A high court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has granted bail to former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, in the sum of N50 million. In his ruling on the bail application on Friday, the judge, Rahmon Oshodi, admitted Emefiele on bail with two sureties in like sum. Recall that Emefiele is…
The Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced popular cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, known as Bobrisky, to six months in custody over naira abuse. The trial judge, Abimbola Awogboro, imposed the jail term on the social media influencer after earlier convicting him on 5 April. The judge convicted Bobrisky after he pleaded guilty to the charges…
The Ikeja Special Offences Court has remanded the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele in custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Grassroots Parrot, reports that Justice Rahman Oshodi gave the order on Monday morning following the re-arraignment of the former apex bank boss. READ ALSO:DHQ debunks coup…
The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has criticized the Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf for resorting to diversionary strategies to mask his inability to provide the promised benefits of democracy to the citizens. Ganduje in a statement by his spokesman Edwin Olofu on Friday accused the governor…
EFCC hands over 324 recovered houses to Kano pensioners The Abuja Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission , EFCC, has handed over documents of properties and 324 houses recovered for Kano state pensioners to them. The handing over of the houses, occasioned by a final forfeiture order granted by Justice I.E. Ekwo…
A federal high court in Abuja has ordered Binance Holdings Limited to provide the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) with the comprehensive data or information of all persons from Nigeria trading on its platform. Justice Emeka Nwite granted the interim order after ruling on the ex parte motion moved by the lawyer representing the…
Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has described illegal mining activities across the country as threats to economic growth and development. He made this disclosure in Ilorin on Wednesday, at the 5th Annual Conference of the National Council on Mining and Mineral Resources Development NCMMRD, themed: “Minerals and…
By Barbara Bako, Abuja Jaiz Bank Plc has denied news report doing rounds the social media insinuating that its officials are in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over financial wrongdoings. Reacting on Wednesday, the Bank said its officials were at EFCC on Tuesday at the request of the Commission to…
…. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has seized the passports of the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, and that of her predecessor, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, over the ongoing investigations into scandals in the ministry. A reliable source from the commission said the passports of Edu and the former Minister…
President Bola Tinubu has suspended the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu, from office with immediate effect. The suspension, according to the statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale was in line with his avowed commitment to uphold the highest standards of integrity,…
