For the second time in two consecutive days, the Department of State Services, on Wednesday, failed to produce the immediate-past National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.), before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Maitama, Abuja, for the continuation of his trial over charges of alleged diversion of funds meant for the procurement …
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday re-arraigned a Lagos socialite, Fred Ajudua, before Justice Josephine Oyefeso of an Ikeja High Court for allegedly defrauding a former Chief of Army Staff, retired Lt-Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi of $10.3 million. The defendant pleaded not guilty to a 28–eight count charge bordering on conspiracy to obtain money by …
The office of the editorial board member of THISDAY Newspapers, Sonnie Ekwowusi, was at the weekend invaded by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), over a ‘Pro-Life, Pro-Family conference’ he is involved in, as well as a report condemning the sexualisation of school children in Nigeria. After the invasion, Ekwowusi was invited to …
The Benue State Governor, Samuel Orton on Tuesday received the assurances of federal security might to help him tackle the challenges caused by persistent herdsmen’s attacks on villages and farmers in the state. He announced this to State House correspondents after he met behind closed doors with Acting President Yemi Osinbajo and the National Security …
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday re-arraigned the son of a former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, Mahmud; and the son of the late Ibadan multibillionaire, Chief Alao Arisekola, Abdullahi, for conspiracy, obtaining money under false pretence and uttering. Also arraigned on 38 counts before a Lagos State …
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has taken charge of the bank accounts operated by the National Intelligence Agency, NIA, the latest in a string of measures against the agency in the wake of last month’s discovery of N13 billion in a Lagos apartment, according to online portal, Premium Times. EFCC operatives The cash …
The office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) has commenced forensic audit of the accounts of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Daily Trust gathered yesterday. The account audit was fallout of over $40 million dollars discovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), at an apartment in Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos later claimed by …
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has started investigating alleged collusion by some electricity consumers, power firms’ workers and meter manufacturers to steal electricity by bypassing the meter. According to the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, the investigation by the EFCC is part of efforts aimed at curbing the incidence of energy theft …
The State Security Service (SSS) has approached a Federal High Court, Abuja, to detain the chairman of Capital Oil and Gas Ltd, Ifeanyi Ubah, for another 14 days pending the completion of its investigation, counsel to the businessman told a federal court in Lagos on Friday. The Lagos division of the Federal High Court had, …
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has submitted to the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court details of alleged telephone conversations and text messages between Nigerian lawyer, Rickey Tarfa and a High Court judge in an ongoing bribery case. At the resumed hearing Thursday, Danladi Daniel, a detective with the anti-graft office, informed …