Tag Archives: EFCC

Pulse reports that Ex-Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Senator Bala Mohammed, and his son, Shamusideen Bala Mohammed will be forfeiting 10 of their properties to the Federal Government. In a recent report by Punch Newspaper, Bala and his son are to temporarily forfeit the properties as ordered by two high courts in Abuja. Also to be forfeited by Bala ...

President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday applauded the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for investigating and arresting a contractor who diverted 60 trucks of grains that were allocated to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Borno State by the federal government. In a statement by Saraki’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, on the ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday told a Federal High Court in Lagos how a former Chief of Air Staff, Adesola Amosu, took money from the Nigerian Air Force bank account to buy personal properties worth billions of naira. Mr. Amosu, a retired Air Marshal, was arraigned alongside Jacob Adigun, an Air Vice Marshal, and Gbadebo Olugbenga, an ...

A prosecution witness in the trial of the former Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Patrick Akpobolokemi and others, Eboigbe Etiosa, have  informed a Federal High Court, Lagos how he helped one of the accused, Captain Ezekiel Agaba to buy a piece of land in Lekki in 2004. According to him, it cost N70million. Etiosa ...

Embattled former Chief of Defence Staff, Alex Badeh, has denied claims by EFCC that $1 million was found hidden in his Abuja home. A source at EFCC had claimed that they found $1 million during a search at Badeh’s home at Number 6, Ogun River Street, Maitama‎ Auja. Badeh refuted the claims in a statement issued by his counsel Samuel ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested the Chief Executive Officer of Mezcor Oil and Gas Limited, Mr. Donald Amamgbo, who is a cousin of the embattled Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. According to Punchng, Amamgbo, who is the CEO of three other oil companies, was a ‘front’ for the former minister. His house in the Wuse 2 area ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday filed an 11-count charge of fraud, money laundering and others against former Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, and three others- a former Permanent Secretary, Anastasia Daniel-Nwobia, F. O. Alayebami, Mahmood Ahmadu and Drexel Tech Nigeria Ltd. According to the count charge by EFCC, Abba Moro and the three others used the N676.675 ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has filed an application at the Federal High Court, Lagos, seeking an order to seize all properties belonging to a former Niger Delta militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo. Mr. Ekpemupolo, also known as Tompolo, was declared wanted by the EFCC last week after failing to ‎honour repeated invitations for questioning. Mr. Ekpemupolo and Patrick Akpobolokemi, ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday February 16, 2016 handed over a forfeited property of an uncompleted 3 Bedroom bungalow from one Seun Jamiu Odunayo to the complainant, Skye Bank Plc. Odunayo, a former banker and native of Sagamu in Ogun State, got into trouble after the Commission received a petition from one of the banks, sometime ...

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday Feb. 9th, raided the home of former Chief of Defence Staff Alex Badeh. Badeh is being investigated for his alleged involvement in the $2.1 billion arms deal fraud. A source at the anti-graft agency who spoke with The Nation about the new development said: “After interacting with the ex-CDS for 24 ...