Local governments will soon be on the front burner of the war against graft by the leadership of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The commission has signalled its desire to “buy in” people at the grassroots to achieve its desire to fight corruption, especially in the councils. EFCC Chairman Ola Olukoyede revealed this [&hel...
•Soyinka, Agunloye and Olukoyede Literally fuming on Monday, Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka demanded the detention of everyone directly or indirectly indicted in the alleged scam involving the Mambilla power project. He was speaking to the arrest and detention of a former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye by the Economic and Fi...
•Captain Musa Nuhu The Presidency yesterday said the suspended Director-General of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Musa Shuaibu Nuhu, will be probed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Earlier, President Bola Tinubu suspended Nuhu as the head of the NCAA, replacing him with Capt. Chris Najomo. Presidentia...
•Olu Agunloye The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday declared a former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye, wanted over alleged fraud to the tune of $6bn. Agunloye, who served under the administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo as a minister between 1999 and 2003, had earlier been invited and quizzed by the ...
•Emefiele The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has bowed to the order of the court by producing the former Governor of the Central Bank, Godwin Emefiele, in court for the hearing of his bail application. Emefiele who has been in the custody of Security agencies for over 149 days, was ordered by Justice Olukayode […]
•Emefiele A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has restated its earlier order directing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to either release former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele unconditionally or produce him in court tomorrow for him to get bail. Justice Olukayode Adeniyi restated the o...
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has called on heads of tertiary institutions across the country to join hands in tackling the rising cases of internet fraud among students. Olukayode disclosed this during an interactive session with chancellors, rectors and provosts of tertiary ...
•Emefiele The former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele didn’t make it to the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory today. This is despite an order of a trial judge Justice Olukayode Adeniyi for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to produce him in court for hearing of his […]
•Cletus Ibeto The Chairman/CEO of Ibeto Energy Development Company, Cletus Ibeto, will be arraigned tomorrow before the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over an alleged N4.8 billion fraud. Trial judge, Justice Ismail Ijelu, fixed the date following the failure of the businessman to ...
•Olukoyede The new Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has directed that sting operations at night time be stopped in all the Commands of the Commission. According to a statement by the EFCC Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, the directive is in line with the newly-reviewed procedures on [&he...
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