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“The knee on his neck” reminds us of the case of the American citizen, George Floyd, who was murdered in Minneapolis, Minnesota on 25 May, 2020 by a policeman, Derek Chauvin, a white police officer who pressed his knee on Floyd’s neck for 9 minutes, 29 seconds. Floyd’s last words were: “I can’t breathe.” He […]
Continue ReadingFormer Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has alleged that his offices and residences have been raided by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC). Speaking through his office, Malami claimed the alleged raid was because of his recent reference to the Salami report. A statement issued […]
Continue ReadingOfficers of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested Lagos-based socialite and businessman, Fred Ajudua, in Abuja following a Supreme Court order revoking his bail. The Supreme Court, in a ruling delivered on Friday, May 5, 2025, ordered Ajudua’s remand in a correctional facility and revoked the bail earlier granted him by the […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the recently sacked managing directors and some top officials of the Port Harcourt Refining Company, Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company, and Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company. The officials were arrested over alleged mismanagement of funds earmarked for the rehabilitation of the facilities. The total amount […]
Continue ReadingOfficers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested a popular Lagos socialite, Emeka Okonkwo alias E-Money, for allegedly abusing currency notes. Sources within the EFCC on Tuesday said E-Money was arrested on Monday night at his residence in the Omole area of Lagos, for allegedly spraying United States dollars (US$), an act […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday allegedly arrested businesswoman Aisha Achimugu at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja. It was gathered that Achimugu was arrested around 5:00am shortly after her return from London. Achimugu had been declared wanted in March by the EFCC over allegations of criminal conspiracy and money laundering. […]
Continue ReadingOsun State government has officially petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate the immediate past governor and current Minister of Blue Economy, Mr. Gboyega Oyetola, over alleged misappropriation of a $20m World Bank health grant. Adeleke’s government also accused Mr. Oyetola of money laundering, financial misconduct and violations of the Public Procurement […]
Continue ReadingSpecial Offences Court sitting at Ikeja, on Tuesday, discharged and acquitted former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, of medical forgery charges brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Delivering her ruling on the no-case submission filed by Fani-Kayode’s counsel, Mr. Wale Balogun, SAN, Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe stated that the prosecution failed […]
Continue ReadingA year ago, Mr Olanipekun Olukoyede, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), openly lamented the “craze and quest for gratification, bribes and other compromises” by some of the commission’s investigators. “They are becoming too embarrassing and this must not continue,” he said. Monday last week, the EFCC dismissed 27 officials over alleged […]
Continue ReadingEconomic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has invited Subomi and Wahab, sons of billionaire industrialist Razaq Okoya, for interrogation over alleged abuse of the naira. The brothers were directed to appear at the EFCC Lagos office on Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, by 10 a.m. on Monday, January 13, 2025. In the invitation signed by Michael Wetkas, […]
Continue ReadingJust a few days after it secured a final forfeiture of 753 duplexes and other apartments in Abuja, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has again secured another final forfeiture of a property along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The property is a warehouse measuring 1.925 hectares and situated on Km 8, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, […]
Continue ReadingCourt documents filed on Tuesday by Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have finally revealed that the 753-duplex estate in Abuja is tied to Godwin Emefiele, the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, and his cronies, including one Ifeanyi Omeke. The estate, located in the Lokogoma District, covers over 150,000 square meters […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has disclosed the recovery of an estate in the Lokogoma District of Abuja, Nigeria, measuring 150,500 square metres and containing 753 units of duplexes and other apartments. EFCC described this as its “single largest asset recovery” since its inception in 2003. In a ruling on Monday, December 2, […]
Continue ReadingToday, October 22, is the day that has been set aside by the Supreme Court of Nigeria for the hearing and the consolidation of the suit brought before the Court in the matter between 16 states of the Federation and the Attorney General of the Federation to determine the legality or otherwise, to wit the […]
Continue ReadingOfficers of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) raided Urban FM, a popular radio station in Enugu State, on Monday and arrested a presenter during a live programme around 6:35 p.m. The arrested presenter of the station has been identified as Favour Ekoh and she was said to have been forced out of the […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed fresh charges against the wanted former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, accusing him of N110bn fraud. The commission originally filed 19-count charge against the former Kogi governor, along with his nephew Ali Bello, Dauda Suliman, and Abdulsalam Hudu, for money laundering offences amounting to N80,246,470,088.88 […]
Continue ReadingChairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has disclosed that unknown to young cryptocurrency traders in Nigeria, terrorists are using their trade to fund terrorism in the country. Olukoyede said some of the people who receive money to trade in cryptocurrencies do not know that their financiers are sponsors of terrorism. […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, over an ongoing N8,069,176,864.00 money laundering investigation. Punch reports that the indicted former Minister of Aviation arrived at the Federal Capital Territory Command of the EFCC at about 1:00 pm on Tuesday, April 23. The ex-Minister is being grilled on […]
Continue ReadingIn a notice posted on the commission’s official Facebook page on Thursday, Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared a former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, wanted for offences relating to economic and financial crimes. The notice reads: “The public is hereby notified that Yahaya Adoza Bello (former Governor of Kogi State), […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is probing 50 bank accounts, as it recovered N30 billion in the case of the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Betta Edu, and the ongoing probe of the ministry over alleged money laundering. This latest development was revealed in a bulletin titled, “EFCC Alert,” detailing some major arrests, […]
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