Internet personality, Ismaila Mustapha, alias Mompha, who is facing money laundering charges, has asked the Federal High Court in Lagos to compel the anti-graft agency to pay him N5m for what he termed his “unlawful re-arrest and detention.” The Daily Vendor had reported that Mompha, who is answering N32bn fraud charges, was re-arrested last Friday
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has re-arrested internet celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha, aka Mompha, who is standing trial for alleged money laundering. Mompha was re-arrested last Friday, at the Ikoyi office of the commission in Lagos,where he visited to reclaim his items seized by the commission. EFCC had in October last year seized five wristwatches,
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The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Prof. Itse Sagay, has stated that the charges levelled against the suspended Acting Chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, are still “allegations in petition” and cannot be used against him until flawless evidences are established. Sagay made this known in a statement on Monday, August
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Ebonyi State governor, David Umahi has openly lamented the stealing of public funds by Nigerian leaders. The chairman of the South-East Governors’ Forum and Ebonyi State governor said that the menace had got to a level that no amount of anti-corruption agencies, including Economic Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related
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Ibrahim Magu who was suspended as the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has raised the alarm that suspects and other criminal elements he prosecuted were after him. Magu affirmed this in a reaction addressed to the Presidential Committee On Audit Of Recovered Assets (PCARA) investigating the mismanagement and lack of
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The Federal Government has made it known to the public that President Muhammadu Buhari will not resign over alleged cases of corruption in Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund(NSITF) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). It expressed further by calling the request for the President’s resignation as infantile. It
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Twelve top Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), officials were suspended indefinitely on Monday, the Nation reports. The officials were quizzed by the Presidential Investigation Committee, headed by Justice Isa Ayo Salami (retd). Some of those grilled were handling sensitive investigations. One of the officials had his car pushed at the Banquet Hall Wing of
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The Niger State Pension Board disclosed that Fifteen persons have been fingered in the alleged N5.778 billion missing pension contribution in the state from 2009 to 2012. The Director-General of the state’s pension board, Alhaji Usman Tinau Muhammed, disclosed this during a press briefing to announce the resumption of the state to the Contributory Pension
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Mr. Ibrahim Magu, the suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has been released from custody. Magu was released on Wednesday evening. He was arrested last week Monday and has since been detained by the police. He has also been appearing before a presidential panel investigating allegations of corruption and insubordination
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President Muhammadu Buhari has suspended over 10 senior officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, according to PM News. Presidency source was quoted by PM News on Tuesday night as saying that the Commission’s executive Secretary Olanipekun Olukoyede was among the senior officials suspended by the President. “They were suspended for various alleged
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The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu is at the risk of being arrested on Tuesday July 14, after being accused of laundering N700 million. Pastor Ize-Iyamu may be arrested if he fails to appear before a Federal High Court in Benin City, Edo State today to
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The suspended embattled acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, could not give a proper account of missing 332 out of the 836 recovered properties in March, 2018. This is according to a report by the News Agency of Nigeria. The Agency reported on Sunday that the latest allegation against
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Presidential Probe Panel report has revealed details of how the suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, allegedly used a cleric to launder funds abroad. Magu is currently being interrogated by the panel headed by retired Justice Ayo Salami over allegations of mismanagement and lack of transparency in managing
Read moreMore allegations have emerged about the activities of the suspended Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Acting Chairman, Ibrahim Magu. According to Olusegun Adeniyi, Chairman of This Day editorial board, Magu reportedly thwarted a move by Theophilus Danjuma, former defence minister, to purchase an aircraft, around the same time some EFCC agents raided the residence
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Human Rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has stated that embattled Ibrahim Magu could return as the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), if he is cleared of all allegations against him. Just recently, Magu was suspended from the position and the agency’s Director of Operations, Mohammed Umar, was on Wednesday appointed to
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