The Kano Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, arrested a Kannywood Star, Samha Inuwa over alleged naira mutilation. Last year, her acting license was revoked by Kano State government over indecent dressing. Inuwa was arrested following a viral video circulated on social media platforms where she was seen conspicuously…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Uyo Zonal has arraigned Victor Ekpong Thompson before Justice Maureen Adaobi of the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo for allegedly defrauding some Americans the sum of $525. 276 (Five Hundred And Twenty Five Thousand, Two Hundred And Seventy Six United States Dollars). Thompson was arraigned on eight-count…
The First Prosecution Witness, PW1 Mr Pedro Torwuese Chellen in the trial of former governor of Anambra State and former Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige on Wednesday told a Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Gwarimpa, Abuja, and presided over by Justice M.A. Hassan said that the company that won the contract for renovation of…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, arraigned the former National Coordinator of Multi-Sectoral Crisis Recovery Project, MCRP, North East Development Commission, NEDC, Alhaji Danjuma Mohammed and two others; Prince Achem and Aminu Alhaji (at large) before Justice K. N Ogbonnaya of the Federal Capital Territory Court, Zuba, Abuja for an alleged N2.28bn…
Tony Elumelu The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has instituted a N4.3 billion alleged forex fraud case at the Ikeja Special Offences Court against United Bank for Africa (UBA) PLC, under the Chair of Tony Elumelu, and four others. Other defendants in the case are Muyiwa Akinyemi; Amangbo Stephen; Gesos Global Service Ltd, and…
The former Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has accused state security agencies of taking steps it said were aimed at frustrating his right to fair hearing and weakening his ability to defend himself in court. In a statement issued on Friday, Malami’s media aide, Mohammed Bello Doka, said recent actions by the Economic…
Justice Modupe Nicole-Clay of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has convicted one Victor Ogiemwonyi and his company, Partnership Securities Limited, for stealing the sum of N953,535,861.57 (Nine Hundred and Fifty-Three Million, Five Hundred and Thirty-Five Thousand, Eight Hundred and Sixty-One Naira, Fifty-Seven Kobo) and $80,000.00 (Eighty Thousand United States Dollars). The…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has indicted a new generation bank and six micro-finance and fintech firms in the alleged fleecing of Nigerians over N18 billion. The frauds were said to have been perpetrated by a foreign national in connivance with some young Nigerians through an airline discount scheme and a bogus investment…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate 1, on Tuesday, arraigned one Sarumi Samusudeen Babafemi for an alleged N206million fraud before Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. Babafemi alongside his companies, 606 Autos Limited, 606 Music Limited, and Splash Off Entertainment Limited, were arraigned on a…
