The Attorney-General of Ekiti State, Kolapo Kolade, has described as unconstitutional the arrest of two commissioners of the state by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Mr. Kolade made the observation while addressing journalists on Monday in Abuja. The Ekiti State Commissioner for Finance, Toyin Ojo, and the Accountant General of the State, Yemisi […]
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The acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, says politicians are hellbent on destroying the achievements of the anti-graft agency. His assertion was made when Adama Coulibaly, director-general of the Inter-Governmental Action against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA), visited him in Abuja. Magu blamed politicians for the suspension of […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has denied investigating Walter Onnoghen, Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). The commission went on to say that the leak of names of high-profile individuals under investigation has done damage to its work. Walter Onnoghen, chief justice of Nigeria; Okonjo-Iweala, former finance minister; Kayode Fayemi, minister of solid minerals, […]
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Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says the war against corruption is already lost with the current tempo. The EFCC chief said this at an interactive session with media executives in Abuja on Wednesday. “The way we are going we have already failed. I am telling you we have […]
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NIGERIA – the minister of information and culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says President Muhammadu Buhari will take appropriate action on the feud between Abubakar Malami, Attorney-General of the federation, and Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Speaking during an interview on Channels Television, the minister said both men had […]
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Top Nigerian entertainer, Charles Oputa, popularly called Charly Boy, will on Monday lead a protest to the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja, this time, demanding the extradition of Diezani Alison-Madueke from the UK to Nigeria. Charly Boy made this known in a statement signed by him and Deji Adeyanju […]
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Officials of the public affairs directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Tony Orilade and Aisha Gambari have written a piece on the wealth recovered from Diezani Alison-Madueke, former minister of petroleum resources. In the piece entitled: ‘Diezani Alison-Madueke: What an Apetite’, the officials gave details of the investigations to track the former […]
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Speaking at NAN forum in Abuja on Tuesday, Senate President Bukola Saraki said he had a personal encounter with Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), during the previous administration. It was an encounter that enabled him see Magu stand up for what is right. Saraki said he and some of […]
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Nigeria has officially moved out of the Transparency International 10 most corrupt countries index, few days after the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) chairman got an endorsement from 25 countries around the world in an opinion poll conducted by United Kingdom based Global Peace Movement International. In the latest transparency index […]
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The senate has passed the Nigeria intelligence financial agency (NFIA) bill which seeks to strip the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of power to investigate financial crimes. The bill was passed after it was read for the third time by the lawmakers but without the usual public hearing organized to consider opinions of concerned parties […]
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