The Abuja Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of Shedrack Luke Greeson a.k.a Ifaokurola Babalawo, before Justice Musa Usman of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Bwari, Abuja.
Greeson, who was arrested in January, 2021 by operatives of the Commission for defrauding...
The Supreme Court has upheld the 10-year prison term imposed on former Plateau Governor, Joshua Dariye, who was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, for fraud.
The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, on November 16, 2018 affirmed the ruling of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, which...
The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Maitama, Abuja has ordered the remand of the suspended Accountant-General of the Federation, AGF, Ahmed Idris, over alleged N109 billion fraud charges.
Idris was arraigned alongside three others:Godfrey Olusegun Akindele, Mohammed Usman and Gezawa Commodity Market and Exchange Limited, by the...
The Supreme Court has disassociated itself from a viral list of lawyers shortlisted for the award of Senior Advocates of Nigeria( SANs) rank for 2021.
The Supreme Court, in a statement on Wednesday by the Director of Press and Information , Festus Akande said the list was fake and unofficial.
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The FCT Police Commissioner, Mr Babaji Sunday on Thursday September 29 sent 20 policemen to enforce the Court of Appeal judgement that reinstated members of the ‘’Incorporated Trustees of Apo XK Extension Residents Association’’ titles to over 400 plots of land.
The policemen accompanied about seven bailiffs from the FCT...
Justice T.G. Ringim of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, has fixed 7 October to hear a motion filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, seeking the final forfeiture of the $5.78million and N2.4billion linked to a former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan.
The EFCC had...
Justice Lewis Allagoa of the Federal High Court, Kano has convicted one Maryam Abu Shinga on one count amended charge of retention of proceeds of crime.
Following the conviction which was made on Tuesday, March 2, 2021, Shinga was also ordered to pay the sum of N110, 000,000 (One Hundred...
The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) has affirmed the election of President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over his rivals, Atiku Abubakar of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) respectively.
Tinubu's victory was affirmed by the Five-man Panel of the...
Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has set October 22 for ruling on the no-case submission filed by Kayode Odukoya, Managing Director, MD and Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of First Nation Airways Limited, who is being prosecuted for an alleged N1.7bn fraud.
Odukoya is...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has presented two more witnesses in the ongoing trial involving erstwhile governor of Niger State, Muazu Babangida Aliyu, and two others: Tanko Beji and Umar Nasko, over alleged diversion of N2bn Ecological Fund.
At the continuation of the hearing on Wednesday, 13 October,...
