Two human rights activists have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for allegedly demanding a bribe from Wahum Nigeria Limited, The PUNCH is reporting.
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested one Sani Abdullahi at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport over alleged money laundering.
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday fixed February 11 and 12 for the trial of a former Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Tuoyo Omatsuli, and others charged with alleged N3.6 billion fraud.
President Muhammadu Buhari has denied insinuations that he asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to stop the probe of a former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Godswill Akpabio, after the latter joined the All Progressives Congress last year, The PUNCH is reporting.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday arraigned a former Executive Secretary of Adamawa State Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board, Lucius Mayo, and three other principal officers of the board at a Yola High Court for fraud and diversion of N132 million.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said it secured no fewer than 312 convictions between January and December 24, 2018.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says investigation is ongoing in a bank saga where two suspects were intercepted with $2.8 million at Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu.
Emefun Etudo, a prosecution witness for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Wednesday alleged that Trafigura Beheer BV and Trafigura PTE Ltd, an international oil company, owed the Federal Government of Nigeria $1.6 billion in unpaid taxes.
EFCC preferred a 10 count charge against the accused, which is pending before Justice Muslim Hassan.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission charged Ayeni and Oguntayo with money laundering, involving N4.75 billion and $5 million.
Acting Spokesperson of the commission, Tony Orilade, who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja, on Friday, named the suspects as Okechukwu Akachukwu and a couple, Onuora Edgar and his wife, Adaora, of Independence Layout, Enugu.
Magu, in his response to the allegations of the Sun Newspaper made against him in a publication published on March 25, 2017, titled: Magu Under Fresh Probe, which claimed two houses located at a high brow area in Maitama, Abuja were traced to his wife.
Ibrahim Magu, Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, has congratulated the pioneer Chairman of the commission, Nuhu Ribadu, for winning the most coveted Global Lifetime Award on Anti-Corruption.
The duo who were billed to be arraigned before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of an Ikeja Special Offences Court were absent in court.
The PDP described Dr. Okupe’s arrest and detention as an act of intimidation and harassment by the Muhammadu Buhari-led presidency in its bid to browbeat the opposition and dissenting voices in our country ahead of the 2019 general election.
The Senate was engaged in a rowdy session on Tuesday over confirmation of board members of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Trafigura Beheer BV Trafigura PTE Ltd is facing trial alongside two oil marketers – Osahon Asemota and Yusuf Kwande.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has denied arresting the sons of Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has disclosed that the arrest of Ogbonna Orji, son of Senator Theodore Orji, a former Governor of Abia state, has nothing to do with the sons of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for next year’s election.
The Economic and Financial Crimes commission has carried out an anti-corruption sensitisation rally in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja to help fight corruption in the country.