Officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria and their counterparts in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission met on Thursday with the aim of strengthening the country’s fight against economic crimes.
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Justice Muslim Hassan of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday refused to step down in an ongoing trial involving two chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party over N650 million fraud.
Justice Peter Affen of an FCT High Court has fixed April 30 for the hearing of a motion for amendment of charge filed against three officials of the Nigeria Football Federation accused of misappropriating $10.8 million FIFA grant.
The Peoples Democratic Party has demanded the immediate and unconditional release of the Deputy Director General (Administration) of its Presidential Campaign Organization, Taminu Turaki (SAN), who was arrested on Monday by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said it had begun investigation of alleged money-laundering by the Finance Director of Atiku Abubakar’s group of companies, Alhaji Babalele Abdullahi.
There was mild drama in Ikeja, Lagos State on Monday as operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arrested Yinka Farounbi, a former Chairman of the Ikeja branch of the Nigerian Bar Association.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has been asked to probe activities of the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Okechukwu Enelamah.
The EFCC on Friday re-arraigned the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Paul Usoro, in a Federal High Court Lagos, on 10 counts of N1.4 billion fraud.
The Federal High Court sitting in Jos, Plateau State on Thursday threw out a N1.25 billion damages suit filed by Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State against the Inspector-General of Police and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
The absence of Deziani Alison-Madueke, former Minister of Petroleum on Monday in the FCT High Court, Apo stalled her arraignment on five-count charge bordering on fraud.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday informed the court that Valentine Ezeife, an alleged internet scammer, known as“yahoo–yahoo boy”, has approached the commission for plea bargain deal.
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have surfaced at the Lagos State Collation Centre for the Presidential Election, situated at the Independent National Electoral Commission headquarters office, Yaba.
The Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State has condemned the invasion of the Afao Ekiti residence of the immediate past Governor of the State, Ayodele Fayose, saying no amount of intimidation can break the will of Nigerians to vote out the All Progressives Congress Government of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Alhaji Aminu Gwadabe, President, Association of Bureau De Change Operators of Nigeria on Friday commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for its sensitisation campaign against fake dollar notes.
A prosecution witness, Seun Shuaibu, on Wednesday told a Federal High Court in Lagos that a former Minister of State for Finance, Nenadi Usman, and some others transferred N350 million to former Governor Achike Udenwa of Imo in 2015.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it will appeal Tuesday’s judgement of a Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, restraining the commission from declaring the Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abudulrasheed Maina, wanted.
An FCT High on Tuesday rejected an application filed by former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, seeking leave of court to call independent stakeholders to intervene in his matter.
An FCT High Court Maitama on Tuesday set aside an order it earlier granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to detain a former Chairman of the defunct Skye Bank, Tunde Ayeni for 14 days.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has released hotlines Nigerians all over the country can reach to report electoral fraud.
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday announced that it would to reward any Nigerian with useful information on vote-buying in forthcoming elections.