Interviews

Why consumers should key into digital age- Irukera

Ihesiulo Grace 13 December 2017 0

Mr. Babatunde Irukera, Director General, Consumer Protection Council, CPC, in this interview with GANIYU OBAARO, counsels Nigerian consumers on the need to know their rights. A law graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, said consumers should keep abreast of the digital

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A’ Court squashes charge against judge, says EFCC lacks power to prosecute him

Ihesiulo Grace 11 December 2017 0

Respite, on Monday came the way of a serving judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Hyeladzira Nganjiwa, as a Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, struck out criminal charges filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission against him. The appellate court anchored its judgment on the principle of separation of powers between the three […]

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Court halt plan to use unregistered foreign judgment to close firm operation

Ihesiulo Grace 11 December 2017 0

Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court Abuja has told the Federal government, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) not to take further step either to freeze the bank account or halt the operations of a firm AITEO Eastern E & P Company Ltd pending the determination of a suit filed in court. […]

Entertainment Society

Where is Abu Ali Jibia?

Ihesiulo Grace 9 December 2017 0

What is happening to this one time Oil and Gas big boy Ali? Is it that, his lavish lifestyle, before he was caught in the act by EFCC still hunt him? These are rhetorical questions begging for answers as the cool dude disappeared into the thin air. He was once the toast of many social […]

News

“EFCC did not receive a single property from Maina,” says Magu

Ihesiulo Grace 30 November 2017 0

The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, has said that the Pension Reform Task Force headed by Abdulrasheed Maina never handed any asset to the EFCC. He said this on Thursday at the hearing organised by the ad-hoc committee of the House of Representatives investigating the controversial reinstatement of Mr. […]

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N3.2b fraud: How Orji Kalu diverted state government money into company’s account- witness

Ihesiulo Grace 30 November 2017 0

A Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos on Wednesday heard how former Abia state governor, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, diverted Abia state government money into his private company account. A prosecution witness, John Ejim in the ongoing trial of Dr Orji Uzor Kalu and his former commissioner for finance, Udeh Jones Udeogu currently facing trial for […]

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N450m fraud: EFCC re-arraigns Belgore, Suleiman for money laundering

Ihesiulo Grace 29 November 2017 0

For the third time in a row, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday re-arraigned a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Dele Belgore and a former Minister for National Planning, Prof. Abubakar Sulaiman before a Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos. The two defendants who were alleged to have laundered the sum of N450 million […]

Interviews

Clamour for restructuring, unprecedented in Nigeria’s history- Quakers

Ihesiulo Grace 28 November 2017 0

Norrison Quakers, a senior advocate in this interview with PETER FOWOYO, speaks about the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, who absconded from trial and the fate of his sureties in court. The sureties of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) are now in a […]

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N13bn loot recovery: 3 whistleblowers sue FG over 5% commission

Ihesiulo Grace 28 November 2017 0

Three whistleblowers: Abdulmumin Musa, Stephen Sunday and Bala Usman have filed a suit before a Federal High Court in Abuja against the Federal Government, claiming that they were the source of information leading to the recovery N13billion cash from a private apartment in Ikoyi, Lagos. The plaintiffs further claimed that they had in December 2016, […]

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Diesel theft: Court arraigns Gambian, Senegalese, others

Ihesiulo Grace 28 November 2017 0

For allegedly dealing in 300 metric tonnes of diesel without lawful authority, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday arraigned a Gambian, Baboucar Jallow, a Senegale, Ndiaga Ba, alongside a Nigerian, Abel Bassey. The trio were arraigned alongside their vessel, MT Wolof, before Justice Mohammed Idris of a Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos. A […]

Business

EFCC, NITDA collaborate on procurement, transparency

Ihesiulo Grace 27 November 2017 0

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) says it is collaborating with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to ensure that Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) comply with the clearance of Information Technology projects’ procurement. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the Director-General of NITDA, Dr. Isa Pantami

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Why Ikoyi Whistleblower rejected his own share of the stolen loot

Ihesiulo Grace 26 November 2017 0

…my client will collect nothing less than 5 percent- Lawyer Lawyer to the security officer who alerted government officials to the recovery of N13bn in an Ikoyi residence has disclosed why his client is yet to be paid, Sunday Punch is reporting. According to the national daily,the lawyer for the whistle-blower, Yakubu Galadima, informed the […]

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There are no 222 properties to share – EFCC tells Senate

Ihesiulo Grace 25 November 2017 0

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has denied ‘sharing’ any of the 222 properties seized from alleged pension fund thieves in its custody. The EFCC also said it is not in custody of any of the said properties. The commission stated this while denying the allegation raised by Senate Emmanuel Paulker, chairman of Senate […]

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EFCC arraigns ex- NSITF MD, Abubakar, 4 Others over N18bn fraud

Ihesiulo Grace 24 November 2017 0

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arraigned former Managing Director of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Umar Munir Abubakar and four other top officials of the fund before an Abuja High Court in Apo over an N18billionfraud. Other defendants are Henry Ekhasomi Sambo, Adebayo Adebowale Aderibigbe, Chief Richard U. Uche […]

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“Interrogate your parents about sudden riches, EFCC official charges students

Ihesiulo Grace 24 November 2017 0

The Zonal Head of Operations of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Mr. Ishaq Salihu, has urged students across the country to always question their parents about sudden and un-earned riches. He gave the charge on Thursday in Port Harcourt, while admonishing students of Bishop Crowther Memorial Secondary School, Rumuobiakani,

Law News

NBA election passions heat up as Odinkalu revives debunked Usoro allegations

Ihesiulo Grace 23 November 2017 0

The race for the presidency of the Nigerian Bar Association looks set to take a nasty turn as Senior Managing Legal Officer for the Africa Program at the Open Society Justice Initiative and former chairman of the Governing Council of the National Human Rights Commission, Professor Chidi Odinkalu alleged that leading commercial lawyer and Senior […]

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Nigeria’s Senate probes face-off between SSS, EFCC

Ihesiulo Grace 23 November 2017 0

The Senate has set up a committee to investigate the recent face-off between armed operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and the State Security Service, SSS. The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, said the eight-member committee will be chaired by Francis Alimikhena. Other members of the committee are Shaaba Lafiagi, Chkwuka Utazi, Abudulaziz […]

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Inter-agency rivalry: Intervene now, SERAP tells Buhari

Ihesiulo Grace 23 November 2017 0

Two days after the face-off between the operatives of the EFCC, SSS and the NIA, a group, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on President Buhari to “urgently instruct the leadership of the SSS and NIA to allow anti-corruption agencies carry out their mandate without any interference whatsoever.” The group also condemned […]

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Drama as DSS prevents EFCC from arresting ex- DG Ekpeyong Ita

Ihesiulo Grace 22 November 2017 0

In a show that proves that there is no synergy between security agencies in the country, officers of the Department of State Services, DSS and that of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) on Tuesday thwarted the attempt by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to arrest a former Director General of […]

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Nigeria’s EFCC, inter agency security in public face-off in Asokoro, Abuja

Ihesiulo Grace 21 November 2017 0

The simmering inter-agency war between the anti-graft agency, Economic Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, on the one hand and the State Security Service, SSS, and the National Intelligence Agency, NIA, burst into the open early Tuesday when a combined team of EFCC officials and police officers attempted to arrest the former heads of the two agencies, […]