N45.9bn Fraud: Tompolo request change of Judge in case

FORMER Niger Delta militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, has urged the Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal to order Justice Ibrahim Buba of a Federal High Court in Lagos to withdraw from the fraud charges filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The EFCC charged Tompolo and nine others with […]

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‘Nigeria Banks lost N2.2b to fraud in 2015,’ Says CBN

TOTAL value of funds lost by commercial banks in the country to fraud last year stood at N2.2 billion, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said. It however added that it is a massive drop from N6.6 billion recorded the previous year. The apex bank’s Director, Banking and Electronic Payments, ‘Dipo Fatokun, who stated […]

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EFCC

Assign more judges to fraud cases, Magu tells CJ

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 […]

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