Adelani Adepegba The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has reportedly obtained a court order to detain ex-lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, for 14 days to ensure a thorough investigation into his alleged involvement in name-dropping and extortion.
Three months after releasing his autobiography with myriad of claims over his stewardship as Nigeria’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, operatives of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, are set to take on the former Minister on his Halliburton, Malabu deals claim.
A Federa High Court sitting in sitting in Abuja, Friday, ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to detain former Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, for 14 days.
Former Abia State Governor, Orji Kalu, who was sentenced to 12 years in prison for fraud expressed deep regret for supporting President Muhammadu Buhari, saying 'I was deceived, used and dumped'.
Malami: FG won’t dictate to institutions Tobi Soniyi A former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Mohammed Adoke (SAN), has asked the International Criminal Police Organisation (ICPO), commonly referred to as Interpol, to let him go, because authorities in Nigeria are only persecuting him for political reasons.
The National President of Ebira Peoples Vanguard (EPV), Alhaji Abdulrahman Ado-Sadiq, has described as baseless and unfounded, the allegations against the former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Muhammed Adoke SAN, saying that he will come out clean and victorious.
Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has announced the arrest of two officials of the Social Investment Programme in Kogi State, over allegations of fraud to the tune of N68,097,053.
Former governor of Benue state and senator representing Benue northeast senatorial district at the Senate, Gabriel Suswam, has been re-arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) on a nine-count charge bordering on money laundering at the Federal High Court, Abuja.
Kunle Sanni A former national publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh, has told an Abuja Division of the Federal High Court how he distributed the N400 million he received from the Office of the National Security Adviser ONSA, in 2014.
Olalekan Adetayo and Olufemi Atoyebi The Nigerian Financial Intelligent Unit said on Sunday that the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees had reported state governors who had been stealing local governments’ funds.
The Acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, says politicians defecting from one party to another would not be shielded from prosecution by the anti-graft agency.
Kemi Busari The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is awaiting communication from the National Assembly to conduct a bye-election in Plateau Central Senatorial District, the commission has said. Former Governor of Plateau state, Joshua Dariye.
A Federal High Court in Abuja will on July 2 deliver judgment on the about three years detention of the immediate-past National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki. The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court slated the date to deliver judgment in the fundamental rights enforcement suit that Mr Dasuki filed against the federal government over his continued detention after being granted bail by different courts since 2015.
The Court of Appeal in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, yesterday, gave the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, the go-ahead to freeze the bank account of Ayo Fayose, governor of the state.
The Federal High Court in Abuja has ruled that a former Justice Minister and Attorney General of the Federation, Mohammed Adoke, cannot be held personally liable for his role in the $1.1 billion Malabu oil scandal.
Former aviation Minister to former President Goodluck Johnathan, Femi Fani Kayode has claimed President Muhammdu Buhari collected 2 bullet proof cars and $350,000 in cash from the former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki. President Buhari
As the ongoing exposure of those that embezzled the country's treasury continues, ex-president Johnathan has faulted the earlier names released by Buhari led administration, releasing a counter list that contain names of members of All Progressives Congress (APC). Former President Johnathan