The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has dismissed allegations that its operatives brutalised staff of the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH), Akwa-Ibom State, during a recent visit to the facility. The anti-graft agency said the recent visit to the hospital by its operatives was purely administrative, insisting that no ...
•Social media influencer, Blessing CEO arraigned in Lagos The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned social media influencer and self-styled relationship therapist Blessing CEO over an alleged N36 million fraud. Blessing CEO, whose real name is Okoro Blessing Nkiruka, was arraigned today before ...
•Peter Obi Presidential aspirant, Peter Obi, has condemned the invasion of the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. He described the deployment of teargas within the hospital premises as a thoughtless act that endangered the lives of patients and medical staff, reports The PUNCH. Ob...
•Mustapha Abdullahi Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested the Director-General of the Energy Commission of Nigeria, Mustapha Abdullahi, over alleged money laundering offences. A source within the anti-graft agency, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak on the matter, discl...
•The EFCC notice on Sadiya Umar Farouq The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has declared former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Sadiya Umar Farouq, wanted over alleged criminal conspiracy, abuse of office, and diversion of public funds. The anti-graft agency posted the wanted notice on its website today. According to the EFCC notice,...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has raised concern over a prevailing financial impropriety in Nigerian universities, already placing several tertiary institutions’ top management under criminal investigation. The anti-graft agency also lamented that about six out of every 10 students in Nigerian universities are involved in cyb...
A 51-year-old father of ten, Akilu Salisu, has been taken into custody alongside a self-proclaimed cleric, Umar Mikailu Shuaibu, and Salisu Nura by the Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over their alleged involvement in the circulation of counterfeit foreign currencies, including United States Doll...
•Malami Former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of resorting to self-help by sealing his Abuja residence without due process. Speaking in Abuja today, Malami claimed that armed operatives of the commission stormed his home in Maitama and...
•Former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, aides and supporters outside his house shortly after it was marked for seizure by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja yesterday. Officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday sealed the reside...
•Godwin Emefiele and EFCC logo Abuja High Court, yesterday, fined the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) N500,000 for repeatedly seeking adjournments in the ongoing trial of former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele. The trial judge, Justice Hamza Muazu, imposed the fine after the prosecution failed to produce...

