LAGOS State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has sued the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for alleged threat to arrest, detain, and prosecute him after his tenure as governor. Sanwo-Olu, through his lawyer, Darlington Ozurumba, filed the fundamental right enforcement suit before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of a Federal High Court in Abuja. …
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JUSTICE Maryanne Anenih of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on Thursday, October 24, 2024 dismissed oral bail applications of Abdulsalam Hudu and Umar Oricho, who are co-defendants with the former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello in a N110.4 billion fraud case, preferred again them by the …
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THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has altered the seven-count charges against the former Minister of Power, Olu Agunloye and advanced additional evidence against him. Agunloye is facing prosecution by the EFCC before Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT) High Court, sitting in Apo, Abuja on issues …
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THE Governor of Benue State, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia has suspended the state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Bemsen Mnyim, for joining in the suit challenging the legality of the country’s anti-graft agencies. Some states dragged the federal government through court over the legality of the country’s anti-graft agencies. …
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THE Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, October 21, 2024 re-arraigned the immediate past governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed alongside his Finance Commissioner, Ademola Banu on a 14-count amended charge bordering on alleged stealing and mismanagement of public funds to the tune …
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THE Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, October 18, 2024, re-arraigned one Ifeanyi Bosah-Reginald, a businessman, on an amended two-count charge bordering on alleged tampering with forfeited property before Justice R. A. Oshodi of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. …
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THE Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has directed the establishment of a Public Complaints Desk at all the Zonal Directorates of the Commission and the Corporate Headquarters. The Desk, designed to be manned by specially trained officers, will receive complaints from members …
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The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, fixed Oct. 22 for the hearing of a suit filed by at least 16 state governments challenging the constitutionality of the laws establishing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and two others. A seven-member panel of justices, led by Justice Uwani Abba-Aji, fixed the …
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THE chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Olanipekun Olukoyede, has urged all players in the oil and gas companies and relevant government agencies to fully comply with the annual Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) Industry Audit process. He warned that it would be a costly mistake …
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A Federal High Court sitting in Uyo and presided over by Justice Chigozie M. Onah has fixed November 1, 2024 for bail hearing and trial in a matter involving a woman, Josephine Anietie Philip allegedly involved in land racketeering alongside a native doctor, Effiong Okon who allegedly facilitated her criminal activities and benefited financially …
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