UK places Ghana, Uganda, others on high-risk money laundering list
The United Kingdom (UK) government has published a list of 21 high-risk countries with unsatisfactory money laundering and terrorist financing controls. Meanwhile, the country has…
EFCC intercept two suspects with N314m in Saudi currency at Abuja airport
Two persons are currently being grilled by operatives of the Foreign Exchange Malpractices Section of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for money laundering. This…
P&ID: British court grants Nigeria more time to appeal $9.6bn judgment
A London court on Friday gave Nigeria’s government more time to appeal in a long – running multi-billion-dollar arbitration case over a failed gas deal….
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Saraki’s Crony Files Suit To Stop EFCC From Arresting Him Over ₦15b And $13m Laundered For Senate President
Kennedy Izuagbe, a Lagos businessman and one of the fronts used by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, to launder funds, has filed an application at…
Fayose denies spending Ekiti funds on EFCC case
Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose has challenged the All Progressives Congress (APC) to come out with concrete evidence to substantiate its claims that he is…
Obanikoro releases statement over wife’s arrest by DSS, says ‘My wife has high blood pressure’
The wife of a former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, Alhaja Moroophat Onikoro was arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS)…
Court grants Fani-Kayode, others bail
A Federal High Court in Lagos has granted bail in the sum of N250m to a former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, who is…
Saraki authorised transfer of $3.4m to U.S – Witness tells court
An Economic and Financial Crimes commission (EFCC) witness, Mr Michael Wetcast, on Wednesday gave details on how Bukola Saraki authorised the transfer of 3.4 million…
Ibori tells FG: No Nigerian loot with me
Here is the press statement below, Chief James Onanefe Ibori’s Media Office was shocked to read in the newspapers of Wednesday January 27, 2016, that…
How I ran N2bn illegal accounts for Maina – Banker tells EFCC
A Fidelity Bank Account Officer Toyin Meseke, has revealed to detectives how she ran five accounts used to perpetrate a N2bilion pension fraud in the…
EFCC arraigns ex-Benue Govervor Suswam today
Former governor of Benue State Gabriel Suswam, is set to be arraigned today over an alleged N3.1 billion scam by the Economic and Financial Crimes…
More ex-ministers fear arrest for corruption, money laundering following Diezani Alison-Madueke’s arrest
More ministers of former president Goodluck Jonathan are facing possible arrest following Diezani Alison-Madueke, arrest in London on Friday. A source in one of the…
Dieziani Alison-Madueke granted bail, passport seized
Former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke who was arrested on Friday by National Crimes Agency UK, has been granted bail according to a report by Channels…
EFCC Quiz Former Enugu Gov. Chime’s Chief of Staff, Ifeoma Nwobodo
The Chief of Staff (CoS) to Sullivan Chime, the former governor of Enugu State, (Mrs) Ifeoma Nwobodo, is being quizzed by operatives of the Economic…
Ex-Jigawa Governor Lamido And Sons Finally Granted Bail By Court
A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted former Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State, and his two sons, bail. A new judge, Gabriel Kolawole,…
Ex-Jigawa Governor Lamido And Sons Moved To Abuja Prison
Ahead Tuesday July 14, 2015 hearing of the bail application by a vacation judge, officials of Kano Central Prison on Monday July 13, 2015 morning…