Jude Johnson An Ikeja High Court on Thursday, April 18 rendered a copy of the Department of State Security (DSS) report to the Nigerian Senate on Ibrahim Magu, the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) inadmissible. It was garnered that Justice Doris Okuwobi in a ruling during
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$2.1bn Malabu scam: EFCC working with Interpol to arrest Adoke, Etete, four others
•Court approves arrest order Jude Johnson The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had said it is working with the International Police Organisation (INTERPOL) to apprehend the immediate-past Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr. Mohammed Adoke, a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Dan Etete, and four others who were involved in
N450m PDP Campaign Funds: Security agencies exposed as Belgore exonerates self
Jude Johnson A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Dele Belgore, standing trial before a Federal High Court in Lagos for alleged N450 million fraud over campaign funds of the People Democratic Party (PDP) in 2015 has denied complicity in the money-laundering offence. Belgore, a former PDP Campaign Coordinator in Kwara
OPL 245: EFCC urged to seize former Minister Etete’s $56M private jet
Godsgift Onyedinefu A private jet owned by former Minister of Petroleum, Chief Dan Etete was purchased with illicit funds, global corruption trackers said on Tuesday. The jet is said to be worth 56million dollars as at the time it was purchased. In the petition addressed to the Acting Chairman of Economic and
EFCC not probing ‘controversial’ APC Governors Amosun, Okocha, Yari…yet
Senator Iroegbu The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has dismissed report alleging that it plans to probe the trio of All Progressives Congress (APC) Governors Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state, Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, and Abdulazziz Yari of Zamfara after their immunity have been lifted at the expiration of
EFCC releases Atiku’s lead counsel, Turaki
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has released Taminu Turaki, lead counsel of Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Turaki, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), was arrested after the anti-graft agency invited him to sign a bail document for Babalele Abdullahi, son-in-law of Atiku and finance
EFCC releases Atiku’s son-in-law, arrests his lead counsel
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar's son-in-law, Abdullahi Babalele. Babalele, who was arrested by EFCC operatives at his Maitama, Abuja, home last Saturday, for allegedly laundering €150 million, was released late last night. Babalele was released after the anti-graft agency invited
We arrested Atiku’s son-in-law over alleged money laundering — EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it had begun an investigation into alleged money laundering by the Finance Director of Atiku Abubakar’s group of companies, Alhaji Babalele Abdullahi. Acting Spokesman of EFCC, Mr Tony Orilade, stated this in Abuja, on Monday, and confirmed to the News Agency of Nigeria that Abdullahi was
EFCC arrests Atiku’s finance director
The Economic Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Saturday arrested Babalele Abdullahi, finance director of group of companies owned by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar. In a statement by Mr Atiku’s statement, Paul Ibe, the arrest was aimed at making the PDP candidate concede victory and
Elections: EFCC Raises Alarm over Fake Dollars in circulation
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has raised the alarm over the circulation of fake Dollar notes ahead of Saturday's Presidential and National Assembly elections. In a statement personally signed by the Acting Chairman of the Commission, Ibrahim Magu, the agency stated that the warning follows intelligence gathered in the