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U.S.-Bound Traveller Okunfulure Forfeits $20,000 To FG

Felix Ifijeh, THEWILL -
April 03, (THEWILL) – A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the forfeiture of $20,000 confiscated from a U.S.-bound traveller, Olusola Okunfulure, to the Federal Government. Justice Dehinde Dipeolu issued the forfeiture order after convicting Okunfulure on a one-count...
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Court Rejects EFCC’s Document In N76bn Arik Air Fraud Trial

Anthony Awunor, THEWILL -
March 20, (THEWILL) – A Lagos Special Offences Court, Ikeja, has rejected a document presented by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in the ongoing trial of a former Managing Director of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON),...
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EFCC Arrests Bauchi Accountant General Over N70bn Fraud

Felix Ifijeh, THEWILL -
March 20, (THEWILL) – Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested the Accountant General of Bauchi State, Sirajo Jaja, over an alleged N70 billion fraud. Jaja was apprehended in Abuja on Wednesday alongside Aliyu...
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Otudeko, EFCC Move To Settle-Out Of Court In N30bn Fraud Charges

Felix Ifijeh, THEWILL -
March 17, (THEWILL) – The Chairman of Honeywell Group, Oba Otudeko, and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have disclosed plans to reach an Out-of-Court settlement over an alleged N30 billion fraud case. Wole Olanipekun, Counsel to Oba...
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Supreme Court Clears EFCC To Probe Peter Odili’s Administration

Felix Ifijeh, THEWILL -
March 12, (THEWILL) – The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed appeals filed by the Attorney General of Rivers State and the Speaker of the State House of Assembly challenging the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s (EFCC) bid to investigate...
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EFCC Uncovers 58 Fraudulent Ponzi Scheme Operators Defrauding Nigerians

Felix Ifijeh, THEWILL -
March 11, (THEWILL) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has uncovered 58 fraudulent entities masquerading as investment firms, operating illegal Ponzi schemes and defrauding unsuspecting Nigerians. Ponzi schemes, which promise unrealistic returns with little or no...
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Udom Was Not Arrested By EFCC – Barr Stephen Abia

Udeme Utip, THEWILL -
March 05, (THEWILL) – A legal practitioner in Akwa Ibom State and media aide to the former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Barr Stephen Abia, has debunked the widespread rumours, mostly on social media, that Mr Udom Emmanuel was...
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EFCC Arrests Former Akwa Ibom Governor Udom Emmanuel

Felix Ifijeh, THEWILL -
March 04, (THEWILL) – The immediate-past governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). THEWILL gathered that the former Governor was arrested and taken into custody shortly after he...
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EFCC Denies Bandit Abduction Claims, Clarifies Raid At Niger Hotel

Felix Ifijeh, THEWILL -
March 03, (THEWILL) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has dismissed reports of a bandit attack at White Hotel on Shiroro Road in Chanchaga Local Government Area of Niger State. In a statement released on Sunday, the agency...
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Yahaya Bello’s Name Not On Property Documents – EFCC Witness Tells Court

Felix Ifijeh, THEWILL -
February 24, (THEWILL) – Segun Joseph Adeleke, the First Prosecution Witness (PW1) in the money laundering trial of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has told the Federal High Court in Abuja, that the name of the ex-governor did...
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Keyamo: Subsidy Removal Helped Unlock $500m For Lagos Airport Reconstruction

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development Festus Keyamo, says the removal of the petrol subsidy helped the Federal Government increase investment in critical aviation infrastructure, with about $500 million mobilised for the reconstruction of the Lagos airport and other projects.
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