The federal high court, Abuja, has given the federal government control of the controversial OPL 245, pending investigation into the $1.1 billion Malabu oil deal. John Tsoho, a judge, gave the order, following an ex parte motion filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The OPL245 was said to have been acquired from the federal government by Malabu Oil and Gas [...]
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Waripamo-Owei Dudafa, a former aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, on Monday told a federal high court in Lagos that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) forced him to implicate the immediate past president. Dudafa, who is standing trial for alleged corruption, told the court that the anti-graft agency obtained statements from him under duress, and "nailed" him with "fake [...]
Jafaru Isa, a retired general and President Muhammadu Buhari’s ally, has claimed tha the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) released him because it found nothing incriminating on him. Isa, who spoke for the first time on the matter, described the allegation that he received a part of funds for arms purchase from Sambo Dasuki, former national security adviser (NSA), as [...]
Diezani Alison-Madueke, former minister of petroleum resources, says every human being makes mistakes, but one error that can never be ascribed to her is stealing. Accusing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of taking advantage of her silence, the ex-minister said she was prepared to face trial as long as due process is taken into consideration. The commission has leveled many [...]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has commenced investigation into the alleged missing N500m earmarked for the Chibok Safe School Initiative. The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) said the EFCC confirmed that it was looking into the petition requesting the anti-corruption body to “urgently begin a thorough, transparent and effective investigation into allegation that N500 million Safe School funds [...]
Adaoha Ugo-Ndagi, a convicted fuel subsidy fraudster, on Friday collapsed in court before she was sentenced. Ugo-Ndagi, managing director of Ontario Oil and Gas, and Walter Wagbatsoma, an oil marketer, were convicted of eight counts of fraud. The duo forged documents to receive N1.9bn from the government for petroleum products they did not supply. Delivering her judgment, Lateefat Okunnu, justice of the Lagos [...]
Senate President Bukola Saraki has dismissed the reports that Ali Ndume was replaced as majority leader of the senate in order to allow peace reign in the upper chamber of the national assembly. On Tuesday, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the senate nominated Ahmad Lawan, a lawmaker from Yobe, to take over from Ndume. Addressing state house correspondents after a closed-door [...]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday arraigned Ibrahim Shema, former governor of Katsina state, alongside three others before Ibrahim Bako, a justice of Katsina high court. He was arraigned on a 22-count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust and misappropriation of public funds. Jibrin Samuel, the agency's counsel, urged the court to revoke an administrative bail earlier given [...]
Diezani Alison-Madueke, former minister of petroleum, temporarily forfeited $153.3 million to the federal government on Friday. This was sequel to an order by a federal high court in Lagos. According to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the seized money was taken from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and stashed in three Nigerian banks in Nigeria, in US dollars and [...]
Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), joined President Muhammadu Buhari for Ju'mat service at the presidential villa in Abuja on Friday. After the prayers, the anti-graft czar exchanged pleasantries with some dignitaries before leaving. He did not hold any meeting with the president. This is the first time both men would be seen together publicly since the [...]
Some men of the Nigeria police on Wednesday evening raided the family house of Patience Jonathan, former first lady, without a search warrant. A source, who confirmed the development to TheCable, said the house is located at Igbeti Rock Street, Maitama, Abuja. TheCable learnt that the police officers did not have a search warrant, and that house was unoccupied at the time of [...]
Olusegun Obasanjo, former president, has described the autobiography of Adetola Ogbagba, Awujale of Ijebuland, as a tissue of lies and untruths. In his book entitled ‘Awujale: The Autobiography of Alaiyeluwa Oba SK Adetola Ogbagba’, the Oba wrote that Mike Adenuga, chairman of Globacom, was caught in the crossfire of the Obasanjo-Abubakar fracas. He said the former president deliberately used the Economic and [...]
The presidency has dismissed reports of the sack of Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), as "speculative" and "preemptive." Reacting to the reports, Garba Shehu, spokesman to President Muhammadu Buhari, said the presidency was yet to receive any report on the said sack from Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation. "We are reading reports that the [...]
Indubitably, the year 2016 was an epoch-making one in the judiciary. Landmark judgments were delivered in highly contentious cases, and a scrum of the elite felt the pangs of prosecution. For the first time in the history of Nigeria, a justice of the supreme court was brought before a lower court on charges of corruption, and a former defence chief was [...]
Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has responded to a query given to him by Abubakar Malami, the attorney-general of the federation, PUNCH is reporting. On Wednesday, TheCable reported that Magu had been asked by Malami to respond to the allegations of corruption levelled against him. This is owing to the investigation President Muhammadu Buhari ordered [...]
A federal high court sitting in Lagos has ordered freezing of multiple accounts belonging to Patience Jonathan. The former first lady had earlier laid claims to $31.4 million seized by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The order given by the court followed an ex-parte motion filed by Rotimi Oyedepo, the prosecuting counsel. Oyedepo prayed that the court give an order for [...]
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