EFCC
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Politics
’There’s nothing unique about Peter Obi’ – Omokri
Former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri has once again, attacked the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi following a recent release of names of 170 former Nigerian governors who have pending corruption cases with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).…
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News
SERAP sues Wike, Sani, others over failure to account for N5.9trn, $4.6bn loans
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against Nigeria’s governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Mr Nyesom Wike “over their failure to account for N5.9 trillion and $4.6 billion loans obtained by their states and the FCT, and to publish copies of the…
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Politics
Yahaya Bello: Dele Momodu slams EFCC over alleged selective prosecution
A chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party, Dele Momodu, has faulted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s conduct in its attempt to prosecute the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello. He said he had expected the anti-graft agency’s boss, Ola Olukoyede, to have learnt from the cases of…
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Metro
Court jails ex-banker 121yrs for N112m fraud
Justice S. N. Odili of the Anambra State High Court sitting in Onitsha, Anambra State, has convicted and sentenced a former bank manager in Onitsha, Anambra State, Nwachukwu Placidus, to a cumulative 121 years imprisonment for diverting fixed deposit funds of a customer to the tune of N112.1 million for…
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Metro
EFCC arrests 20 suspected internet fraudsters in Delta
Operatives of the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday arrested 20 suspected internet fraudsters at different locations in Sapele, Delta State. A statement by Dele Oyewale, Head, Media & Publicity of the commission said the suspects were arrested following actionable intelligence on their…
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Crime
Appeal Court stops Yahaya Bello’s contempt proceedings against EFCC
The Court of Appeal, Abuja division on Friday, issued an order stopping the contempt suit filed by the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Mr Yahaya Bello, against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Recall that Bello had filed a fundamental human rights suit against the EFCC to protect himself…
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Crime
Court adjourns Emefiele’s trial till May 9
An Ikeja Special Offences Court, on Friday, adjourned until May 9, for defence to study additional proof of evidence submitted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on the former Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor, Godwin Emefiele. Emefiele was charged with $4.5 billion and N2.8 billion fraud. Justice…
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News
Appeal Court hears EFCC appeal against Yahaya Bello’s arrest today
The Court of Appeal in Abuja will today (Monday) hear the appeal lodged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission against the order of a Kogi State High Court which restrained the anti-graft agency from arresting the immediate-past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello. The Kogi court, in a ruling…
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Featured
EFCC recovers fresh $445,000, N3bn in humanitarian ministry probe
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said on Sunday it has freshly recovered $445,000 and N3bn in the ongoing probe of the scandal in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs. The EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, told The PUNCH that the $445,000 and N3bn were recovered between March and April in addition…
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Featured
EFCC to arraign Bobrisky over alleged N180.7m laundering, abuse of N490,000 today
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, will today, arraign popular cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye aka Bobrisky before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos over naira abuse and failure to declare his firm’s activities involving N180.7 million. The anti-graft agency, yesterday, filed the charge against the social media celebrity, through…