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EFCC tells Ekweremadu to “sleep easy” if clean
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has advised the Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, to “sleep easy”…
Money laundering: INEC official convicted, sentenced
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on Wednesday sentenced an official of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Yisa…
CD advocates confirmation of Magu as EFCC boss
The Campaign for Democracy (CD) has urged the National Assembly to confirm Mr Ibrahim Magu as the substantive chairman of…
Pension scam: EFCC denies inducing defendant
An operative with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) , Rukayya Ibrahim, told the FCT High Court on Wednesday…
EFCC to launch anti-corruption programme in universities-Magu
Mr Ibrahim Magu, the Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says the commission will soon launch its anti-corruption…
Court orders forfeiture of cash belonging to former First Lady
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday ordered a temporal forfeiture of $5.8 million belonging to a former First…
N1.64bn fraud: Witness denies seeing Nyame receive N100m
A defence witness, Philip Akolo, who was an orderly to former Taraba governor, Jolly Nyame, on Tuesday told an FCT…
EFCC arraigns Jonathan’s doctor
An ex-chief physician to former President Goodluck Jonathan has been arraigned before the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in…
Court orders temporary forfeiture of PDP Senator’s building
A Federal High Court, Lagos, on Monday, ordered the temporary forfeiture of a 12-storey building belonging to a People’s Democratic…
Discovered N6bn belongs to Niger State – Gov. Bello
Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger on Friday said that the N6 billion discovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission…
EFCC may declare Ex-Commissioner wanted over N6bn discovery
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it may declare a former Commissioner of Local Government in Niger wanted…
Lawmaker wants special courts for corruption cases
A Lagos State lawmaker, Mr Segun Olulade, on Wednesday urged urgent establishment of special courts for speedy trial of corruption…
INEC: Indicted INEC staff refund bribe money
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday said some of its staff accused of benefitting from a N3.4 billion…
EFCC recovers $38m, N23m in Lagos home
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has discovered another large sum of money in a house in Ikoyi, Lagos.
EFCC intercepts another N250m cash haul
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday intercepted huge sums of money in various currencies totalling N250 million…
Kalu’s trial: Court upholds competence of EFCC’s witness
A Federal High Court on Monday in Lagos upheld the competence of a witness, Christiana Ohiri, in the ongoing trial…
EFCC Grills Ex-Niger Governor, Babangida Aliyu
A Former Niger State Governor, Babangida Aliyu, is currently being grilled by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over…
$570,000 fake US Dollars recovered from 419 Syndicates
The Kaduna Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arrested members of a notorious syndicate of…
Malabu Oil Scam: FG Seeks Arrest Warrant Against Adoke
The Federal Government on Monday approached the Federal High Court, Abuja, to seek guidance on whether it could make an…
Magu Seeks N5bn Compensation From Sun Newspaper
Ibrahim Magu, acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) EFCC, has written a letter to the publisher of…
EFCC Arrests Woman Over N45m Fraud
Ibadan Zonal office of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC), says it has arrested one Aminat Okiribiti for allegedly conspiring with…
EFCC Re-arraigns FUTA Vice Chancellor, Bursar for N156m Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday re-arraigned the duo of the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University…
INEC has not suspended 202 indicted staff- Director
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says it has not suspended its 202 staff members indicted for election malpractices by…
DSS releases more report indicting Magu for corruption
The Department of Security Service (DSS) recently released a seven-paged letter which sheds more light on the corruption allegations against…
EFCC arraigns consultant over alleged N8m fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arraigned a man, Innocent Lazarus before an FCT High Court, Kubwa,…
Magu’s rejection: Buhari urged to nominate someone else
Some politicians in Lagos have called on the Federal Government to look for another person to manage the affairs of…
Court stops EFCC from seizing $1.3 billion oil field from Shell, Eni
A Nigerian court on Friday overturned a request by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC to seize an oil…
Senate’s rejection of Magu, fight against corruption
An Abuja-based legal practitioner, Mr Innocent Daniel, said Senate’s rejection of Ibrahim Magu’s nomination for the chairmanship of the Economic…
Court orders forfeiture of ex-Naval Chief’s N1.8bn
A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the temporary forfeiture of the sum of N1.8 billion allegedly diverted from…
EFCC arrests “Sheikh” over internet fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested one Saheed Omoniyi over alleged N11 million fraud perpetrated through the…