A Lagos High Court, Ikeja, on Tuesday closed the case of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, with 13 out of the 15 proposed prosecution witnesses yet to appear in court. Justice Adeniyi Onigbanjo made the order closing the prosecution’s case, following a request by EFCC counsel to adjourn the matter in order to arrest one of the defendants, Mr. […]
Oyerinde: Two years on, justice still a mirage by SEBASTINE EBHUOMHAN on Apr 27,2014 Comrade Olaitan Oyerinde, the Principal Private Secretary to Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole, was murdered at about 1.00am on Friday, May 4, 2012 when unknown gunmen pumped bullets into his head, chest and stomach in his house at 2nd Ugbor Street in Benin City, […]
EFCC Arraigns Oil Marketer for N10m Dud Cheque The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) today (April 23, 2014) arraigned one Tajo Sani Yunusu and his company, Sani Brothers Oil and Gas Limited, before Justice Dije Abdu Aboki of Kano State High Court on a 2-count charge bordering on issuance of dud cheque. The accused allegedly collected 125, 000 litres […]
PROJECT HIGHLIGHT Advocacy against impunity in the oil subsidy regime in Nigeria ANEEJ is currently implementing a project tagged Advocacy against impunity in the oil subsidy regime in Nigeria. The 1 year project is supported by J4A/DFID. The project is a major effort to end impunity in the management of oil subsidy funds in Nigeria, where contractors acting in cooperation […]
15th April, 2014. PRESS RELEASE NYANYA BOMB BLAST: ANEEJ URGES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON PROACTIVE MEASURES AGAINST INSURGENCY Benin City….. The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), has condemned the recent explosion at Nyanya Park, Abuja, and urged the Federal government to take urgent steps to end the frequent assault on innocent Nigerians. This call is particularly necessary considering […]
Executive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Lamorde today disclosed that the Commission has recovered N4.3billion from suspects involved in the petroleum subsidy scam. He made the disclosure Tuesday April 15 when the management of the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency led by its Executive Secretary, Mr. Farouk Ahmed paid him a courtesy visit in his […]
By Ike Abonyi and Akinwale Akintunde The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Wednesday continued its arraignment of directors of oil-marketing and trading (OM&T) firms and the companies suspected to have defrauded the fuel subsidy scheme. Five suspects implicated in the fuel subsidy scam were arraigned at the Lagos High Court, Ikeja, presided over by Justice Habeeb Abiru. The five […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday told an Ikeja High Court that an oil marketer, Oluwaseun Ogunbambo, charged with N979.6 million subsidy fraud, has fled to Canada. The EFCC disclosed this in its response to an application filed by Ogunbambo’s counsel, Mr Raphael Oluyede, before Justice Adeniyi Onigbanjo. The News Agency of Nigerian (NAN) reports that Ogunbambo […]
Ikeja – A prosecution witness, Mr. Effa Okim, has told an Ikeja High Court how an oil marketer, Abdullahi Alao, allegedly conspired with others to commit N1.1 billion fuel subsidy fraud. Okim, an investigative officer with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) testified at the resumption of Alao’s trial. The accused is the son of prominent Ibadan-based businessman, Alhaji […]
EFCC Re-arraigns 3 Oil Marketers Over Alleged N789.6m Fuel Subsidy Fraud Agency Report — April 8, 2014 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday re-arraigned three oil marketers — Adamu Maula, George Ogbonna and Emmanuel Morah — over an alleged N789.6 million fuel subsidy fraud. The marketers appeared alongside their companies — Downstream Energy Sources Ltd and Rocky […]