Tag: efcc
Patience Jonathan: Senate directs banks to unfreeze accounts
Former First Lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan, on Wednesday, got a reprieve as the Senate Committee investigating the petitions against the…
Money laundering: Senator loses bid to stop forfeiture order
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday refused the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Peter Nwaoboshi’s application to vacate…
Ekiti state commissioners’ arrest unconstitutional — Attorney-General
The Attorney-General of Ekiti State, Mr Kolapo Kolade has described as unconstitutional the arrest of two Commissioners of the state…
Anti-corruption fight: EFCC calls for support
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, has urged Nigerians to support the commission in the anti-corruption…
Utomi to collaborate with EFCC in anti-corruption campaign
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says renown political economist, Prof. Pat Utomi, has sought its collaboration to promote…
EFCC confirms arrest of two Ekiti key financial officials
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has confirmed the arrest of two key officials of the Ekiti State Government…
Diesel theft: EFCC arraigns vessel, 6 crew members
A vessel, MT Vine and six members of its crew, were on Thursday brought before a Federal High Court, Lagos,…
EFCC opens office in Akwa Ibom
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has opened an office in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom capital, its Spokesman, Mr Wilson…
EFCC Arrests Varsity Graduate for Tax Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos zonal office, has arrested a suspected Internet fraudster, Ake Oluseun, for tax…
Corruption: EFCC lauds CJN’s move
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has commended recent move by the judiciary to prioritize corruption and financial crime…
Fake Canadian visa racketeer in EFCC’s net
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a suspected fraudstar, who specialised in issuing fake Canadian visa to…
Corruption: Magu tells looters to join fight
Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu, on Wednesday said repentant looters were free…
Centre bans prosecuting agencies from broadcasting their activities
The African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (ACFMIL), has urged the prosecuting agencies like the EFCC and ICPC to…
CJN Not Currently Under Investigation – EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has debunked reports that it is investigating the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN,…
EFCC recovers N409 billion in eight month
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, between January and August 2017 recovered about N409 billion and secured 137 convictions…
Slow judicial system frustrates anti-corruption war – EFCC
The fight against corruption is being delayed by Nigeria’s slow judicial system and delay tactics by defense lawyers, the Economic…
Gunmen attack: NLC urges EFCC not to be intimidated
The Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC) has called on the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) not to succumb to any threat…
EFCC offers sponsorship of doctorate anti-corruption researches
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says its acting Chairman, Mr Ibrahim Magu, has advocated the introduction of an…
EFCC to launch Diaspora anti-corruption movement
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has concluded plan to launch an anti-corruption movement in the Diaspora.
EFCC Pledges Support to AMCON on Asset Recovery
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Thursday pledged its support to Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria AMCON, in…
Lawmakers snubbing EFCC invitation should be arrested – CACOL
Taking a position akin to that recently put forward by Professor Itse Sagay, the Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership,…
EFCC files fresh motion to set aside Turaki’s bail
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had on Friday filed a fresh motion before an FCT High Court asking…
Corruption: EFCC Arraigns Former Enugu State Chief Judge
The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), on Friday arraigned former Enugu State Chief Judge, Justice Innocent Umezuluike before an…
Ex-VC, bursar remanded in EFCC custody
An Osun State High Court in Ile–Ife on Friday ordered that Anthony Elujoba, the immediate former Vice Chancellor of Obafemi…
Man bags 3 years in prison for online fraud
Okechukwu Brown, a father of three, was on Monday in Lagos sentenced to three years imprisonment for defrauding an American…
Corruption Root Cause Of Separatist Agitations – Magu
The acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ibrahim Magu, has identified corruption as the root cause…
Court acquits businessman of theft charge after 5 years
Grant Samuel, a 52-year-old businessman, who was arraigned by the EFCC on a N6 million fraud, was on Friday discharged…
EFCC arraigns Judge for $260,000; N8.65m unlawful enrichment
Justice Hyeladzira Nganjiwa of the Federal High Court, Bayelsa Division was on Friday arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes…
EFCC rewards 25 youths
The EFCC has rewarded 25 youths with Net book laptops with Bribe Buster application for joining the Commission in the…
Retired Navy officer docked over N90m fraud
A retired Navy Capt. Jerry Ogbonna, 63, who allegedly defrauded two banks of N90 million, was on Monday remanded in…