The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday okayed the amended N10 billion money laundering charges filed against Ali Bello, a nephew of the immediate-past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had filed the amended charges on 5 February, raising the number of counts from 10 to 17 … Read more
A former Nigerian ambassador, Lilian Onoh, on Tuesday, accused Geoffrey Onyeama of lacking the mental health to be a minister when he served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the former President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime. Mr Onyeama who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under Mr Buhari from 2015 to 2023, is locked in … Read more
The sum of $4.5 billion cannot be accounted for in Nigeria’s Foreign Reserves between 2018 and 2019, an audit report of the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation (OAuGF) has revealed. The annual audit report details the expenditures and finances of the government’s ministries, departments, and agencies within a financial year. According to the … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has charged former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello with corruption, a few days after he completed his tenure in office and was stripped of his constitutional immunity shielding him from criminal prosecution. Mr Bello handed over to his successor, Usman Ododo, after eight years in office on 27 … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has detained a former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, for questioning over allegations of corruption in the handling of N37.1 billion social intervention funds during her tenure. Mrs Umar-Farouq arrived at the headquarters of the commission in Abuja in honour of an … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared former Minister of Power and Steel Olu Agunloye wanted over alleged corruption and forgery. The EFCC shared the public notice declaring Mr Agunloye wanted on its Facebook and Instagram channels on Tuesday. “The public is hereby notified that Olu Agunioye, whose photograph appears above, is wanted … Read more
