•EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has warned that delays by banks in releasing requested information are stalling investigations, insisting on full and timely cooperation from compliance offices across the country. EFCC Chairman, Mr Ola Olukoyede, issued the warning on Thursday in Enugu during a one-...
•EFCC chairman, Ola Olukoyede The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman, Olanipekun Olukoyede shook the headlines when he threatened to throw in the towel if the former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello wasn’t prosecuted for the alleged embezzlement of public funds to the tune of about N80.2 billion naira. In his words: “If ...
•The fake money Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have uncovered huge counterfeit foreign notes to the tune of $3, 430, 000 (Three Million, Four Hundred and Thirty Thousand United States Dollars) and €280, 000 (Two Hundred and Eighty Thousand Euros) in possession of a five-member ...
•The protesters A civil society organisation, Empowerment for Unemployed Youth Initiative (EUYI), today staged a peaceful protest at the headquarters of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja, calling for a swift and transparent probe of th...
•Malami and EFCC logo The African Democratic ConÂgress (ADC) has taken the EcoÂnomic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to the cleaner over the revocation of the bail initially granted to the former Attorney-General of the Federation, Mallam Abubakar Malami. The party, which said that politicising the fight against corruption is corruption...
•Ngige Former Anambra State governor and immediate past Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, is in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), not a kidnap victim, despite a surge of panic and speculation that swept through political circles yesterday. His media aide, Fred Chukwuelobe, stepped in swiftly ...
•Malami and EFCC logo The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has detained a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) for alleged terrorism financing. The ex-minister is also to explain issues relating to money laundering, especially operation of suspicious accounts, reports The Natio...
•Former Bayelsa State governor, Timipre Sylva Julius Bokoru, Special Assistant on Media and Public Affairs to the former Governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, has condemned the sealing of his principal’s Maitama home in Abuja by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Bokoru, in a statement titled, “a grave breach of decency: ...
•Obasanjo and Fayose The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), calling for a thorough probe into an alleged money laundering transaction involving former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose and former President Olusegun Obasanjo. In the petition sig...
•EFCC national headquarters Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has handed over N96.5 million to victims of ponzi schemes in Enugu State. Its spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, said this in a statement yesterday in Abuja. Oyewale said the step was in line with the anti-graft agency’s commitment to combating economic and financia...

