A federal high court in Ikoyi Lagos has threatened to order the arrest of Government Ekpemupolo, an ex-militant leader better known as Tompolo, if he does not appear before it on Thursday.The court’s summons is in connection with allegations of fraudulent land contracts for the construction of Nigerian Maritime University.Tompolo had earlier declined to honour the invitation of the Economic [...]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says the refusal of Olisa Metuh, national publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to refund or sign an undertaking on the N1.2 billion linked to him in the arms scandal is responsible for his continued detention.Wilson Uwujaren, spokesman of the commission, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday.Uwujaren [...]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will investigate nine army officers indicted by a military panel set up to probe the complicity of soldiers in gross malfeasance in the 2015 general election.According to Sani Usman, army spokesman, the panel recommended two officers for compulsory retirement, and one officer for prosecution for receiving bribe.The Nigeria army had set up a [...]

The Ekiti state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Ekiti says Ayodele Fayose, governor of the state, spent N250 million on a Christmas trip to Dubai with ghost aides, while paying workers N700 as basic salary.The party urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to invite Toyin Ojo, the state commissioner for finance, the accountant-general and the auditor-general, to [...]

Izon Okosu-Otu, the umbrella body of Ijaw Council of Clders, has called on all its sons and daughters summoned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to honour the invitation.In a statement issued by Bare Etolor, chairman of the Delta state chapter of the group, Izon Okosu-Otu asked them to "go and prove their ionncence".The elders particularly called on former [...]