President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday inaugurated the new zonal directorate office of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti. Tinubu, at the inauguration, charged the commission to sustain the anti-graft campaign, ‘which must be organised, sustained and supported by the right institutions, the right tools and the right working environment’. The president,…
A prosecution witness in the trial of former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye, on Monday, contradicted himself during cross-examination before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Apo, Abuja. The witness, Mr Iliya Iyakwari, is the 5th Prosecution Witness (PW5) in the ongoing trial over alleged infractions relating to the…
Forner Gov. Sule Lamido of Jigawa and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday disagreed over the subpoenaed witness brought to court by the commission. The development occurred before Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja shortly after the trial resumed. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, weeks after he was convicted and sentenced in absentia over alleged financial crimes involving power sector funds. EFCC Chairman Ola Olukoyede announced the arrest on Tuesday during a media briefing in Abuja, revealing that Mamman was apprehended in Kaduna at…
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Tuesday heard testimony from an Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) witness who admitted that no direct financial benefit was traced to former AMCON Managing Director, Ahmed Kuru, in the ongoing Arik Air-related fraud trial. Kuru and four co-defendants are facing charges of conspiracy, stealing, abuse of office and…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the fugitive, convicted former minister of Power, Saleh Mamman. EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, said Mamman was arrested somewhere in Rigasa, Kaduna on Tuesday morning around 3am Mamman, who has been on the run, was sentenced in absentia to 75 years.
An Economic and Financial Crimes Commission witness, Nicholas Ojehomon, told an Abuja High Court that former Kogi governor. Yahaya Bello did not sign the prepaid school fees agreement. Ojehomon, is an internal auditor with the American International School, Abuja, The EFCC charged Bello, Umar Oricha and Abdulsalam Hudu with criminal breach of trust. Bello and his…
An Abuja High Court has been asked by former Central Bank of Nigeria governor Godwin Emefiele to shut out further prosecution evidence if key witnesses fail to appear in his trial. Defence counsel Matthew Burkaa made the request after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said it might not produce two remaining witnesses due to…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday, insisted on the retrial of forner Gov. Sule Lamido of Jigawa, his sons and others by the former trial judge, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu. Chile Okoroma, SAN, counsel for the EFCC, told Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court in Abuja that the commission was still…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a representative of DKK Partners Limited, for alleged fraud of N993.3 million. Its Spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja, Oyewale said that the 37 years old suspect, who is a native of Ondo State, initially failed to honour several invitations…
