The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr Ola Olukoyede, on Thursday, raised the alarm about the craze for gratification and bribes among the commission’s investigators, noting that he had a process in motion to fish them out. Olukoyede made this disclosure on Thursday in his New Year …
Read More »DSS frees ex-EFCC boss, Bawa after 134 days
The Department of State Services has freed the embattled ex-Economic and Financial Crimes Commission boss, Abdulrasheed Bawa, after exactly 134 days spent in the custody of the secret police. According to Punch,Bawa was released from the national headquarters of the secret police, ‘Yellow House,’ in Abuja, on Wednesday night. Bawa …
Read More »Shake Up at EFCC: President Tinubu suspends AbdulRasheed Bawa Indefinitely.
The Nation’s apex Anti-Corruption Agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)has come under scrutiny.President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the indefinite suspension from office,it’s Chairman, Mr AbdulRasheed Bawa,CON. This was announced in a statement by Willie Bassey, Director, Information in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the …
Read More »EFCC Gives Nigerian Bankers 3-month Ultimatum to Declare their Assets
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has said that it expects all operators in the Nigerian financial system especially bankers to declare their assets latest June 1, 2021. The Commission’s Executive Chairman, Abdulrashed Bawa, dropped this hint today March 16, while speaking with journalists at the State House, Abuja …
Read More »EFCC Arraigns Three FIRS Directors, Six Other Officers for N4.5bn Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Thursday, March 11, 2021 arraigned Peter Hena, Former Coordinating Director of Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS and eight other officers of the agency before Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. The others are Mohammed Bello Auta (Director …
Read More »EFCC Bursts Syndicate of 13 Cybercrime Suspects in Abuja
Luck ran out on a syndicate of 13 cybercrime suspects on Thursday March 11, when operatives of the Abuja Zonal Office of the EFCC raided their hideouts and apprehended them. Five of the suspects were picked up at an N8m a year apartment in Gilmore Estate, Jahi, while the other …
Read More »EFCC Arraigns Insurance Broker for Diversion of N26bn PHCN Severance Benefit
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday arraigned Abiodun Waheed Hassan and his Company Bestworth Insurance Brokers Limited before Justice S.C Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Apo, Abuja on a five count charge of alleged criminal breach of trust and misappropriation of funds to the …
Read More »EFCC Docks Varsity Staff for N11.4m Fraud
The Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Thursday arraigned one Andrew Eigbokhaebholo, a staff of the University of Calabar, before Justice S. M Shuaibu of the Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River State. He was arraigned alongside his company, Panandy Oil and …
Read More »Dasuki’s Accomplice Said He Spent N2.2bn for Prayers Against Boko Haram – EFCC
An Economic and Financial Crimes Commission investigating officer, Adariko Michael, on Tuesday, alleged that N2.2 billion was spent on prayers in Nigeria and Saudi Arabia to win the war against Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria. Mr Michael was giving evidence as the first prosecution witness (PW1) in the trial of Sambo Dasuki, …
Read More »Nigeria Establishes New Agency to Manage Recovered Assets
The Federal Executive Council, FEC, on Wednesday approved the establishment of a new agency named “The Proceeds of Crime Recovery and Management Agency.” The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, which is the flagship anti-corruption agency in the country, manages and sell assets recovery. Minister of Justice and Attorney General …
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