Tag: EFCC
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By Leroy Chuma Edozien My eyes welled up as I listened to the judgment delivered by the Supreme Court in the appeal filed by distinguished Senator Peter Onyelukachukwu Nwaoboshi (SPON) against his conviction by the Court of Appeal on trumped up charges of money laundering and fraud. Why? Two reasons. Firstly, thoughts of the injustice…
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A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, granted the Economic and Financial Crimes (EFCC), request to continue the trial of the Briton, James Nolan, in absentia after he jumped bail. Justice Ahmed Mohammed gave the order following an application by EFCC’s counsel, Bala Sanga, which was not opposed by Nolan’s lawyer, Peace Ogbonna. Justice Mohammed…
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EFCC operatives The Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, debunked rumours making the rounds that operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission raided his Lagos home and found funds in different currencies stashed in vaults. He also attempted to dispel rumours that a youth corps member, who was said to be his mistress, had…
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THE EFCC Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday re-arrested the serving Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Clement Onubuogo, over an alleged SURE-P fraud. Onubuogo was picked up on the premises of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, where he was already facing trial over alleged…
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THE Sokoto state Governor Aminu Tambuwal’s commissioner for lands, Mohammed Bello Abubakar’s bid to frustrate his trial by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, reached a dead end today, as the Appeal Court threw out his case. The Court of Appeal Sokoto Division dismissed two appeals filed by Abubakar against the EFCC in respect of…
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The immediate past Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says its investigative team has not been allowed to meet with the immediate past Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, in the United Kingdom, where she has been staying since 2015 when investigation into her tenure began. The…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested one Akomolehin Johnson Olusesan a suspected Visa racketeer. VISA SCAM The suspect, a self styled Canadian citizen was arrested following a petition to the Commission on his alleged involvement in the issuance of fake Canadian visa to unsuspecting members of the public. Olusesan was said to…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has commended recent move by the judiciary to prioritise corruption and financial crime cases brought before it. The commendation is in a statement by Spokesman of the EFCC, Mr Wilson Uwujaren in Abuja on Wednesday. Uwujaren quoted the commission’s Acting Chairman, Mr Ibrahim Magu, as saying the development…
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Wife of the former President of Nigeria, Mrs. Patient Jonathan ABUJA-The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions yesterday ordered banks where Patience Jonathan, her friends and relatives, have accounts to unfreeze them forthwith, following the hardships they are going through. The order followed a petition to the House by Mrs. Jonathan’s counsels, led by…
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PHOTO: youthrevolutionaryparty.wordpress.com According to the names listed on the high profile listed cases under the investigation of the Economic andFinancial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen was mention in the list. The CJN has come out openly to say that he have nothing to hide, that he is open…