•Begins with Osun guber election Senator Iroegbu As preparations for the 2019 general election enters the home stretch, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has embarked on tracking of campaign financing of political parties in Nigeria. The Acting Chairman of EFCC in a statement on Friday by the Commission's Head of Media
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EFCC places Gov Fayose on criminal watch list
•Asks customs to stop him leaving the country Jude Johnson The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has placed the outgoing Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, on the watch list. Fayose is of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and one of the fiercest critics of President Muhammadu Buhari led
Osun Election: EFCC deny freezing Davido, Sen. Adelekes’ accounts
Jude Johnson The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has denied that it had frozen the account of Sen. Ademola Adeleke, the candidate of the opposition People's Democratic Party ( PDP), in the September 22, 2018 Osun State governorship election and those of his family members, including the musician, David Adeleke,
EFCC denies raid on standard chartered bank
Godsgift Onyedinefu The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has denied the purpoted raid on the standard chartered bank headquarters by its officials. Officials of the commission reportedly raided the bank on friday. However, spokesperson of the commission Wilson Uwujaren in a statement said that there was no raid in the banks by
2019: Nigeria away from the precipe
Jaja Jasper The 27th of August 2018, marked an ignoble anniversary – 33 years since a brutal military cabal ruling Nigeria with an iron fist was ousted from power by its brothers-in-arms. The failures of leadership the coupists highlighted then, as contained in the speech read by Brigadier Joshua Nimyel Dogonyaro,
Magu blasts SAN for receiving N1.7bn legal fee
The acting Chairman of the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu, has slammed some Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN) for allegedly frustrating the anti-corruption war by collecting outrageous legal fee from defendants. He said these SANs knowingly supplied the technical know-how and helping in the dispersal of the proceeds
Zenith Bank MD in EFCC net over suspicious withdrawal of N117b by Rivers govt
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has grilled the Managing Director of Zenith Bank, Peter Olisamedua Amangbo over alleged N117b suspicious transactions by the Rivers state government in the past three years. Amangbo allegedly confessed that the bank raked in N5.2billion as charges on the transactions and that the sums were
“Massive corruption”, rights violations evident under Buhari’s leadership- US report
•EFCC, DSS listed as biggest culprit Jude Johnson The United States has scored the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration low in anti-corruption and observance of human rights especially by the security and anti-graft agencies. The observation was stated in the US 2017 Human Rights Report, noting that corruption is evident across all levels
Alleged Embezzlement: Vested interests trying to discredit military’s counter-terrorism efforts-DHQ
•Blames one Idris Ahmed as sponsor of campaign of calumny •Urge troops to disregard the 'false message' Godsgift Onyedinefu The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has dismissed the allegations by some soldiers accusing Army Generals of embezzling allowances meant for the troops and nearly N10bn counter terrorism fund, as a mischievous efforts of some vested
EFCC, INTERPOL partner against human trafficking, migrant smuggling
Jude Johnson The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has pledged the Commission’s support towards successful hosting of the 6th Global Conference on Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling scheduled to hold between September 24 and 25, 2018 in Abuja. Magu made the pledge on Thursday, while