THE federal government is not taking chances in the probe of arms deals under the last administration. It has consequently beefed up security around the probe panel chairman, AVM J.O.N. Ode(rtd) and others members of the committee. Sources according to The Nation, said last night that the action was to check the desperation of some suspects […]
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FORMER Minister Musiliu Obanikoro yesterday sought to rubbish media reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) traced N4.7billion believed to be from the $2.1billion slush funds from the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) to the account of a company in which his two sons –Gbolahan and Babajide – are directors. The […]
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THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested one of its operatives, Abdulrahman Mohammed Biu, who is a Deputy Detective Superintendent for allegedly collecting $150,000 (about N45 million) from some military officers currently under investigation for their involvement in the arms procurement scam. He promised to give the unnamed seven military officers soft landing to […]
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SEVERAL years after he allegedly jumped bail in the United Kingdom, former Plateau State governor, Joshua Chibi Dariye, is still wanted in that country in relation to a money laundering case for which he was arrested and detained briefly by the London Metropolitan Police in 2004. A detective with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission […]
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PROPERTY said to belong to former National Security Adviser (NSA) Sambo Dasuki was at the weekend confiscated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Kaduna. Dasuki, NSA to former President Goodluck Jonathan, is at the centre of a massive investigation into the alleged misapplication of about $2.1 billion meant for the procurement of […]
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JUSTICE Raliat Adebiyi of a Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere yesterday granted a former Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Patrick Akpobolokemi, and four others bail of N20 million each in a N754,740,680 alleged fraud case. Akpobolokemi and six other employees of the agency were arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes […]
Read More ABOUT nine years after he was charged before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, former Plateau State Governor Joshua Dariye’s trial for alleged money laundering opened yesterday. The prosecution called its first witness, who told the court how Dariye allegedly diverted the state’s N1.126billion ecological funds. Dariye is being tried before […]
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TRIAL opened on Monday at the Federal high Court, Abuja in the money laundering charge against the spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, with the prosecution calling two of its planned 18 witnesses. The first witness, Nneka Ararume, an employee of Asset and Resource Management (ARM) Company Limited, who admitted she collected […]
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THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has raised a team to interrogate a former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, and 17 others, including 11 senior military officers. The officers, who have been mentioned in connection with the alleged $2.1 billion arms deals, will be quizzed in batches, it was learnt […]
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The Federal Government has filed fresh criminal charges against a former Niger Delta militant leader, Chief Government Oweize Ekpemupolo (aka Tompolo), involving about N22,765,900,000. According to The Nation, The new charge, filed last Friday at the Federal High Court in Lagos, borders on stealing, advanced fee fraud and money laundering. The Economic and Financial Crimes […]
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THE acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, paid a visit to the Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Olufunmilayo Atilade, on Wednesday, urging her to designate more judges to EFCC cases. In order to expedite hearings in EFCC cases, Magu also pleaded with the CJ to consider the possibility of […]
Read More The acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Mustafa Magu on Wednesday declared that the fight against corruption will be holistic and unsparing. Magu, however, assured that the process will be open and transparent. He also promised to discharge his responsibility in the EFCC “with the fear of God, in the […]
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