Barely hours after a federal high court in Lagos issued an arrest warrant on ex-Niger Delta warlord, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, over alleged multi-billion naira fraud, some ex-militants, suspected to be regrouping in the creeks for fresh hostilities, Thursday night, blew up a gas pipeline in Warri South-West Local Government Area, Delta State conveying gas from Escravos–Warri-Lagos-Abuja. The aff ...

National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr Olisa Metuh, has been remanded in prison till Tuesday January 19, which is the scheduled day for the hearing of his bail application on the charges of money laundering preferred against him today by the EFCC. A Federal High Court, presided by Justice Okon Abang gave the order in Abuja. Justice Abang gave the order after the PDP spokesperson pl ...

On the recommendation of the committee established to audit the procurement of arms and equipment in the Armed Forces and Defence sector from 2007 to 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to carry out further investigation into the misconduct established against the following retired and serving officers of the Nigerian Air Force and Nigerian Army: ...

The Nigerian military authorities today warned members of the public about the latest antics of the terror sect, Boko Haram, stating that members of the group have now resorted to disguising themselves as fruit sellers in crowded areas in order to carry out attacks on unsuspecting members of the public. The Director, Defence Information, Brig. Gen. Rabe Abubakar, said in a statement on Thursday that the ter ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has filed a seven count charge against the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Olisah Metuh in a federal high court, Abuja. Interestingly, the name of a former Chairman of the Board of Trustee of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Tony Anenih, again surfaced in the charges bordering on the diversion of $2.1billion funds meant for procurement of arms. ...

Recently sacked Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr Ibrahim Lamorde has sneaked into the country after fleeing the country under the guise of medical treatment to avoid appearing before a Senate panel probing his alleged diversion of over N1trillion in cash and assets recovered from corrupt public officials. This fact is coming out just as a group of Northern youths today call ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, arrested the Director-General of the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Emeka Mba, over an alleged N15 billion fraud. Mba was arrested in Abuja and taken to the EFCC’s headquarters where he is currently being grilled. Sources say the EFCC had been investigating the NBC in the past one month. Last week, some EFCC detectives stormed the head ...

Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu has said that the continued detention of the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is due to his unwillingness to admit and return the over N400 million he allegedly received from former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki who is currently facing multiple trial for sharing over $2.1billion ar ...

Northern Youths under the auspices of Northern Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) on Monday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to start his anti-corruption war with the arrest and trial of former Chairman of the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC ), Ibrahim Lamorde for misappropriating recovered loot worth over N1trillion. Lamorde has since last year fled abroad following a probe into his mismanagement a ...

Two men, who claimed to be President Mohammadu Buhari’s private security aides, were on Saturday, arrested at the Afao-Ekiti country home of the Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose for presenting themselves as staff of the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), with influence over the report of the military panel set up to investigate alleged involvement in partisan politics by some soldiers an ...