Litigation BREAKING: EFCC secures warrant to arrest ex-Kogi Gov Yahaya Bello BarandbenchApril 17, 2024April 17, 20240 A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, gave the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) the greenlight to arrest the… Read More
CommentaryFeatured N84b Theft: No court can prevent EFCC from prosecuting Yahaya Bello, by Femi Falana, SAN BarandbenchApril 17, 2024April 17, 20240 By virtue of section 35(1) (c) of the Constitution, the police, anti-graft agencies and other prosecutorial bodies cannot be prevented… Read More
CrimeFeatured N84bn Fraud: EFCC operatives lay siege to Yahaya Bello’s house in Abuja BarandbenchApril 17, 2024April 17, 20240 Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday, besieged the residence of the immediate past governor of… Read More
FeaturedLitigation Confessional Statement: EFCC back-stabbed me over N109b fraud trial—Ex-AGF BarandbenchApril 15, 2024April 15, 20240 The immediate past Accountant General of the Federation (AG-F), Ahmed Idris, is fighting the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)… Read More
CrimeFeatured Alleged N585m Fraud: We’ve not cleared Edu, others—EFCC BarandbenchApril 14, 2024April 14, 20240 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has not cleared anyone allegedly involved in the ongoing probe of… Read More
Crime I have no link with N30bn recovered by EFCC— Betta Edu BarandbenchApril 11, 2024April 11, 20240 The suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Betta Edu, has distanced herself from the N30 billion recovered by the Economic and… Read More
Crime EFCC’s fresh charges link Emefiele to four Lagos based companies BarandbenchApril 11, 2024April 11, 20240 No fewer than five firms have been linked with former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele in the… Read More
FeaturedLitigation At last, EFCC begins trial of Binance executive BarandbenchApril 8, 2024April 8, 20240 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned an executive of Binance Holdings Limited, Tigran Gambaryan, on alleged money laundering… Read More
FeaturedLitigation Lagos court sends Emefiele back to custody over alleged fraud BarandbenchApril 8, 2024April 8, 20240 The Ikeja Special Offences Court on Monday remanded the embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele,… Read More
CommentaryFeatured When public agencies go rogue, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu BarandbenchApril 7, 2024April 7, 20240 In January 2014, a coalition of advocates, including Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN); Jiti Ogunye and Tokunbo… Read More