Tag: The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
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N3bn Amnesty Funds: EFCC seizes 6 properties traced to suspects
Six properties traced to some suspects alleged to have diverted about N3,000,000,000 amnesty funds in the Niger Delta have been…
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N19.7b NIMASA fraud: EFCC re-arraigns Akpobolokemi, 3 others
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday re-arraigned former NIMASA boss Patrick Akpobolokemi and three others before a…
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EFCC wades into missing N500m Chibok safe school funds
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it is looking into the alleged missing N500m Chibok safe school funds commissioned…
Magu not removed — EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has debunked speculation that its Acting Chairman, Mr Ibrahim Magu, has been removed…
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Breaking: Magu still in charge of EFCC – Presidency
The Presidency has dismissed social media report on the removal of Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission…
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Breaking: EFCC drags Etete, Adoke to court over Malabu $1.1b oil deal
The anti-graft EFCC has filed fraud charges against Nigeria’s former Attorney-General, Mohammed Adoke; a former petroleum minister, Dan Etete; and…
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Breaking: Senate refuses to confirm Magu as EFCC chairman
The Senate on Thursday rejected the nomination of Ibrahim Magu as the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission…
EFCC to appeal court’s order to defreeze Fayose’s accounts
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday faulted an order by a Federal High Court asking it to…
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How ex-NIMASA boss, Akpobolokemi converted N4.5bn to US dollars- Witness
A star witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Adamu Usman Yusuf, Monday told a Federal High Court…
Appeal Court orders continued trial of Ikuforiji, aide
The Court of Appeal, Lagos has set aside the ruling of a Federal High Court that cleared former Speaker of…
EFCC to engage women in anti-corruption fight
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has disclosed plans to engage Nigerian women in a nationwide sustainable fight against…
EFCC arraigns banker, another over $1m fraud
Two men, including a Diamond Bank employee, on Friday appeared in a Federal High Court, Abuja, charged with money laundering,…
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Armsgate: Air Vice Marshall docked, remanded in Kuje prison
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, arraigned Air Vice Marshall Tony Omenyi (rtd) alongside his company, Huzee…
N136m fraud: EFCC closes case in trial of ex-NIMASA boss
Mr Wale Akoni (SAN), the counsel to Calistus Obi who is standing trial on a N136 million fraud charge, says…
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Incredible! Ex-customs boss returns stolen N1billion to govt
Incredible but true. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has confirmed that a former Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service…
EFCC confirms Abati’s release
Former Presidential Spokesperson, Reuben Abati has been released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), its Spokesperson, Mr Wilson…
Reuben Abati out of EFCC cell
Former presidential spokesman in the Goodluck Jonathan administration, Dr. Reuben Abati, has been released by the Economic and Financial Crimes…
Buhari’s anti-corruption war: Who is afraid of Magu?
With the heightened frequency of astonishing disclosures of official graft, and its accompanying high-profile arrests, interrogations, detentions, recovery of looted…
Kukah visits EFCC, meets Fani-Kayode, Obanikoro, others
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Revd. Mathew Kukah, on Monday visited the headquarters of the Economic and Financial…
Breaking: EFCC re-arraigns Orji Uzor Kalu in court for fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday charged former Gov. Orji Uzor Kalu of Abia with money laundering…
Reuben Abati still in EFCC cell
One week after he was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for allegedly collecting N50m from the…
Reuben Abati regains freedom
Dr. Reuben Abati, former spokesman of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has regained freedom after being detained for about a week by…
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EFCC quizzes senior lawyers over huge money in judges’ accounts
In its efforts to get to the bottom of the corruption in the judiciary, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission…
How Akpolobokemi paid N40m rent for 2 years in Banana Island – Witness
An operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Orji Chukwuma, while being led in evidence by the EFCC…
Fani-Kayode for arraignment Nov. 10 – EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), is to arraign former Minister of Aviation, Mr Femi Fani-Kayode, on new charges…
Recovered Loots: EFCC surpasses 12-year record – Magu
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says what it achieved within the last 11 months in terms of looted…
Breaking: EFCC arrests former FCT minister Bala Mohammed
A former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Bala Mohammed, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes…
Breaking: Ex-presidential spokesman, Reuben Abati arrested
Former Senior Special Assistant to former President Goodluck Jonathan on Media, Dr. Reuben Abati has been arrested. According to Premium…
N4.9bn Laundering: EFCC re-arrests Fani-Kayode in court
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday re-arrested Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, after he emerged from trial before a…
EFCC recovers N196m in Borno
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it recovered more than N196 million on financial crimes during various operations…