District Judge, Lorna Schofield, who gave the ruling, ordered the banks to allow the Nigerian Government have access to the account details to enable it prove that the $9.6 billion arbitration was obtained by Process and Industrial Development by fraud
Browsing: Diezani Alison-Madueke
The former minister is among three defendants charged before the court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on a three count charge of allegedly deploying over N362 million derived from a $115 million slush fund to influence the outcome of the 2015 presidential election in favour of the candidate of the then ruling Peoples Democratic Party, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan.
While there have always been concerns about the selective prosecution of accused persons by the EFCC, some recent actions by the EFCC have buttressed this perception, fueling the belief that the Commission may be acting a script aimed at persecuting some persons who are believed not to be in the good books of the Government, while letting others off the hook.
The Judge had on July 5, 2019 granted the interim forfeiture of the properties, following an ex parte application filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
Former Minister of Petroleum, Deziani Alison-Madueke, has revealed how some aides of former President Goodluck Jonathan blocked former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, from meeting him.
In the application, the EFCC noted that the expensive jewellery comprising wristwatches, necklaces, bracelets, bangles, earrings and more were reasonably suspected to have been acquired with proceeds of unlawful activities of the former Minister.
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday sentenced two ex-officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Christian Nwosu and Tijani Bashir, to seven years’ imprisonment each.
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday convicted two ex-officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Christian Nwosu and Tijani Bashir, charged with N264.8 million gratification and money laundering.
A Federal High Court has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Department of State Services and Nigerian Police Force to produce within 72 hours Diezani Alison-Madueke, former Minister of Petroleum Resources.
An FCT High Court, Apo on Monday, granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission leave to arraign former petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, and a former Chairman of Atlantic Energy Drilling company, Olajide Omokore, on February 25.
Acting Spokesman of the commission, Tony Orilade, disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Abuja.
A Federal High Court in Sokoto on Wednesday fixed November 28 for ruling on admissibility of a statement obtained from a former Minister of Water Resources, Muntari Shagari, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
Belgore was arraigned along with a former Minister of National Planning, Prof Abubakar Suleiman, before Justice Mohammed Aikawa , on a five-count charge bordering on the offence.
The real meaning and cost of the “Changing the Change” is that if they win the next election, they will not take us back to where we were in 2015, they will mostly reverse the progress the APC has brought to the nation
Justice Muslim Hassan gave the order for the trial following objections raised by the defence counsel, who had argued that statements purportedly made by the accused were obtained under duress, threat and inducement.
How a government whose single greatest promise was to fight corruption has been enmeshed in a fruitless argument over whether or not it is more corrupt than its predecessor is one of the most embarrassing legacies of the Buhari administration
In a press statement on Sunday, Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the list of alleged looters released earlier was based on verifiable facts, including the amount involved, the date the amount in question was collected and from where it was taken
Fayose, in a statement, said it appears those left out have become Saint Looters in the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government
On August 15, 2016, the EFCC declared Peters wanted without an order of Court and in the absence of a valid charge in a court of law. The declaration was published on the official website of the EFCC with his photograph placed
Olarenwaju is standing trial alongside a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Jumoke Akinjide, over a N650 million fraud.