•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...
•Malami The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday seized the international passport of a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN. The seizure was part of the ongoing investigation of the whereabouts of $490 million Abacha loot secured through Mutual Legal Assistance (MLAT)...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today told the Lagos State Special Offences Court, Ikeja, that Arik Air Ltd was converted into a “cash cow” by Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, appointed Receiver/Managers, leading to massive losses put at more than N350 billion. Testifying before Justice Morenike Dada in the o...
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to immediately release 27 houses it wrongly seized as proceeds of crime. The court, in a judgement that was delivered by Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, held that the commission failed to establish its claim that the properties were acquired unlaw...
•Abubakar Malami The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has summoned the immediate past Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami. The Agency’s invite was contained in a letter dated November 24. It fixed today, Friday, November 28, for the interview, reports Channels TV. “The Commission is invest...
•Timipre Sylva Former Governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, has written to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), requesting that a date be fixed for him to appear before the agency over an alleged $14.8 million fraud. In the letter dated November 24 and acknowledged by the EFCC on November 26, Sylva expressed concern [&helli...
•INEC chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has given Prof. Joash Amupitan, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) seven days to urgently refer the allegations of vote buying and undue influence during the just concluded governorship elections in Anambra State...
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