•Former CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, today challenged the admissibility of a bundle of statements the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission sought to tender against him in his ongoing trial over an alleged $4.5bn and N2.8bn fraud and abuse of office. Emefiele, through his lead...
•Former Delta State governor, Ifeanyi Okowa Former Delta State governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, was at the Lagos office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, yesterday in connection with an ongoing investigation into allegations of illegal diversion of about ₦1.3 trillion. The EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, was ...
•VDM and EFCC operatives The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to probe activist-lawyer Deji Adeyanju and social media personality Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, over allegations relating to terror financing, illicit funding networks and other potential national security concerns. This followed a pet...
•EFCC Chairman Ola Olukoyede Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has hinted that some governorship aspirants in Nigeria spent between N20 billion and N30 billion to secure electoral victory, warning that the trend is a serious threat to democratic governance and fuels corruption in public office. Olu...
•Blessing CEO The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, today, arraigned self-styled relationship therapist Okoro Blessing Nkiruka, popularly known as Blessing CEO, before the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, over an alleged fresh ₦13 million fraud. Blessing CEO was arraigned before Justice Yelim Bogoro...
•National Assembly complex, Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday sought to re-arraign three senior officials of the National Assembly over an alleged N337 million fraud before the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in Jikwoyi, Abuja. The defendants are the Director of Public Affairs in the Directo...
•Ms Jennifer Atsar Thirty-five-year-old Ms Jennifer Atsar, whose 16-year-old son, Sesugh, was allegedly murdered by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Makurdi on May 23, 2026, shares her pain over losing her child and the need for her son’s killer to be punished, reports Saturday PUNCH. Excerpts: Could you introduce ...
•Saleh Mamman The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, who was recently convicted and sentenced by the Federal High Court, Abuja, for financial misappropriation while he served in that position. EFCC Chairman Ola Olukoyede confirmed he was arrested at 3:30 am today, reports Channe...
•Bello and Natasha Loyalists of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan have criticised the All Progressives Congress, APC, over the conduct of its House of Representatives and Senate primaries in Kogi State, describing the exercise as rancorous and poorly managed. Speaking to journalists in Abuja yesterday, Senator Natash, through her media adviser, ...
Nigerian medical doctors, under the aegis of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), yesterday, raised strong concerns regarding what it described as unwarranted assaults on doctors and health workers, citing a recent incident at the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH) in Akwa Ibom State. According to a statement by the NMA, agents of t...
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