High Court sitting in Abia has granted former two-term Gov. Theodore Orji, his son, and three others bail in the sum of N50 million over an alleged N47 billion fraud. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday, arraigned…
The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, February 26, 2025, arraigned Jude Okoye Chigozie, older brother and ex-manager of Paul and Peter Okoye of the defunct P-Square music group, before Justice A.O. Owoeye…
By Matthew Denis The trial of former Anambra State Governor Willie Obiano resumed on Monday, 24 February 2025, before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) presenting its ninth witness.…
The Nigerian Content Development and Management Board has denied claims that it spent N9.9bn on consultancy services and foreign training. There were allegations that the board had approved the payment of the fund to a consulting firm, S.B Capital Partners…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has returned $132,362.43 and N78,566,324.81 to victims of fraud from America, Spain, and Switzerland. Ola Olukoyede, EFCC Chairman, disclosed this on Friday in Abuja, explaining that the funds were recovered from local fraudsters.…
Justice A.O. Owoeye of Federal High Court, sitting in Ikoyi, on Monday, February 17, 2025 held that Mr. Ezekiel Thankgod must appear in court to take his plea and adjourned till March 6, 2025 for his arraignment. Mr. Thankgod, ex-manager…
By: Austine Agbo Emmanuel, Kaduna Northern Christians Accord (NCA), has issued a 72-hour ultimatum to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to arrest former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, over alleged misappropriation of N423 billion. In a statement signed…
By Matthew Denis and Austine Agbo Emmanuel, Kaduna The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, February 3, 2025, arraigned a former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance scheme, NHIS, Professor Usman Yusuf before Justice Chinyere E. Nwecheonwu…
By Matthew Denis The trial of former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Adoza Bello alongside his associates Umar Shuaibu Oricha and Abdulsalami Hudu, took a significant turn on Wednesday, January 29, 2025, as the first prosecution witness (PW1), Fabian Nwaora, testified…
…Reveals discrepancies in contract process By Matthew Denis The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has disclosed that the trial of former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, continued on Monday with the Fifth Prosecution Witness, PW5, Musa Odiniyan informing Justice…
