Tag: EFCC
Court sends former OAU VC to prison over N1.4 billion fraud
Former Vice Chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Professor Anthony Elujoba, was on Tuesday remanded in Ilesha Prison in Osun State after the...
Security agencies harassing me, Patience Jonathan cries to House of Reps
Former First Lady, Patience Jonathan, on Thursday alleged harassment of her family by security agencies and sought the House of Representatives intervention.
In a petition...
Magu will remain EFCC chairman as long as Buhari and I...
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo says President Muhammadu Buhari has resolved to work with Ibrahim Magu as chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission...
EFCC arrests former Jigawa governor, Saminu Turaki, at book launch
Former Governor of Jigawa State, Senator Saminu Turaki was Tuesday afternoon arrested by agents of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja.
The...
Court fines Patience Jonathan for withdrawing suit against EFCC
Justice S. Seidu of a Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has imposed a fine of N50,000 on former First Lady,...
$1.6bn fraud: Court refuses to quash charges against Diezani’s ally, others
Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja on Thursday struck out an application seeking an order dismissing the $1.6bn...
Former minister, Jumoke Akinjide, remanded in custody over N650m fraud
Justice Joyce Abdulmaleek of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, Oyo State on Thursday remanded a former Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory...
American sent to Kirikiri for allegedly defrauding three Nigerians of $565,000
An Ikeja High Court in Lagos State on Thursday remanded an American citizen, Marco Ramirez, at the Kirikiri Maximum Prison for allegedly defrauding three...
$1.6bn fraud: Court grants Diezani’s ally, Jide Omokore, leave to travel...
Jide Omokore, an ally of former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, was on Tuesday granted permission to travel abroad by Justice Nnamdi Dimgba...
Why we invaded The Sun newspaper – EFCC
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in the early hours of today, June 12, 2017 visited the head office of the...