•Activists Randy Peter and Mama Pee Activists Peter Akah and Precious Oruche, popularly known as Peter for Nigeria and Mama Pee, will return to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission today. This is to continue an investigation into allegations of Naira abuse levelled against them; their lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has said. Effiong disclose...
•EFCC chairman, Ola Olukoyede The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been urged to prioritise credible evidence over media narratives in prosecuting corruption cases, following the reported acquittal of former Petroleum Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke by a United Kingdom court. A public affairs analyst, Dr Ephriam Attah, made ...
•Former governor of CBN, Godwin Emefiele The Special Offences Division of the Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has admitted into evidence extrajudicial statements made by former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele in his ongoing trial over alleged abuse of office and multi-billion-naira fraud. In admitting the statements, J...
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) sitting at Maitama has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to pay a fine of N10million for defaming a former Minister of Power, Dr. Olu Agunloye, through a libelous publication on its social media handles. The court, in a judgment delivered by Justice Peter […]
•Former CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, today challenged the admissibility of a bundle of statements the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission sought to tender against him in his ongoing trial over an alleged $4.5bn and N2.8bn fraud and abuse of office. Emefiele, through his lead...
•Former Delta State governor, Ifeanyi Okowa Former Delta State governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, was at the Lagos office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, yesterday in connection with an ongoing investigation into allegations of illegal diversion of about ₦1.3 trillion. The EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, was ...
•VDM and EFCC operatives The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to probe activist-lawyer Deji Adeyanju and social media personality Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, over allegations relating to terror financing, illicit funding networks and other potential national security concerns. This followed a pet...
•EFCC Chairman Ola Olukoyede Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has hinted that some governorship aspirants in Nigeria spent between N20 billion and N30 billion to secure electoral victory, warning that the trend is a serious threat to democratic governance and fuels corruption in public office. Olu...
•Blessing CEO The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, today, arraigned self-styled relationship therapist Okoro Blessing Nkiruka, popularly known as Blessing CEO, before the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, over an alleged fresh ₦13 million fraud. Blessing CEO was arraigned before Justice Yelim Bogoro...
•National Assembly complex, Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday sought to re-arraign three senior officials of the National Assembly over an alleged N337 million fraud before the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in Jikwoyi, Abuja. The defendants are the Director of Public Affairs in the Directo...

