Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
EFCC wants Bello’s lawyers indicted for alleged professional misconduct
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has requested that the Federal High Court in Abuja punish ex-Gov. Yahaya Bello’s two legal representatives...
Move my trial to Kogi, ex-Gov. Yahaya Bello tells court
Alhaji Yahaya Bello, the immediate past governor of Kogi State, has written to Justice John Tsoho, the Chief Judge of the Federal High...
Court orders final forfeiture of $1.4m linked to ex-CBN Gov. Emefiele
A Federal High Court in Lagos, presided over by Justice Ayokunle Faji, has issued a final order for the permanent forfeiture of $1,426,175.14...
Naira abuse: Plea bargain: Cubana Chief Priest pays N10m to FG, case struck out
Following a plea bargain, Justice Kehinde Ogundare of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday dismissed the naira abuse charge brought by...
Proceeds from unlawful activities: Private varsity forfeited to FG
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the final forfeiture of a private university, NOK University, Kaduna State, including all its assets,...
Currency hawker at event centre jailed six months, slapped with N897,900 forfeiture to FG
Guilt-racked Lagos woman, Adeyinka Bilikis Gbadamosi, who hawked and sold the nation’s currencies – the Naira – at an event centre in Lagos,...
Court Seizes $4.7m, N830m, other properties recovered from Ex-CBN Gov. Emefiele
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered an interim forfeiture of the sums of $4.7 million, N830 million, and several properties...
Breaking: Sirika, brother, pleads not guilty to alleged N19.4bln fraud
Former Minister of Aviation Hadi Sirika, his brother, Ahmad Sirika, and a firm, Enginos Nigeria Limited, have been arraigned on a fresh 10-count...
Again, Emefiele arraigned, faces fresh charge of spending N18.96bln to print N684.5m new naira notes
A former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, was again arraigned on Wednesday for another financial crime — the...
EFCC files fresh charges against Godwin Emefiele for printing Naira without NASS approval
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a new four-count charge against Godwin Emefiele, former governor of the Central Bank of...
Breaking: Ex-Aviation Minister Sirika, daughter, two others arraigned, granted N400m bail
A Federal Capital Territory High Court on Thursday granted Hadi Sirika, former aviation minister, her daughter, and two others bail in the sum...
EFCC confirms refund of $760,000 paid by ex-Gov. Bello for children’s school fees
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has confirmed the receipt of the refund of $760,000 paid as advanced school fees by former Kogi...
Ex-Gov. Bello’s impudence: Redeploy Kogi CP, State Forum of Concerned Citizens urges IGP
Following the outrage over the resistance to arrest by ex-Gov. Yahaya Bello and the gutsy move of Mr. Usman Ododo, governor of Kogi...
Just in: EFCC arrests Ex-Aviation Minister Sirika over alleged N8bln fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, over alleged N8.06 billion fraud. He arrived at the...
Naira abuse: Bobrisky appeals his six-month jail term
Controversial cross-dresser Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, has filed a notice of appeal, challenging the six-month maximum sentence given to him by...
Breaking: N300m laundering charge: FCT High Court discharges, acquits ex-AGF Adoke
After a seven-year trial, Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday dismissed the money laundering charges filed against...
