The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday threatened to jail any lawyer, who flouts court’s rules to cause delay in the forfeiture suit filed by the EFCC against 57 properties linked to Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Malami is former Attorney-GeneralContinue Reading
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and a cleric, Mr Nuhu Muhammed, on Wednesday disagreed over the genuine owner of the recently forfeited N70 million Abuja property. EFCC counsel, Martha Babatunde, prayed Justice James Omotosho to dismiss the motion filed by Muhammed seeking an order setting aside theContinue Reading
EFCC, cleric disagree over forfeited N70m Abuja house as court adjourns for ruling The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and a cleric, Mr Nuhu Muhammed, on Wednesday disagreed over the genuine owner of the recently forfeited N70 million Abuja property. EFCC counsel, Martha Babatunde, prayed Justice James OmotoshoContinue Reading
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, adjourned the trial of a man, Moses Oddiri, who allegedly accussed the EFCC’s Chairman, Mr Ola Olukoyede, of fraud to the tune of N4 billion, until March 25 for hearing. Justice Abdulmalik adjourned the case following an application by Oddiri’s newContinue Reading
By Biola Lawal Abuja (FLOWERBUDNEWS): Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC arrested a total of 20 suspects for sundry electoral offences in the just- concluded Federal Capital Territory, FCT, local government elections. EFCC said in a statement by its Spokesman, Dele Oyewale that the suspectsContinue Reading
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arraigned the Chief Executive Officer of Onome Global Market Resources Limited and Lexicon Multi-concept Media Limited, Osabohein Alex Ologbose, alongside his wife Hope Onome Oghelemu before Justice Ekerete Akpan of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. Other defendantsContinue Reading
Yazid Bawa, an Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s investigator, on Tuesday, said that his team did not enforce Ali Bello, a nephew of former Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi, to write in his extra-judicial statement that the property he purchased was on behalf of the ex-governor. Bawa, whoContinue Reading
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s investigator, on Monday, denied the allegations that the exra-judicial statements of Ali Bello, the Chief of Staff (CoS) to Kogi State government, and his co-defendant in the ongoing trial, were made under duress. The EFCC’s investigator, Ahmed Abubakar, who is the 1stContinue Reading
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday, arraigned Yakubu Adamu, Commissioner of Finance, Bauchi State, and his co-defendants on alleged $9.7 million terrorism financing. They were arraigned on a 10-count charge before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja. Adamu, the 1st defendant,Continue Reading
