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Nigerian male cross-dresser, Idris Olarewaju Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, has been arrested and detained by the Lagos State Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, over abuse of naira, spraying of naira notes and currency mutilation. Bobrisky has failed to meet the bail conditions granted him by the commission. Spokesperson for […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has asked the Nigerian Presidency, the Federal Judicial Commission, and other Ministries, Departments and Agencies, to submit their anti-corruption strategies, as part of the agency’s efforts to stop the abuse of contracts. The Ministries, Departments and Agencies have up to March 1, 2024 to submit their strategies to […]
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Tinubu has immediately suspended Nigerian Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu, from office. This followed the decision to investigate the alleged corruption issues that have emerged in her ministry, which have littered the media space in the last few days. A statement announcing her suspension issued on Monday by […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared former Nigerian Minister of Power and Steel, Dr. Olu Agunloye wanted over alleged corruption and forgery. EFCC shared a public notice declaring Mr Agunloye wanted on its Facebook and Instagram pages on Tuesday. “The public is hereby notified that Olu Agunloye, whose photograph appears above, is wanted […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Aviation minister and Senator, Stella Oduah has faulted the fresh charges brought against her by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. She said she did not know about the charges which “have no proof of evidence bearing her statement as required by law,” stating that the charges were politically motivated and a gender-based […]
Continue ReadingIn view of the suspension of Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa by President Tinubu, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has announced Mr. Abdulkarim Chukkol as the Acting Chairman of the commission. The acting EFCC Chairman holds a bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Maiduguri (2000) and Post Graduate Certificate in Criminal Justice […]
Continue ReadingFormer governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, is being grilled by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged misappropriation of N4 billion. The ex-governor is being interrogated at the zonal command of the anti-graft agency in Ilorin, Kwara state capital, according to Punch. Fayemi reportedly arrived at the EFCC office at about 9:40 […]
Continue ReadingOfficers of Nigeria’s Department of State Security (DSS) have stormed the Lagos office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), preventing officials of the anti-graft agency from gaining access to their office in Ikoyi, Lagos. Very reliable sources in both federal agencies told Punch that there has been an ongoing rivalry between the DSS […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Minister of Petroleum, Mrs. Diezani Allison Madueke, has slammed a N100 billion libel and defamation suit against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) at a federal high court in Abuja. She also informed the court that she had been away from the country since […]
Continue ReadingSince he who asserts must prove, the onus is now on the Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle to provide evidence that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, demanded a bribe of $2 million from him. “It is not just to always blame governors. It is not only governors who have treasury, the federal government also has. What […]
Continue ReadingCivil Society Organisations (CSO) in Nigeria in conjunction with Network Against Corruption And Trafficking (NACAT) has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to investigate Senator Godswill Akpabio over allegations of financial misconduct. The group held a press conference on Tuesday in Abuja where they called for an investigation into Senator Godswill Akpabio’s alleged […]
Continue ReadingFormer Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, has declined an invitation by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), over an investigation involving alleged money laundering. According to reports, an invitation letter dated 12th May 2023, was sent to Fayemi by the EFCC. The Commission said it needed clarifications from Fayemi as part of the […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is to commence afresh the prosecution of a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, and three others at the Federal High Court, Abuja on alleged misappropriation of N4.6bn and money laundering Counsel for the EFCC, Rotimi Oyedepo SAN, told Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court in […]
Continue ReadingLagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on March 16, 2023, arraigned one Prof. Uche Chigozie Edwin for an alleged N1.4bn fraud before Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. Edwin was arraigned alongside his companies, Visionary Integrated Consulting Limited, NEMAD Associates Limited and Revamp Global […]
Continue ReadingChairman of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa has disclosed that the anti-graft agency arrested a man with the sum of N30 million of the new naira notes. Bawa made the disclosure during an interview on ‘Your View’ programme on Television Continental (TVC). “Just yesterday, we arrested somebody with N30 million of […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has on Friday intercepted the sum of N32,400 million allegedly suspected to be used for vote buying in Lagos State. The spokesperson for the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, in a statement, revealed that the recovery was made by operatives of the Lagos zonal command of the commission and that […]
Continue ReadingOperatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have commenced an investigation of Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, an actress and cosmetologist, for allegedly tampering with the redesigned Naira notes, an offence contrary to Section 21 (5) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Act, 2007. A statement released by the agency […]
Continue ReadingDirectorate of Strategic Communications for the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Council, has said that the NDLEA, and the EFCC ought to arrest and prosecute the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The allegations against Tinubu were detailed in a communique signed by Bashorun Dele Momodu (Director, Strategic Communication), Paul […]
Continue ReadingDr. Doyin Okupe, a former Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Media to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan and current Director General of Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the Labour Party (LP), has stated that his rearrest by the Department of State Service on the request of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), was erroneous and should not have happened. […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has announced that over N30 billion out of the N109 billion allegedly diverted by the suspended Accountant-General of the Federation, Idris Ahmed, has been recovered. This was disclosed by the Chairman of the Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, while appearing at the Ministerial Media Briefing organised by the Presidential Communications Team […]
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