NIGERIA'S accountant-general Ahmed Idris has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in connection with diversion of funds and money laundering said to be to the staggering tune of N80bn ($192.65m).
Mr Idris was intercepted in Kano by EFCC operatives yesterday evening and has been flown to Abuja...
FORMER Plateau State governor Joshua Dariye, may receive back from the federal government as N500m ($1.2m) mansion located in Abuja that was forfeited after he was convicted of stealing N1.16bn while in office.
Governor Dariye, who ruled Plateau State between 1999 and 2007, was charged with corruption by the Economic and...
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has been accused by the Conference of Northern States Civil Society Networks (CNSCSN) of demoralising the nation’s anti-corruption agencies with his granting of amnesties to convicted looters.
Last week, President Buhari took the bizarre step of pardoning 159 convicts including two former...
INSPECTOR-General of Police Usman Alkali Baba has ordered the dismissal of nine policemen over allegations that they were the ones demanding a wage increase and were planning to lead a nationwide strike to achieve their aims.
Over recent weeks, there has been a lot of talk about a planned police strike to protest their poor...
FORMER Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) managing director Andrew Yakubu has been acquitted by an Abuja high court of a $9.8m corruption charge brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
In February 2017, Mr Yakubu was arrested after the sums of $9.8m and £74,000 were recovered...
FORMER minister of special duties and inter-governmental affairs Alhaji Kabiru Turaki has been discharged by an Abuja federal high court and acquitted of money laundering after the judge ruled that the prosecution could not establish a prima facie case against him.
Alhaji Turaki who served between 2013 and 2015, is the first...
FORMER Imo State governor Senator Rochas Okorocha could see corruption charges filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) dismissed because of the agency's failure to serve him with a court summons.
Senator Okorocha who governed Imo State between 2011 and 2019, is facing a N2.9bn ($6.9m) money...
CIVIL society group Concerned Nigerians has written to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) giving the agency seven days within which to initiate proceedings against former Lagos State governor and 2023 presidential aspirant Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
Highly controversial, Asiwaju Tinubu is one of the candidates who...
FORMER Anambra State governor Chief Willie Obiano has finally left the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) almost a week after being arrested with the lapsing of his immunity following the end of his tenure.
Chief Obiano, who is under investigation over a N42bn fraud case, has been in the EFCC...
ECONOMIC and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has denied claims that the arrest of the immediate past Anambra State governor Wille Obiano was political saying that it was routine which is why he has been granted bail.
Governor Obiano, who is under investigation over a N42bn fraud case, has been in the EFCC custody since...
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