The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has been busy trying to solve a riddle handed them by the founding Chairman of Daar Communications Plc, Chief Raymond Dokpesi.
Dokpesi had told EFCC during interrogations that he was “embedded in various organizations.”
An EFCC source who confirmed this said that the agency is now trying to unravel the circumstances surrounding organizations' involvement with the N2.1b arms money collected by the media chief.
“In making up his defence, Dokpesi told interrogators that he was embedded in some...
Friday, 4 December 2015
Thursday, 3 December 2015
A former Chairman of the Presidential Implementation Committee on Marine Safety, Air Vice Marshal Salihu Atawodi (retd.), was on Thursday quizzed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC over an alleged N600m arms scam.
An EFCC source said that the agency invited Atawodi to answer questions on allegations of conspiracy, abuse of office and misappropriation of public funds.
Atawodi allegedly awarded a contract of N600m to one Alhaji Rabiu’s Hypertech Nigeria Limited for the procurement of military boats, which were paid for but not...
The MTN Group on Thursday announced the receipt of a letter from the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC confirming the reduction of the N1.04tn ($5.2bn) fine imposed on its Nigerian subsidiary to N674bn ($3.4bn).
The letter, dated 2 December 2015, was in response to MTN’s earlier request for a reduction in the fine which was imposed by the NCC for the telecommunications company's failure to disconnect 5.1 million unregistered SIM cards. The reduced fine must be paid by 31 December 2015.
As a fallout of the huge fine, the Chief Executive...
The youngest of the 100 Boko Haram terrorists on the wanted list of the Nigerian Army, 11 years old Master Usman Modu Tella, was yesterday arrested by soldiers in an Internally Displaced Persons(IDP) in Maiduguri, Borno State.
According to Army authorities, the young boy said he was in the camp to carry out suicide attack at a future date, and has been trained alongside three other children by Boko Haram bomb experts.
He disclosed that his three course mates have already been killed in suicide missions.
According to Army spokesman, Col...
Former National Security Adviser, NSA, Col Sambo Dasuki has described media reports that he implicated some PDP stalwarts for collecting massive amounts of money from security funds while he was in office as false.
Speaking through his lawyer, Mr. Ahmed Raji, the erstwhile NSA said he never squealed on anyone to the EFCC and was therefore at a loss as to where the authors got their information from.
“I was with Dasuki yesterday and wish to make a categorical statement that my client never made any statement of such nature or naming anybody or...
Wednesday, 2 December 2015
The retired Chairman of Daar Communications Plc, Chief Raymond Dokpesi's hope of regaining his freedom after meeting his bail conditions was on Wednesday dashed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
Dokpesi had been asked by the anti graft agency to surrender his travel documents and provide two directors in the Federal Civil Service as sureties for his bail.
However, having met his bail conditions on Wednesday, Dokpesi and his lawyer, Mr Mike Ozekhome were shocked to be told that the EFCC had secured a holding order from a magistrate...
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