Two suspects have been dragged before Justice M.N. Yunusa of the Federal High Court Enugu, Enugu State on a five-count charge bordering on conspiracy, impersonation, uttering and attempted stealing. The accused persons, Frank Joseph and Mmonwuba, were arraigned on Tuesday, April 19, 2016, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The EFCC told the…
Former Special Adviser on Domestic Affairs to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Waripamoiwei Dudafa, has been arrested by operatives of the Department of State Security, DSS, in Lagos. Dudafa was apprehended on Monday at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos upon his arrival from abroad. He was said to have been handed over to the Economic…
Five former staff of the Finance and Accounts department, University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, UMTH, have been dragged before Justice M. T. Salihu of the Federal High Court, Maiduguri, Borno State, on charges bordering on conspiracy and obtaining by false pretence. They were arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on April 7,…
Former acting Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Uche Secondus will get the sum of N10 million from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The money is compensation granted the PDP chieftain by the court for his unlawful arrest and detention by the anti-money laundering agency. Justice James Tsoho of a Federal High…
Former governor of Niger State, Abdulkadir Kure, has been apprehended by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Kure was picked by the anti-graft agency on Wednesday for allegedly receiving a N600m contract from a former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki. Punch said an impeccable source disclosed to it that Kure has since been…
Managing Director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, NAMA, Ibrahim Abdulsalam, has been remanded in prison for an alleged fraud close to N7 billion. Abdulsalam was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, April 7, 2016 along with four other staff of the agency. They were brought before Justice Kuewumi Babs…
Former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, was on Monday arraigned in court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. He was brought before Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja to answer charges of corruption levelled against him. He appeared in court today looking lively, but was…
According to a report by Punch, not less than $1 million cash was found in the Abuja property of former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh. The said amount was reportedly discovered by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, when his house at 6, Ogun River Street, Maitama, Abuja,…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been described as a toothless bulldog by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. It would be recalled that the Commission was set up by Obasanjo during his regime which lasted from 1999 to 2007. Mallam Nuhu Ribadu was appointed by Obasanjo as EFCC’s pioneer Chairman and it was feared…
Though many have kicked against the continued detention of a former Aide de Camp to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Col Ojogbane Adegbe, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, but the anti-graft agency says it never acted on its own. The EFCC said authorities of the Nigerian Army gave their approval for his detention in…