Ekiti State Governor; Ayodele Fayose has alleged that the freezing of his two bank accounts with Zenith Bank; by the EFCC, which he admits having N382 million, was aimed at wearing him out and silencing him as the voice of the opposition. He was confident that he would overcome the battle. Our correspondence reported that, Fayose challenged […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) may arraign Abiodun Agbele, an associate of Governor Ayodele Fayose, for trial next week in connection with alleged N1.299billion fraud. The Nation, learnt that the charges against Agbele were being fine-tuned as at the time of filing this report. Agbele has been under investigation by the EFCC over how […]
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Former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman Nuhu Ribadu yesterday said seizure of assets of looters is an integral part of the war against corruption. Also, that President Muhammadu Buhari has the political will to allow the war to be fought without interference and the eagerness to support it in whatever way possible. Ribadu said the […]
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Detectives have uncovered how Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose bought N1.35billion properties within six months in office. The five properties include four duplexes in Lagos and one in Abuja. According to The Nation, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has summoned three more people for quizzing on Friday in respect of the ongoing investigation of […]
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Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman Ibrahim Magu vowed yesterday that the agency would go after banks being used for the looting of the nation’s treasury and money laundering. He asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to stop private banking in the country and pledged the determination of his team to give corruption […]
Read More The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission( EFCC) has traced three posh houses to an associate of Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose. In a report by The Nation, the houses, one in Abuja and two in Lagos, are believed to have been bought with part of the N1.219billion pumped into the 2014 governorship election. The cash […]
Read More When a big customer physically visits a bank in these days of online banking something must be amiss. Other customers will make way for him and the staff will be on their toes. That was the scene yesterday in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, when Governor Ayo Fayose defied the rain to visit a bank where […]
Read More Barring last-minute changes, the trial of former President Goodluck Jonathan’s cousin, Roberts Azibaola will begin today in Abuja, The Nation reports. Azibaola, his wife Stella and their firm will be arraigned for alleged payment of $40million into their company, One Plus Holdings Nigeria Limited, by the Office of the National Security Adviser(ONSA). Mrs. Stella Azibaola […]
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Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia on Monday granted bail in the sum of N500,000 to a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Raymond Omatseye, who was convicted of contract scam. The judge had on May 20, 2016 convicted Omatseye of severally awarding contracts above the threshold stipulated by the Bureau of Public Procurement […]
Read More Security considerations may have been the main reason why ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’s cousin, his aide and his former national security adviser are still in custody, The Nation report. This is apart from the alleged corruption allegation being raised against them. The source said the continued detention of former National Security Adviser Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd), […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Thursday has said that it was investigating the spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party’s Presidential Campaign Organisation for the 2015 election, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, for fresh allegation. The anti-graft agency said the fresh allegation was different from the case of the N800m which the former Minister of Aviation […]
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As part of the ongoing probe and preparation for the arraignment of a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, some investigators from the United Kingdom have visited Nigeria to gather evidence. According to The Nation, The ex-minister is under investigation over the missing $20billion oil cash, phoney crude oil lifting contracts, $115million poll […]
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