Former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chairman Haliru Bello Mohammed and his son, Abbah Mohammed, will be arraigned on January 5, next year. The Nation learnt yesterday that the decision by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to delay their arraignment till early next year was informed by Bello’s ill-health. It was learnt that Bello, […]
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The former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd), who is standing trial for alleged diversion of funds before two different Abuja High Courts and who released from prisons along five others having perfected their bail condition has been re-arrested by officials the Department of State Security (DSS), after being released from the Kuje Prisons […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has revealed that a former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), Dr. Haliru Bello and his son, Abba, got N300million about 11 days to the presidential election. The cash was drawn from the account of the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) with Central Bank of […]
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How much of the $2.1 billion arms purchase cash went into the Ekiti and Osun states governorship elections? What role did a former minister play in the alleged diversion of the funds? These are some of the questions the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is battling to answer in its probe of the phoney […]
Read More Former National Security Adviser (NSA) Sambo Dasuki may return to the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) for “security reasons”, a source said yesterday. A court has granted Dasuki bail, TheNation report. But, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) may file fresh charges against him and some of the accused persons already […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is concluding arrangements to invite some chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party for questioning, a top source at the commission has said. The plan is part of the ongoing investigations into the arms procurement scam and the party’s 2015 presidential campaign fund. Our correspondent learnt that the commission had […]
Read More The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission may write former President Goodluck Jonathan in connection with its ongoing investigation into arms procurement scam, The PUNCH has learnt. It was gathered that the commission was planning to write the former President because his name had consistently featured in the interrogation of some suspects. A former National Security […]
Read More Some former and serving Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members of the House of Representatives may have to refund about N600million allegedly shared to them under the last dispensation for the purpose of seeking re-election, The Nation report. Several bigwigs of the party who allegedly partook of the slush funds are also expected to return to […]
Read More The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court of Abuja has granted bail to former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki and two others. The others are ex-Director of Finance and Administration in the office of the NSA, Shuaibu Salisu and former Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Aminu Baba-Kusa. They were arraigned on […]
Read More The former Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy in the last administration, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and some top management staff of the commission has been said to be interrogated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission The source told our correspondent on the condition of anonymity in Abuja on Wednesday that the […]
Read More A lawyer and Company Secretary of one of the foremost micro-finance banks in Nigeria, e-Barclays Microfinance Bank, Oby Onwukeme, recently won a landmark case against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for the abuse of her rights and unlawful detention. The lawyer, Oby Onwukeme, said that her right to dignity of her person contained […]
Read More The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said it is preparing to reopen investigation into alleged fraud cases that have been put on hold because of subsisting permanent injunctions secured by the accused against such cases. A top management staff of the EFCC said this in Abuja on Wednesday that the commission would no longer […]
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