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No politician above the law, all corrupt leaders will answer ―EFCC chair speaks on political defections

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Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) chairman, Ola Olukoyede, has reaffirmed the commission’s unwavering commitment to impartiality in the fight against corruption, stressing that all politicians, regardless of party affiliation, will be held accountable for financial crimes. Addressing issues as a guest on Channels Television, Olukoyede underscored that the EFCC operates strictly within its […]

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I rejected N500m offers when I buried my mother ―Olukoyede, EFCC chair

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Chairman of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Olanipekun Olukoyede, disclosed that he turned down offers of about N500m from various individuals during his mother’s funeral in 2019. Olukoyede spoke at the 38th Anti-Corruption Situation Room in Abuja on Thursday which was organised by the Human and Environmental Development Agenda Resource Centre, Kano State […]

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Freudian fraud, Akpabio and EFCC chair, By Festus Adedayo

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Father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud, must have had the conversation last week between Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and the recently cleared Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) Ola Olukoyede in mind. While propounding the theory of what is now known as Freudian slips in his 1901 book he entitled The Psychopathology of Everyday […]

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Why Diezani has not been brought to justice —EFCC chair

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Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has revealed that the commission has recovered $153 million from former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, who has been living in Britain since leaving office. Bawa, in the April edition of the EFCC magazine, EFCC Alert, also said the anti-graft agency recovered no fewer than 80 choice property […]

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Nigerian Bankers, Bank employees must declare asset by June 1 ―Bawa, EFCC chair

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Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said that it expects all bankers and other operators in the Nigerian financial system to declare their assets by June 1, 2021. EFCC’s new Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, gave the order in a chat with journalists at the State House, Abuja after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari. He […]

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