Tag: Properties
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Gunmen strike again in Abia, attack Police Divisional Headquarters, burn properties
Gunmen have attacked a police divisional headquarters in Abia State in the south-east region of the country. According to reports, the attack on the police facility located at the Trademore Estate in Umuahia, the state capital was carried out at about 9:45am today (Sunday). While no life was lost in the incident, one of the…
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‘Nigerian politicians own 800 properties worth $400m in London, Dubai’
Mathew Page, an associate fellow of Chatham House, London, has advised Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) investigators to focus on real estate and education sectors, when tracking illicit financial flows and money laundering. He gave the advise in a paper he presented entitled “IFFs through the Real Estate and Education Sectors:…
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What is the fuss about next-of-kin? Ozioma Onyenweaku
By Ozioma Onyenweaku She sounded quite desperate on phone. She is a quiet cool lovingly lady enjoying a good relationship with her husband even as the husband is battling with terminal disease. What could be the problem? She insisted it was urgent that I came to the office. “Would you rather come to the house”,…
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Alleged proceeds of crime: Court refuses to forfeit Saraki’s Lagos properties to FG
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has set aside its order of interim forfeiture made against two properties of former Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki. Justice Mohammed Liman also dismissed an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission seeking final forfeiture of the properties to the Federal Government. The properties are located at…
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Court orders forfeiture of all Okorocha’s ‘illegally acquired properties’ as Imo governor
The Imo State High Court in Owerri on Thursday ordered an interim forfeiture of all properties said to be illegally acquired by a former governor of the state, Rochas Okorocha, while he was in office from 2011 to 2019. Justice Fred Njemanze gave the order following an application brought by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria,…
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Court throws out EFCC’s suit to forfeit Saraki’s properties to FG
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Monday declined an application seeking the final forfeiture of two properties belonging to a former Senate President Bukola Saraki. Justice Mohammed Liman held that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) provided insufficient and conflicting affidavit evidence in support of its prayer. The judge further held that…
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Court orders ICPC to take over properties of ex-JAMB Registrar, Dibu Ojerinde
[4:00 PM, 4/25/2020] Emma TNG: A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the interim forfeiture of Gravity FM, Igboho and some other properties belonging to Ex-Registrar of the Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Dibu Ojerinde. Ojerinde, was also pioneer Registrar of the National Examination Council, NECO, had joined the All Progressives Congress,…
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Police foil attempt to cart away seized properties in Okorocha’s warehouse
The police in Imo State on Monday foiled an attempt by some people to cart away the property stocked in one of the warehouses seized by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Owerri, the state capital. The police also impounded two trailers allegedly deployed to evacuate the property stocked in the warehouse and…
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Don’t sell properties under interim order, Court tells Okorocha
A Federal High sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has ordered a former governor of Imo State, Chief Rochas Okorocha and his family not to sell or alienate any of the properties that are subject of an interim order of the court pending the conclusion of investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).…
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Court orders forfeiture of Senator Nwaoboshi's 14 properties, 22 bank accounts
The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has approved an interim forfeiture of Senator Peter Nwaoboshi‘s properties to the Federal Government. Recall that the court made an initial order for the confiscation of 14 properties and 22 bank accounts linked to the embattled senator on Tuesday. The bank accounts were traced to Zenith Bank,…