By Archibong Jeremiah Listen To The Audio A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River State, presided over by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu has convicted one Obed Chukwuemeka Great, a student of the University of Calabar, and 13 others for offenses bordering on criminal impersonation with intent to defraud. The 13 others aged between 18
By Case File Listen To The Report A former Military Administrator Lt. Colonel Paul Edor Obi (Rtd.), of Bayelsa State, Nigeria between July 1998 and May 1999 during the transitional regime of General Abdulsalami Abubakar, was docked on Monday before Justice Mojisola Dada of an Ikeja Special Offenses Court, Lagos over alleged fraud. The former
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Justice N.E. Maha of the Federal High Court on Monday, February 14, ordered the final forfeiture of 24 properties held by fronts and proxies to a top military officer, to the Federal Government of Nigeria. The order was pursuant to a forfeiture application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, which
This is a column by Ken Henshaw, Executive Director of We The People. WITTY THOUGHT is a brisk review of situations in Nigeria with the intent to revive social consciousness. With this Abba Kyari drug revelation, it is obvious that despite his indictment by the United State FBI for being a member of the Hushpupi
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate the alleged fraud, mismanagement of public funds, embezzlement, corruption and sharp practices, against Emostrade Engineering Limited for abandoning the ₦1.2 Billion Specialist Hospital project in Ikom Local Government, Cross River State. According
By Archibong Jeremiah and Maxwell Effiong The new Secretary for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Barrister George Abang Ekpungu, is facing an indictment from the Cross River State Government for unaccounted N2.5 million. In May 2018, Ekpungu received the sum of N2.5 million from the Ministry of Lands and Urban Planning for residential
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River born legal practitioner, George Abang Ekpungu resumed today as the Secretary of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Ekpungu was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari in June this year in line with the EFCC act and was confirmed by the Senate despite a petition allegedly masterminded by allies of
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Uyo Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday arrested thirty-three suspected internet fraudsters during a sting operation at different locations in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. 17 were arrested at a location on Post Office Street, Royal Estate, off Ikot Omin, while 10 were apprehended