Nigeria’s economic crimes agency arrested the country’s accountant general over charges of diverting public funds and money laundering to the tune of 80 billion naira. ORDINARY 80billion! At about the same time anoda tory burst. Follow me hear as The Guardian take report am; Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), arrested the former Managing Director of the Read More
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has called for more collaboration among Ministries, Departments and Agencies, (MDAs) in the fight against economic and financial crimes. The call was made in Abuja, Wednesday, by the commission’s Deputy Chief of Staff, Sambo Maiyana Muazu at a two-day sensitisation programme on the Eagle Eye application for assistant directors of the Federal Ministry Read More
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has confirmed the arrest former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Nsima Ekere, over alleged diversion of funds. He was said to have been arrested for diverting up to N47 billion through registered contractors of NDDC. Details loading…
A Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Patricia Etteh, has been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Mrs Etteh is accused of fraudulently handling the N130m solar street light project in Akwa Ibom state. Details are still sketchy on the issue but She was speaker of the House of Representatives for five months, between June Read More
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Monday, arrested the Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Mr. Ahmed Idris, in connection with diversion of funds and money laundering activities to the tune of N80billiong. A press statement by the EFCC, Head, Media & Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, in Abuja, said, “The Commission’s verified intelligence showed that the AGF raked off the Read More
The immediate past acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has been promoted to the level of Assistant Inspector-General of Police, the Police Service Commission (PSC) has eventually revealed. The PSC also confirmed the appointment of Deputy Inspector Genreal of Police (DIG) John Ogbonnaya Amadi, just as the commission approved the appointment of Zama Bala Read More
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Tuesday, arrested 30 suspected internet fraudsters in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti state. The suspects, comprising of 28 males and two females, were arrested at different locations in Ado-Ekiti based on credible intelligence obtained by the command. EFCC Head of Media and Publicity, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, in a statement issued Wednesday, Read More
Retirees of the Nigerian Railway Corporation(NRC) have called on President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to urgently intervene and find out why the NRC management allegedly refused to pay their N3,637,00billion pensions and entitlements. The pensioners who are members of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), also claimed the money meant Read More
Politician and Businessman, Pascal Chubuike Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, has finally broken silence after his arrest by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). It was reported on Saturday night that the socialite was arrested by the commission over allegations of tax fraud. He was said to have been apprehended at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Read More
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said it would appeal the ruling by Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court, Abuja, quashing the money laundering charges against a former Group Managing Director (GMD), Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr. Andrew Yakubu. A press statement by EFCC Head, Media & Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, Thursday in Abuja, said Yakubu Read More
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has stated why it took on a N1.4 billion fuel subsidy fraud case involving Abubakar Ali Peters and his company, Nadabo Energy Limited. EFCC chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, said this, Tuesday, in his testimony as a prosecution witness at the trial of Peters and his firm, held at the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja. Read More
There is no bigger indictment in recent times than the one delivered recently by former President Olusegun Obasanjo on the Economic and Finance Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Offences Commission, ICPC, – the two state agencies he created while in office to fight corruption. These agencies, gradually turning to instruments of blackmail and sensational media Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja advised the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to avoid being used for partisan politics or getting dragged into personal disputes. He rather urged the Commission to focus on serving the nation to entrench good governance. The president, who gave the advice at the Unveiling of the EFCC Standard Operating Procedures, Policies and Read More
The chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has disclosed that the detained former governor of Anambra state Willie Obiano has been granted administrative bail. Bawa who spoke on Monday said already both the commission and Obiano are perfecting bail details. Details loading…
The Immediate past governor of Anambra state, Willie Obiano, has now spent four nights in the custody of the Economic Financial Crimes commission (EFCC) over alleged misapropriation of fund. Obiano was earlier seen in a leaked video drinking water while in the custody. He was arrested on Thursday. This was just hours after Obiano handed over as governor of the Read More
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says former Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra is currently in its custody undergoing interrogation after his arrest on Thursday. Mr Wilson Uwujaren, the Head of Media and Publicity of the EFFC, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja. He said Obiano who arrested at Read More
Hours after handing over to Prof. Chukwuma Soludo as governor on Thursday, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested former Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Lagos. Obiano, who has been on the Commission’s watchlist for months, was arrested at about 8.30pm, Blueprint gathered. The former governor was reportedly on his way out Read More
Victor-Marie Hugo, a French poet, novelist and essayist, died more than two centuries ago but there still stands some immortal and memorial thoughts he blessed the world with before his demise in 1885.Hugo said that: ” There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has come”. These thoughts bear Read More
Years after Amadin Aideyan allegedly committed unpardonable fraud against the state, and was alleged to have forged documents and signature to withdraw funds from the First Bank account 2000697578, 2000697585, 2000681696, 2000682325, 3001513489 and 2003825259 of Late. Pa S.A Aideyan, he has continued to walk freely without further arrest. In Jan of 2015, a petition was filed at the EFCC Read More
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Thursday kicked against plan by the Senate to enact new anti-money laundering laws without required amendments on the existing Money Laundering (Prevention ) Act 2011. Similarly, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Attorney – General of the Federation Abubakar Malami(SAN) also disagreed on the proposed establishment of proceeds of crimes commission. Divergent positions Read More
Justice N.E. Maha of the Federal High Court has ordered the final forfeiture of 24 property held by fronts and proxies to a top military officer, to the federal government of Nigeria. EFCC Head, Media and Oublicity, Wilson uwujaren, in a press statement, Tuesday in Abuja, said the order was pursuant to a forfeiture application by the Economic and Financial Read More
Operatives of the Ibadan zonal command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 26 suspected internet fraudsters in Ibadan. The EFCC said in a statement made available to journalists in Ibadan that the arrested internet fraudsters included a fake personal assistant to Oyo state governor on media matter. EFCC stated that the arrested internet fraudsters were nabbed Read More
FCT high court Maitama, Thursday, remanded a member of the House of Representatives, Gabriel Saleh Zock, for alleged land fraud of N185 million. The embattled lawmaker is representing Kachia/Kagarko federal constituency of Kaduna state in the Green Chamber. Zock was arraigned by the EFCC on a-two-count bordering on fraud. While giving the order on Thursday, Justice Halilu Yusuf held that Read More
The Director General of Voice of Nigeria (VON) Mr. Osita Okechukwu is currently being interrogated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Saturday. This is happening after the country’s anti-graft agency reportedly detained the All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain over alleged case of conspiracy, abuse of office and misappropriation of public funds to the tune of N1.3billion. Already, Read More
With its humongous N152billion and $386million recoveries in 2021, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is raising the bar as one of the boosters of Nigerian economy. For an economy that is rising from the ashes of COVID-19 pandemic and its associated convulsions, an injection of N152billion and $386million into its covers, through recoveries, by the EFCC deserves more Read More
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