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Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has released photos of some of the 40 properties Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court, Abuja, Nigeria, ordered former Deputy Senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, to forfeit to the Federal government. This platform earlier on reported that the antigraft agency had secured the order for the interim […]
Continue ReadingAs some party members have dragged its leadership before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over allegations of misappropriation of funds, among others, there is no end in sight yet for the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Under the aegis of the Forum of PDP Candidates and Aspirants for 2023 Elections, the […]
Continue ReadingA couple, pastor Onyinmiebi (Miebi Baraza) and Beatrice Bribena, has been declared wanted by Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The Bribenas are the promoters of Baraza Multipurpose Cooperative Society Limited. “We are dedicated to improving members’ lives via financial empowerment, business financing, thrift & credit, housing, scholarship, etc,” the company’s profile read. They […]
Continue ReadingBy the time the drama of arrest between former Imo governor, Senator Rochas Okorocha, and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ended, you realised both parties deserved each other. As it happened last week Tuesday, the supposed anti-corruption agency, EFCC, was to arrest Okorocha at his house in Maitama, FCT—the latest in the series of […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a former Governor of Zamfara State, Abdul’Aziz Yari, as part of investigations into the alleged N84bn fraud involving the suspended Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris. Sources in the EFCC told newsmen that Yari and the Chairman of a firm, Finex Professional Services, were arrested around […]
Continue ReadingReports coming in say some officers from Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have stormed the Abuja residence of the former Imo State Governor and All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential aspirant, Rochas Okorocha. Further reports say the EFCC finally arrested the former Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, after a long siege to […]
Continue ReadingSome aides to the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami SAN, have reportedly been grilled by Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The Cable reports that the EFCC quizzed the aides for allegedly selling presidential pardon. The President, Muhammadu Buhari, had pardoned about 159 convicts, including a former Governor of Plateau […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has taken into custody Eberechukwu, the wife of the immediate past governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano. According to Punch, the former Anambra First Lady, who has been under investigation, is currently in the custody of the commission in Abuja and was being questioned for alleged fraud. Mrs. […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arrested the immediate past Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. Reports say Obiano, who had been on the watch list of the EFCC, was arrested while trying to board a flight to the United States. The commission had in […]
Continue ReadingOperatives of the Enugu Zonal Command of the EFCC, have arrested pastor Kelechi Vitalis Anozie, a suspect on the watchlist of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). He was arrested on March 10, 2022, following credible intelligence linking him to alleged conspiracy, wire fraud and money laundering. Anozie and four other suspects: Valentine Iro, […]
Continue ReadingThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Osondu Victor Igwilo, a suspect wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) since 2018. EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, made this known in a statement on Monday, March 14. Uwujaren said Igwilo, 52, is the alleged leader of a criminal network of “catchers”. He was arrested alongside […]
Continue ReadingOfficers from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos state command, have re-arrested Dubai-based businessman, Ismailia Mustapha, popularly known as Mompha, for allegedly laundering funds obtained through unlawful activities and retention of alleged proceeds of crime. Mompha, who was arrested on Monday January 10, is currently standing trial alongside his company, Ismalob Global Investment […]
Continue ReadingPan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, on Thursday, lambasted former interim national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande, for saying he (Adebanjo) pestered APC chieftain, Bola Tinubu, to build him a house in Lekki, where he now resides. Chief Adebanjo, 93, at a press conference in Lagos on Thursday, […]
Continue ReadingExecutive Chairman of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has confirmed that a governor of a North-Central state is under investigation for allegedly withdrawing N60 billion in cash in six years. Bawa said this was uncovered by the newly-created Department of Intelligence (DI) under his administration. The EFCC Chairman who was giving […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Minister of Aviation, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Lagos. Fani-Kayode was said to be under investigation for alleged forgery and manipulation of documents. According to Punch, the former minister, who rejoined the All Progressives Congress in September, was brought to the Lagos Zonal Office […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) may have confiscated the passport of a popular socialite and businessman, Obinna Iyiegbu, popularly called Obi Cubana, who was arrested on Monday for alleged money laundering and tax fraud. Reports say that the seizure of his travel document was to prevent him from leaving the country while under […]
Continue ReadingSecurity operatives on Friday night October 29, conducted a search on the home of Justice Mary Odili, a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, in Abuja. The Supreme Court Justice is the wife of Peter Odili, former governor of Rivers state, who is currently on the watchlist of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement on Tuesday by his Media Adviser, Sam Nwaobasi, the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and ex-Senate president, Anyim Pius Anyim, has explained he went to the office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abuja, on his own volition, on Sunday, when he heard that his name was […]
Continue ReadingAbdulazeez Ganduje, son of Kano state governor, Umar Ganduje, has reportedly dragged his mother and the first lady of the state, Hafsat Ganduje, before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, over allegations of fraud. According to Premium Times, Mrs. Ganduje was invited to report last Thursday to the Abuja headquarters of the EFCC for questioning but she […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Ladeji Kelvin Babatunde. He was nabbed after allegedly obtaining over N38,000,000 from suspected internet fraudsters. Babatunde had boasted that he would prevent their arrest by the commission. An EFCC statement on Facebook said the defendant posed as an operative to perpetrate the act. “A four-bedroom uncompleted […]
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