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Former Abia State governor and Senate Chief Whip, Dr. Orji Kalu has maintained before a Federal High Court that the Supreme Court never ordered his re-trial by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) on alleged money laundering charges. Meanwhile, the court has fixed September 20, 2021 for judgment in the suit challenging his re-trial by the ant-graft agency. Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed judgment date after counsel to all the parties to the suit had adopted their legal positions for and against the case. While counsel to the applicant, Prof. Awa Kalu (SAN), George Ukaegbu, counsel to Udeh Jones (2nd respondent)…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the arraignment of five Sokoto State Primary Education Staff Pension Board officials before Justice Muhammad of the State High Court. The suspects are facing a 27-count charge bordering on alleged conspiracy, forgery, criminal breach of trust and misappropriation of N553, 985,624. The defendants include the Director of Finance and Supply, Hassana Moyi; Secretary, Abubakar Aliyu; Deputy Director, Halliru Ahmed; Accountant, Kabiru Ahmed and Dahiru Muhammad Isa, Cashier. In 2019, the EFCC received petitions from several primary school pensioners complaining they had yet to receive their gratuities since retirement. EFCC said the…

The President Muhammadu Buhari-led government has for two years been funding IPI Solutions, a software engineering firm owned by Adamu Garba to produce Crowwe, a platform, that would help the government silence existing social media platforms in the country. According to People's Gazette, more than two years after the Buhari regime invested public funds into Garba’s application, there is little hope, however, that taxpayers would see a bang for the buck. People's Gazette obtained bank documents that carried a transfer of funds from the Central Bank of Nigeria to Garba’s IPI Solutions, a software engineering firm run by Mr Garba.…

A High Court in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has sentenced the former Chairman of the House of Representatives ad-hoc committee on Petroleum Subsidy, Farouk Lawan to seven years in prison. Lawan during trial on Tuesday was found guilty of count one, two, and three bothering on corruptly asking for and obtaining same from Femi Otedola, in order to exonerate Zelon Petroleum and Gas Limited from the list of companies in the fuel subsidy scam. For count one and two the court sentenced him to seven years while for count three he was sentenced to five years. The sentences are…

Ongoing Investigation: What I Will Do If EFCC Arrest Tinubu- Deji Adeyanju APC National leader and former Governor of Lagos State Senator Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is currently been investigated byThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) . The report have made several media headlines and has also generated comments and reactions from social media users. This has led Deji Adeyanju a political analyst and commentator to also react to the reports. According to Deji on his verified Facebook handle, “I’ll organize an award ceremony the day EFCC has the guts to arrest Tinubu”. Though Deji Adeyanju sarcastically referred to…

Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, says a former governor of Lagos State and national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is under investigation. In an exclusive interview published by ThisDay on Sunday, Bawa said investigation does not end in a day. He said: “You asked me a question earlier about arresting people before investigation and now you are saying why didn’t we arrest Tinubu? Why didn’t you just say ‘arrest him?’ “Investigation is ongoing. When you are investigating matters like this, they don’t end in a day. Thousands of investigations…

MY ORDEAL AT THE ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION. PARIS CLUB REFUND SAGA.( Enugu zonal office) Obinna Oriaku Two different consultants Murizwalton Nig Ltd and Ziplon Nigeria Ltd were appointed between 2011 and 2014 by past administration for purposes of recovery and reconciliation of our Paris club refund figures and subsequent payment by the federal government. Understanding the fraudulent duplication of consultants by then government and attendant high percentage of all 20% and 30% respectively totaling 50% agreed before the coming of Okezie Ikpeazu's administration, We felt it was evil to keep to such agreement hence we jettisoned such agreements…

Court acquits Sen Nwaoboshi of N322m money laundering charge A Federal High Court in Lagos State has discharged and acquitted Sen. Peter Nwaoboshi (Delta North) of a N322 million money laundering charge filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The judge, Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke, held on Friday that the EFCC failed to prove the elements of the offences for which it charged Nwaoboshi. Aneke also discharged Nwaoboshi’s two companies – Golden Touch Construction Project Ltd and Suiming Electrical Ltd – on the same ground. He held, among others, that the prosecution’s case collapsed because “bank officials…

EFCC Chairman Reveals Name Of Minister Who Laundered Money Into Real Estate, To Prosecute Former Abia Governor Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Abdularasheed Bawa has said former Abia State governor, Orji Uzor Kalu will be prosecuted by the agency all over again. The anti-graft agency boss also said he is not perturbed over the threats to his life and he is determined to prosecute the many pending cases under trial. Bawa disclosed this on Thursday while addressing journalists during the weekly ministerial chat at the State House in Abuja. He gave insight into ongoing prosecutions, challenges,…

EFCC Arrests Juju Scam Kingpin, Alaka over N250m Fraud The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arrested Abayomi Kamaldeen Alaka (a.k.a Awise), leader of a deadly syndicate of juju scammers that operates from a shrine at Ashipa Town, near Abeokuta Ogun State. More details, shortly