The Director General of the Obi-Datti Campaign Organisation, Doyin Okupe, has stepped down from the position. He made this known in a statement on Tuesday addressed to Peter Obi, Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party. The statement read: “You will…
Albert Bassey, Senator representing Akwa Ibom North East at the National Assembly was yesterday, December 1, 2022 convicted and sentenced to 42 years imprisonment by Justice Agatha Okeke of the Federal High, Uyo, Akwa Ibom state. The court found him…
By Ridwan Adekunle The absence of the defence counsel to Ismaila Mustapha (alias Mompha), on Wednesday stalled the trial in the alleged N6billion money laundering case against him. Justice Mojisola Dada of an Ikeja Special Offences Court adjourned the case…
Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle of Zamfara State has offered to allow the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to search the property it alleged to have found stashed with huge amounts of money for laundering through a cash payment of…
Two lawyers have urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to stop making blank statements against other professionals. The lawyers gave the advice on Tuesday while reacting to the allegation made by the commission’s chairman, that lawyers were involved…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has charged ex-Lagos Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Supo Shasore (SAN), for money laundering. The EFCC filed four count charges against the founding partner of Africa Law Practice NG & Co. before the…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, May 30, 2022, arraigned a former governor of Imo state, Senator Rochas Okorocha, and six others before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on 17-count charges bordering…
…Lawmakers must treat both bills with urgency — Ehindero Abimbola Abatta and Matthew Denis President Muhammadu Buhari has written the Senate for the consideration and passage of the Money Laundering Bill and Terrorism Prevention Bill. Buhari, in a letter, warned…
Justice Ahmed Ramat Mohammed of the Federal High Court, Abuja has adjourned till March 10, 2021 for continuation of cross examination in the ongoing trial of former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Andrew Yakubu. Yakubu…
