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    Metro Nigeria's Arms Deal: Another Former Minister Sneaks Out of Nigeria

    Another recipient of the cash bonanza has slipped out of the country as operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, move to unveil the beneficiaries of the N3.1 billion withdrawn from the account of the National Security Adviser in the Central Bank of Nigeria for political...
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    Metro Nigeria's Arms Deal: Panel Summons Another Set of Military Officers

    The Special Investigative Panel on Arms Procurement by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) has invited more serving and retired military officers. According to theNation, the list of the affected officers has been sent to their units. It was learnt that some officers holding...
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    Metro Court Sends Ex-Defence Chief, Alex Badeh, to Prison

    The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday ordered that the former chief of defence staff, Alex Badeh be remanded in prison custody pending hearing on his bail application. Badeh was arraigned before Justice Okon Abang by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The defense...
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    Metro Nigeria's Arms Deal: Dasuki Says He is Ready For Trial But...

    Former National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd), has restated his readiness to defend himself and clear allegations on the criminal charges of unlawful possession of fire arms brought against him by the Federal Government only if there will be free access to his lawyers. Dasuki...
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    Metro Nigeria's Arm Deal: Judge's Absence Stalls Ex-CDS Alex Badeh's Arraignment

    The anticipated arraignment of former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Vice Marshal Alex Badeh before a Federal High Court in Abuja was today stalled by the absence of the judge. Justice Okon Abang, whose court the case was assigned, could not arrive from Lagos where he also sits in another court...
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    Metro Nigeria's Arms Deal: EFCC to Replace Evidence Against Dokpesi

    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has agreed to send fresh evidence against the former Chairman of Daar Communications and Investment PLC, Raymond Dokpesi, who was re-arraigned over alleged corruption. Dokpesi was on February 17 re-arraigned before Justice James Tsoho on a...
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    Metro Nigeria's Arms Deal: Ex-PDP BoT Chair, Haliru Bello in Fresh Mess

    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday filed before a Federal High Court in Abuja a fresh evidence of N300m allegedly received by a former Chairman, Board of Trustee of the Peoples Democratic Party, Haliru Bello, from the Office of the National Security Adviser, on February 27...
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    Politics Nigeria's Arms Deal: Why Jonathan’s ADC, Adegbe Not Opening Up On N10bn Disbursement

    According to Vanguard newspaper, efforts by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to extract information from Ojogbame Adegbe the aide-de-camp to former President Goodluck Jonathan, relating to the N10 billion allegedly moved from the Office of the National Security Adviser for...
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    Metro Nigeria's Arms Deal: Ex-PDP Chairman, Bello’s Son Got N300m for Doing Nothing – Witness

    A witness yesterday told a Federal High Court in Abuja, yesterday, that the son of former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and minister of Defence, Haliru Bello received the sum of N300 million without any contract, DailyTrust reports. An operative of the Economic and Financial...
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    Metro Jonathan's Ex-ADC Denies Controversial Statement Against Nigeria on Arms Deal

    Col. Ojogbane Adegbe, former aide-de-camp to immediate past president, Goodluck Jonathan, the military personnel has debunked ever threatening to open a can-of-worm about his erstwhile principal. Col. Adegbe, while expressing shocks and disbelief over the recent viral report, which quoted him...
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    Metro Nigeria's Arms Deal: Ex-Airforce Chief Returns N66m

    One of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) chiefs implicated and detained under house arrest at Niger barracks, Abuja, in the $2.1 billion arms deal has returned N66 million of the N90 million, allegedly traced to him, to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Related: Nigeria Will Burn...
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    Metro Nigeria's Arms Deal: NAF Fires Indicted Officers, Appoints New AOCs, PSOs

    The Nigerian Airforce High Command, yesterday, removed some of its officers, including Air Officers Commanding, AOCs, fingered in the $2.1billion arms scandal and appointed new officers to replace. Vanguard gathered that about four senior officers, Air Vice Marshals, AVMs, and Commodores, are...
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    Metro Nigeria Will Burn If I Open Up on Arms Deal - Jonathan’s ex-ADC

    Former aide-de-camp to former president Goodluck Jonathan, Col. Ojogbane Adegbe has said another Dasukigate may be imminent if he reveals what transpired in that administration. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) picked up Adegbe on Wednesday in Lagos where he was interrogated...
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    Metro Nigeria's Arms Deal: Army Hands Over 12 Top Officers to EFCC

    The Nigerian Army on Thursday said it had handed over 12 top ranking officers to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for investigations, in connection with the ongoing probe into how money meant for the procurement of arms were spent. A statement by the Acting Director Army...
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    Metro Nigeria's Arms Deal: Olisa Metuh in Fresh Trouble Over $47m Shared By Dasuki

    According to DailyTrust, an investigator of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Junaid Sa'aid on Tuesday told a Federal High Court in Abuja that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh might have received extra $2 million from former National...
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    Metro Nigeria's Arms Deal: Court Dismisses Dasuki’s Application to Halt Trial

    Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf of the Federal capital Territory (FCT) high court, Abuja, has struck out the application of Sambo Dasuki, former national security adviser (NSA), to stop his trial. Dasuki had sought three prayers from the court, ultimately to stop his trial. He predicated his prayers...
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    Metro Nigeria's Arms Deal: SEE Video of Houses Recently Sealed by EFCC in Abuja

    The present administration led by President Muhammadu Buhari has said it is committed to fighting corruption and ‘cleaning the rot’ left by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Buhari commissioned a panel to investigate how billions of dollars meant for the procurement of arms deal disappeared...
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    Metro Nigeria's Arms Deal: Sambo's Aide Reveals How Olisa Metuh Paid Him N25m

    A witness, Abba Dabo, former Special Adviser to the President in the office of the Vice President on Thursday told a Federal High Court in Abuja how he received the sum of N25 million from National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Olisa Metuh. Abba Dabo, testified that...
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    Politics Nigeria's Arms Deal: Olisa Metuh Appears in Court Without Handcuffs [See Photo]

    Olisa Metuh, the national publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) appeared in court room without the presence of prisons officials and handcuffs. Metuh arrived the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja this morning, for the continuation of his ongoing trial, Daily Post reports...
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    Metro Nigeria's Arms Deal: Panel Submits Fresh List to EFCC

    The presidential panel set up on arms procurement between 2007 and 2014 has forwarded a fresh report to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, The PUNCH gathered. It was reliably gathered on Tuesday that the latest report contained a list of officers of the Nigerian Army who would be...
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