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A High Court in Minna, Niger State has issued a warrant of arrest for General Faruk Yahaya, Chief of Army Staff for contempt. Justice Halima Abdulmalik, who presided over the case, said the order followed notice brought before the court in pursuant of order 42 rule 10 of the Niger State High Court […]
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has said the dollar might drop to ₦200 after the redesigning of the naira. Bawa stated this in an interview with Deutsche Welle (DW) Hausa service, saying President Muhammadu Buhari did well to approve the redesigning. He said, “The law says the […]
Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle of Zamfara State has offered to allow the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to search the property it alleged to have found stashed with huge amounts of money for laundering through a cash payment of salaries. In a press statement signed by the state Commissioner of Information, Hon. […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said it will appeal the October 28 conviction of its Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, for contempt of court. The anti-graft agency’s spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, told our correspondent on Tuesday. “The commission is appealing the ruling,” Uwujaren said. A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Maitama […]
A federal capital territory (FCT) high court in Maitama has ordered the remand of Abdulrasheed Bawa, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), for contempt. Chizoba Oji, the presiding judge, ordered the inspector-general of police (IGP) to ensure the committal order is executed. The judge gave the order in the […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday carried out simultaneous operations against Bureau de Change operators in Abuja and Kano, as the Naira slumped to N857 to a dollar at the parallel market. The raids in the two cities, which netted a good number of illegal BDC operators and individuals suspected to […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has charged ex-Lagos Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Supo Shasore (SAN), for money laundering. The EFCC filed four count charges against the founding partner of Africa Law Practice NG & Co. before the Federal High Court in Lagos. 58-year-old Shasore is accused of inducing one Olufolakemi […]
Three youths in their 20s have been allegedly shot dead and over 20 trucks laden with petroleum products and granites set ablaze by angry youths at Otovwodo, in Ughelli north local government area of Delta state. The youths had earlier barricaded the Otovwodo axis of the East/West road disrupting vehicular movement and economic […]
Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested an Ekiti state-based Disc Jockey, Famotemi Toluwani Timothy for allegedly impersonating a hip-hop singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as “Portable”. He was arrested on Thursday, September 29, 2022. Timothy, a native of Igede-Ekiti in Ifelodun Local Government […]
The former leader of the defunct Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, despite having been declared wanted by the Joint Task Force in 2009 for the fortuitous killing of some soldiers and again in 2015 by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over alleged conspiracy, illegal diversion […]
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