Abia State News

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday quizzed a former Governor of Abia State, Chief Theodore Orji over alleged N27billion fraud. It was unclear yesterday if Orji, who was still being investigated as at press time, will be released or not. According to a source, the ex-…

Falana backs list ‘Panel recovers N4b, $800,000’ Critics  of the listing of treasury looters got some knocks yesterday. They are wrong, some stakeholders said in Abuja at the Second Forum of the Anti-Corruption Situation Room, organised by the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA)…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday closed its case in the trial of a former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, who is being prosecuted for an alleged fraud of N2.9bn. Kalu was re-arraigned on October 31, 2016 by the EFCC on 34 counts of money laundering before Justice Mohamm…

Nigerian taxpayers need to know this. Their representatives at the National Assembly , led by Senate President Bukola Saraki and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, have just illegally received and shared a hefty N10billion from the national treasury. The money is not part o…

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose The Court of Appeal in Ado Ekiti on Thursday, directed the freezing of the account of the Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose. The court allowed the appeal filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against the judgment of Taiwo Taiwo o…

The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus, allegedly received N250m from the Office of the National Security Adviser under the leadership of the embattled former NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.), an Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s report has said. The report, which w…

The Federal High Court, Abuja on Tuesday fixed April 26 to hear a suit filed by Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu seeking to be heard in a suit seeking temporary forfeiture of 22 of his houses to the Federal Government. The Federal Government had on March 21 filed an ex parte motion,  see…

The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere; a Second Republic lawmaker, Dr. Junaid Mohammed; and the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, among others, came down heavily on the Federal Government over the release of a looters’ list containing just six names. They described the …

A FORMER Special Assistant to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Waripamo-Owei Dudafa, yesterday said he was not aware that over five suitcases given to him by former President Goodluck Jonathan’s Aide De Camp, Onne Adegbe, had cash in them. Dudafa denied that the suitcases were 10 in numb…

A FORMER Special Assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Waripamo-Owei Dudafa, yesterday said he was not aware that former First Lady Dame Patience was a one-time permanent secretary in Bayelsa State. He was testifying during hearing in Mrs. Jonathan’s suit before Justice Mohammed Idri…

Victor Oluwadamilare, Special Assistant Media to Mr. Adebayo Shittu, Minister of Communications, has accused his boss of greed and wickedness. Mr. Oluwadamilare made the allegations in a letter to the minister. Dated March 12 and exclusively obtained by SaharaReporters, the former spokesperson’s l…

Sen. Ike Ekweremadu      The Deputy President of the Senate, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, says he has no asset to be forfeited to the government as he has declared all his assets with the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) as required by law. This was made known in a statement by his Special Adviser (Media)…

Orji Uzor Kalu An operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ovie Akpoyibo, has told a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, South West Nigeria that he never testified that one Micheal Udoh, who was a cashier at the Abia State Government House, has fled the country. He made…

Ike Ekweremadu, Deputy Senate President The Nigerian Government is seeking an interim order of the Federal High Court, Abuja to temporary seize 22 prime properties/assets of Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu located in London, Dubai, Florida and Abuja, that were declared before the Code of…

Court Witness Against Orji Uzor Kalu Reportedly Fled To Cameroon Mr Akpan Udoh, an accountant in the Abia Government House, who was scheduled to testify in the alleged N3.2 billion fraud trial of the former Abia Governor, Orji Uzor Kalu, has relocated to Cameroon. The counsel to the prosecution t…

The trial of a former Abia State Governor, Orji Uzor Kalu, and two others on allegations of fraud to the tune of about N3bn continued yesterday at a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos. The 13th prosecution witness, Ovie Akpoyibo, an operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EF…

The House of Representatives on Wednesday queried the alleged “disappearance” of the $150,000 grant given to the Athletics Federation of Nigeria by the International Association of Athletics Federations  in 2017.  The lawmakers  passed a resolution in Abuja, summoning sports minister  Solomon D…

Former Governor of Abia State, Mr. Orji Uzor Kalu A Federal High Court, Lagos, has adjourned continuation of trial until March 6 in the N3.2bn fraud charge preferred against ex-governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The EFCC had, on October 31,…

PDP chairman, Uche Secondus. [Photo credit: Concise News] Oloyede Olawale, the fifth prosecution witness in a $1.6 billion fraud trial involving Jide Omokore, on Thursday told Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, how the defendant bought exotic cars with mil…

The Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday ordered the final forfeiture of two penthouses valued at $4.760m belonging to former Petroleum Resources Minister Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke. They are: Penthouse 21, Building 5, Block C, 11th floor (Bella Vista Estate) Banana Island, Ikoyi; and Penthous…