The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, arraigned Mahwash Benedict Luka and Bennicle Investment Nigeria Limited before Justice A.A. Fashola of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Jabi, Abuja. They were arraigned on a two-count charge bordering alleged issuance of dishonoured cheques. Count one reads: …
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday arraigned Jimoh Yisawu, former Managing Director, Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company Ltd, for money laundering. Yisawu, who was arraigned on eight-count charge before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja, pleaded not guilty to all the counts. After …
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has appealed the judgment of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, which awarded ₦10 million in damages to former minister of power, Olu Agunloye, over a defamatory social media publication linked to the alleged $6 billion Mambilla Power Project fraud. The anti-graft …
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A public affairs analyst, Dr Ephriam Attah, has urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to ensure its investigations are driven by verifiable evidence rather than media narratives, saying corruption cases should be built on facts capable of withstanding judicial scrutiny. Attah made the call in an interview with …
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday, July 6, 2026, presented its First Prosecution Witness (PW1) before Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Apo, Abuja, in the trial of the former Chairman, Board of Directors, defunct Skye Bank Plc (now Polaris Bank Limited), Tunde …
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The trial of the Chief Executive Officer of Onome Global Market Resources Limited and Lexicon Multi-concept Media Limited Osabohein Alex Ologbose and his wife Hope Onome Oghelemu continued on Wednesday, July 1, 2026 before Justice Ekerete Akpan of the Federal High Court, Abuja, with the Second Prosecution Witness, PW2, Modestus Uchenna Okafor, narrating …
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Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on Wednesday, July 1, 2026, adjourned the trial of the former Benue State governor, Gabriel Suswam till July 16, 2026 for adoption of final written addresses, as the 11-year-old case goes on the home stretch. Suswam, alongside his then Commissioner of Finance, Omadachi Okolobia …
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The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke, permission to file fresh evidence of her acquittal by a UK court in her suit to reclaim forfeited assets. Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the order on Wednesday after Diezani’s lawyer, Godwin Iyinbor, moved a motion on …
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed money laundering charges against the immediate past Managing Director of the Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC), Ahmed Adamu Dikko, and his counterpart at the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company (WRPC), Jimoh Olasunkanmi Yisawu. Newsextra24 understands that the charges are linked to …
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The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, arraigned one Fidelix Samuel Ebuka before Justice Yellim Bogoro of the Federal High Court in Lagos over an alleged money laundering offence. Ebuka was arraigned on a one-count charge bordering on the retention …
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