The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, has announced that the commission has been granted access to the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System to monitor government disbursements. According to Olukoyede, this access will enable the EFCC to track all disbursements and ensure proper ut...
•The suspects The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Enugu Zonal Directorate, reported that its operatives have arrested two Chinese nationals, Wang Jiang and Wang Richard, for allegedly attempting to export solid minerals without a permit. The commission stated that it received intelligence from the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeri...
•Governor Godwin Obaseki Outgoing Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki has said he is ready to willingly submit himself to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission if the anti-graft agency would need him over his stewardship in the last eight years in the state. Obaseki, speaking to reporters yesterday in Abuja, on the sideline of [&helli...
•Abdullahi Ganduje A coalition of 51 of anti-corruption groups has formally petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), seeking the immediate arrest and prosecution of Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, the former Governor of Kano State and current national chairman of the All Progressives Congress. The petition, dated November 4, 202...
The League of Patriotic Lawyers has urged the federal government to strengthen the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to enable it go after all former and serving public officials who embezzled public funds. It said Nigerians should support the agency in its quest to rid Nigeria of corruption, reports The Nation. Speaking with rep...
•Former Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested a former Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, for alleged diversion of N1.3 trillion 13% derivation fund from the federation account between 2015 and 2023. An EFCC source confirmed the former governor’s arrest to our c...
Less than twelve days to the final handing-over event in Edo State, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has allegedly arrested all signatories to the state government’s accounts. It was gathered that the move was to ground the outgoing government of Governor Godwin Obaseki until the handover of government on November 12 to the ...
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested four suspects for unauthorised access to banks’ computer systems. The suspects were also accused of fraudulently withdrawing depositors’ funds, reports The PUNCH. The arrested individuals include the leader of the syndicate, identified as Chima Nwigwe, along with Effiong ...
•Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun The Ogun State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Oluwasina Ogungbade (SAN), has decried the continued media report saying the state is challenging the legality of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission at the Supreme Court. Ogungbade, in a statement yesterday, wondered why some sections ...
•Governor Alia The Benue State Government has officially withdrawn its challenge to the legitimacy of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) at the Supreme Court. Meanwhile, it says Barr Fidelis Mnyim, its Attorney General and Commissioner for Justi...
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