PROGRESS in the $180million Halliburton Bribery Scandal, The Nation has learnt that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have resolved to find the $200m (N66billion) penalty fines paid by five companies involved. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has asked the lawyers who handled the settlement agreement to account for the fines and […]
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NIGERIAN Army last night released 12 senior officers to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for probe. The EFCC is investigating their role in the $2.1billion arms deals. Those found guilty of fraud by the EFCC will be tried by a Military Court Martial, The Army said. A statement by the Acting Director of Army […]
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EX-MILITANT leader Government Ekpemupolo (akaTompolo) has been declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The anti-graft agency, in an advertorial signed by its Head of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, said it decided to declare Tompolo wanted following two bench warrants issued against him by a Federal High Court in Lagos, where […]
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THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday arraigned a former Special Adviser to the Kwara State Governor on Millennium Development Goals, Ope Saraki, who is also a cousin to Senate President Bukola Saraki for an alleged N371m scam. The EFCC said in a statement by its spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, that a former Commissioner for […]
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INDICATIONS were that, the Publisher of ThisDay Newspaper, Mr. Nduka Obaigbena, has returned the sum of N350m to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. A top operative of the commission, according to Punchng on Wednesday, said Obaigbena returned the money to the commission on Tuesday. The operative said Obaigbena was expected to pay an outstanding N200m […]
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For about three hours on tuesday, a witness in the trial of former Plateau State Governor Joshua Dariye gave details of how he allegedly shared to political associates, the N1.162 billion he obtained from the Ecological Fund in the name of the state. Reeling out names and figures from documents submitted to the court, including […]
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IMMEDIATE past National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.), has filed a fresh application asking a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama to discharge him for the alleged crime of diversion of funds said to be meant for the procurement of arms. The ex-NSA, through his lawyer, Mr. Joseph Daudu (SAN), filed the application […]
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WITNESS, Uche Obilor, narrated to a Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday how he got a N905.8m contract from the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency without bidding for it. Obilor claimed that the contract was awarded by the agency to his three companies – Seabulk Offshore Limited; Southern Offshore Limited; and Ace Prosthesis […]
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INDICATIONS on Tuesday was that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s interrogation of a former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu (retd.), had reached a dead end. It was learnt, Punchng reported that the commission had asked Amosu and others, who are still being detained over the $2.1bn arms deal, to refund some […]
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The International Police Organisation (INTERPOL), red alert on the former chairman of the Pension Reforms Task Team (PRTT), Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina over alleged N2 billion pension fraud. An impeccable source at the Headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), said the issuance of the worldwide notice, followed the anti-graft agency’s November 18, 2015 […]
Read More EX-Niger Delta militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, has pleaded with Justice Ibrahim Buba of a Federal High Court in Lagos to set aside the warrant of arrest issued against him. Justice Buba had on January 14 issued a bench warrant against Tompolo and ordered his arrest for failing to honour a court summons dated […]
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THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at the weekend searched the office of former Vice President Namadi Sambo in Abuja. The anti-graft commission may also grill the ex-VP on the alleged N20 million monthly subvention from the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA). The EFCC was yet to vacate the office as at […]
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