Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
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...
Depressed Abuja EFCC operative flatlines
An officer of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has taken his own life at his residence in Abuja, the nation’s capital,...
EFCC probes its operatives over alleged assault on female hotel staff in Lagos
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has established a disciplinary panel to investigate allegations of assault against two of its operatives. The...
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,...
