
Vehicle procurement contract: Emefiele’s company given preferential treatment – Witness
Stephen Gana, a prosecution witness, testified before Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday that two companies linked to...
$35.4m money laundering charge: Court denies Binance executive Gambaryan bail
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected Tigran Gambaryan’s fresh bail application, dealing a blow to the detained...
Alleged N27bln fraud: Ex-Taraba Gov. Ishaku, Perm Sec, arraigned in Abuja
A former governor of Taraba State, Darius Dickson Ishaku and the former Permanent Secretary, Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in the...
Bobrisky: Rep to probe bribe allegations against EFCC, Correctional Services
The House of Representatives is to launch an investigation into the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Nigerian Correctional Services (NCoS)...
EFCC dismisses Yahaya Bello’s visit as publicity stunt, says ex-gov not ready to surrender
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has labelled former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello’s recent visit to its office as a publicity...
Ahead of arraignment, Yahaya Bello faces fresh charge of N110.4bln fraud
Yahaya Bello, a former governor of Kogi State, is facing a new 16-count charge of money laundering. The new charges were filed at...
Alleged N80 bln fraud: Ex-Kogi Gov. Bello heads to Supreme Court
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday adjourned the money laundering case against former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello...
In Lagos, architect of Nigeria’s “stolen” crude in China and American businessman Antonio Ramirez jailed 74 years in $1.2m visa scam
For defrauding people of $1.2 million through an EB-5 visa scam and an additional $368,698.24, the Lagos State Special Offences Court sitting in...
Four arrested for blackmailing ex-NPA MD, posing as EFCC officials
Four suspects have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for allegedly impersonating the agency’s chairman, Mr. Ola Olukoyede, and...
Naira Abuse: After six months in jail, Bobrisky breathes air of freedom
After spending six months at Kirikiri Correctional Centre, Lagos, for abusing the naira, controversial cross-dresser Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, has been...
P-Square splits again: Paul confirms breakup with brother Peter
For the second time in five years, the P-Square music group, comprised of Peter and Paul Okoye, has suffered another split. In a...
Kwankwaso’s rights suit against EFCC suffers temporary setback
The hearing of a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), and...
Court declines Emefiele’s request to travel abroad for medical checkup
A Federal High Court in Maitama, Abuja, on Tuesday rejected an application by Godwin Emefiele, the former Governor of the Central Bank of...
Just in: Buhari’s Power Minister, Mamman, gets reprieve, N10bln bail
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday granted bail to former Minister of Power Saleh Mamman, who was being held in prison...
Updated: Ex-Power minister remanded in prison over alleged N33bn fraud
A Federal High Court in Abuja has remanded Saleh Mamman, a former Minister of Power, in Kuje Correctional Centre (prison), Abuja, pending his...
