Investigation

Bosun Tijani, minister of communications, innovation, and digital economy, says the federal government is thoroughly investigating the alleged breaches in its national data system. Speaking via his X handle on Wednesday, Tijani said the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and National Data Protection Commission (NDPC) are conducting the probe. The …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, arrested Dennis Baba Wdony, Wycliffe Midala and Samuel Kayode Melaye for allegedly parading themselves as military officers. They allegedly used the office of the Chief of Defence Staff to defraud unsuspecting members of the public through fake contract awards. According to …

Oladipupo Adebutu The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, during the 2023 general elections in Ogun State, Oladipupo Adebutu, has called on the police authorities to investigate how details of the interim report of an uncompleted investigation were leaked to the press. Adebutu queried how the police interim report …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has said that it is currently investigating the outgoing Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle, for alleged N70billion fraud. This is coming after the governor accused the EFCC chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, of corruption and sharp practices on Wednesday. The governor had levelled allegations against …

A former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, has described his ongoing N388.8 million fraud case as politically motivated, adding that he was being tried based on an unsigned petition. He said this through his counsel, Dele Adesina, SAN, at the resumed sitting on Thursday before …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), arraigned a businessman, Bernard Okechukwu Nzenwa, alongside his company, Omega Maritime and Energy Limited, on the 30th of November, 2022 before Justice Rahmon Oshodi of the Special Offences Court, Ikeja, Lagos on a one count charge bordering on issuance of false documents. The …

Destruction of the company’s assets wounded staff from gunshots, and violation of the fundamental human rights of staff and commuters are some of the fallouts from the invasion of the Dangote Cement Plc by Governor Yahyah Bello’s extra-judicial forces popularly referred to as ‘Government Vigilantes or Government Hunters.’   Over …

  Central Bank Governor, Emefiele, Afreximbank President, Oramah, Others Under EFCC, NFIU Investigations Over $300million Paid To Acquire Union Bank On June 6 2022, Afreximbank announced that it had disbursed the sum of $300 million to help complement the total amount needed by Titan Trust Bank to finalise the acquisition …

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday ordered the final forfeiture of N3 billion worth of landed properties said to be seized from “a top military officer”. The name of the top military of the officer was not given in the statement by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission …

Lucky Igbinedion Chief Lucky Igbinedion, former governor of Edo State, has been arrested and is being grilled by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over what a source described as alleged criminal diversion of public funds to the tune of N1.6 billion. The former governor, who arrived …