•Oluomo The impeached Speaker of the Ogun House of Assembly, Olakunle Oluomo, alongside two other principal career officers of the assembly, Dayo Samuel and Adeyemo Adedeji, were today arraigned before a Federal High Court sitting in Oke Mosan, Abeokuta, the capital of the state. Oluomo and the duo were dragged before the court by the [&hellip...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday demanded to see the death certificate of a former Director of Legal, Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Grace Taiga. Taiga’s lawyer, Daniel Alumun, had on November 4, 2023, informed the Federal Capital Territory High Court that his client had died, reports The PUNCH. Taiga is standing tri...
•Forex The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is investigating at least $347bn allocated to companies in Nigeria between January 2014 and June 2023, according to findings by our correspondents. This came as fresh findings show that the anti-graft agency has extended its forex allocation probe to include some foreign firms operating in Ni...
•Willie Obiano The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission will arraign the immediate-past governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, tomorrow, Wednesday, January 24, before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, over alleged money laundering to the tune of N4,008,573,350. It was gathered today that the ex-governor will be arrai...
The Northern Elders Progressive Forum and Northern Professionals Development Group have expressed concerns over “politically motivated media attacks” on former governors in the country by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In a communique signed by the Chairman of the northern elders, Dr. Usman Sani, and his Secretary, Comrad...
•Olukoyede The Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr Ola Olukoyede, has lamented the craze for gratification, and quest for bribes by some of the commission’s investigators. He cautioned the perpetrators to discontinue such immoral acts or face sanctions, reports The PUNCH. Olukoyede stated this today in his New Year address t...
•Computers A cyber-security specialist, Mr Chidiebere Ihediwa has advised the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to devise methods of re-orientating arrested educated online fraudsters (aka Yahoo Boys) to become information technology specialists. According to him, this strategy is better, rather than allowing them to languish in detenti...
•Wole Soyinka Nobel Laureate Prof Wole Soyinka says some politicians in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) should be answering questions from anti-graft agencies over corrupt practices during their time in elected offices. The elder statesman and spoke on Channels Television today . Soyinka, who will clock 90 in July, said when it is t...
Zenith Bank PLC, one of Nigeria’s leading financial institutions, has dismissed as entirely untrue reports on the purported arrest of its Group Managing Director, Dr. Ebenezer Onyeagwu, in a section of the media. The reports had claimed that Dr Onyeagwu was arrested by the EFCC in connection with alleged fraud at the Ministry of Humanita...
•Betta Edu Anti-graft investigators today have started grilling suspended Minister Betta Edu over alleged N585m disbursement fraud. Edu arrived at the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Jabi, Abuja, at 11am, a top source in the commission said, reports Channels TV. The embattled minister came alongside her a...
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