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CORRUPTION: LAWYERS GROUP, LUAC GIVES TETFUND BOSS, ARCH. SONNY ECHONO, FIVE DAYS TO RESIGN OR FACE MASS ACTIONS
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CORRUPTION: LAWYERS GROUP, LUAC GIVES TETFUND BOSS, ARCH. SONNY ECHONO, FIVE DAYS TO RESIGN OR FACE MASS ACTIONS

2 years ago19810 min

LUAC alleged that the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) under the leadership of Arch. Sonny Echono as Executive Secretary has become a conduit pipe for high level contract fraud, procurement racketeering and other forms of corrupt practices.* A group named Lawyers United Against Corruption (LUAC) has issued a five-day ultimatum to the Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), Arch. Sonny Echono to resign over his alleged complicity in massive corruption, contract fraud, procurement racketeering...

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Court finds former Rep. member guilty of N212m fraud
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Court finds former Rep. member guilty of N212m fraud

2 years ago10484 min

JUSTICE Sale Former House of Representatives member Mansur Ali Mashi was found guilty by Musa Shuaibu of the Federal High Court in Kaduna. After a protracted 12-year trial that included allegations of conspiracy and obtaining by deception, the defendant was found guilty. Three bank employees, Abdulmumini Mustapha, Shehu Aliyu, and Muazu Abdu, were also found guilty in addition to Mashi. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission filed charges against Mashi, alleging that he obtained a...

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Abuja court prevents EFCC, ICPC from detaining ex-Zamfara governor Yari
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Abuja court prevents EFCC, ICPC from detaining ex-Zamfara governor Yari

2 years ago1003 min

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practises and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) have been ordered by an Abuja Federal High Court to stop detaining former Zamfara State Governor Abdul’aziz Yari pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice. The court also ordered that the senator-elect not be detained by the Department of State Services (DSS). On Monday, Justice Donatus Okorowo issued the order in a ruling on...

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Court slams police with N100m fine for killing of ‘free Zakzaky’ protester in Abuja
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Court slams police with N100m fine for killing of ‘free Zakzaky’ protester in Abuja

2 years ago1563 min

The arrest and subsequent killing of Ja’afar Muhammad by the Nigeria Police in 2019 was declared illegal by the Federal High Court of Nigeria, resulting in a gross violation of his fundamental rights. According to reports, the ruling, delivered by Justice Z. B. Abubakar of the Abuja Division, highlights the clear violation of Muhammad’s rights as guaranteed by Section 33 (1) 35 of the 1999 Federal Republic of Nigeria Constitution (as amended). The court case,...

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Tallen, like Fayemi, claims EFCC did not invite her for fraud
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Tallen, like Fayemi, claims EFCC did not invite her for fraud

2 years ago1606 min

Pauline Tallen, the former minister of women’s affairs, claims that she visited the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on her own initiative and was not formally invited or interrogated by the anti-graft organisation. The former minister claimed in a statement made public on Saturday, June 3, that the purpose of her trip to the EFCC was to refute some accusations made against her. “Around 9 o’clock yesterday night, rumours that I had been detained...

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53-year-old man is in court after stealing N92,300 from sex worker

2 years ago1444 min

On Friday, members of the Nigeria Police Force brought a businessman by the name of King Dauda, who is 53 years old, before a Kado Grade 1 Area Court in Abuja for allegedly stealing the sum of N92,300 from a sex worker. The accused thief was identified as Dauda, who lives in EFAB Global Estate, Life Camp, Abuja.   However, the defendant entered a plea of not guilty to the charge against them. Stanley Nwafoaku,...

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Presidential Election: Why LP, PDP shouldn’t panic over INEC’s objections – Effiong
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Presidential Election: Why LP, PDP shouldn’t panic over INEC’s objections – Effiong

2 years ago865 min

Inibehe Effiong, a legal practitioner and social critic, has urged people not to panic over the Independent National Electoral Commission’s, INEC’s, objections to the admissibility of documents at the ongoing Presidential Election Petition Tribunal hearings, calling them a distraction. Effiong claimed that the INEC-obtained documents had been duly certified and that the Court would act on them. On Thursday, the legal expert claimed that “the Electoral Commission’s neutrality is a mirage, especially in electoral litigations”...

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Allison-Madueke sues EFCC, Malami’s office for N100bn defamation
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Allison-Madueke sues EFCC, Malami’s office for N100bn defamation

2 years ago6496 min

Diezani Alison-Madueke, former Minister of Petroleum Resources in former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, has sued the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation for N100 billion in libel and defamation. In the suit marked CV/6272/2023, filed at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Friday, May 26, Alison-Madueke was represented by a team of her lawyers led by Mike Ozekhome, a senior advocate....

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PDP using social media to bully judges – Supreme Court
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PDP using social media to bully judges – Supreme Court

2 years ago1324 min

According to the Supreme Court, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is using social media to bully and terrorize justices. On Friday, Justice Inyang Okoro of the Supreme Court delivered judgment in an appeal filed by the PDP seeking to void the election of President-elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on the grounds that his running mate, Kashim Shettima, was guilty of double nomination. The appeal was dismissed by a five-member panel of the Supreme Court, which determined...

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EFCC charges Lagos businesswoman Ramalan-Yaro, company for N140bn fraud.

2 years ago10322 min

Two weeks after her first arraignment, Lagos State’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arraigned businesswoman Saadatu Ramalan-Yaro again on Monday. Money laundering charges of over N140 billion were brought against the businesswoman before Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja. As director of Tsami Babi Resources Limited, a designated non-financial business, she is accused of not submitting the company’s activities. Ramalan-Yaro deposited N100 billion into the company’s Zenith Bank account without informing...

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