Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ibrahim Magu, has urged civil society organisations (CSOs) in the South-South to closely monitor contract award and execution by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Magu made the call in Port-Harcourt at an interactive session with CSO leaders in Rivers and Bayelsa states on […]
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Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), says a prison for corrupt persons should be established in Sambisa forest, a stronghold of the Boko Haram sect in Borno state. Magu made this known while speaking at the commissioning of the agency’s zonal office in Kaduna on Thursday. He also appealed […]
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Former Vice President of Nigeria, Namadi Sambo, has accused security agencies of a plot to plant incriminating object in his residence as part of a plan to bring criminal charges against him. In a statement he issued on Saturday through his spokesman, Umar Sani, Sambo said security agents have raided his property, especially unoccupied ones, […]
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The acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ibrahim Magu, has identified corruption as the root cause of separatist agitations and militancy in the country. Spokesman of the commission, Wilson Uwujaren, said in a statement that Magu made the remarks at the opening session of a two-day Electronic and Social Media Review […]
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In a statement released on Wednesday, the EFCC revealed that one of its top investigators only escaped death by a whisker after being shot in Port Harcourt. Read the statement released on facebook: A top investigator with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on June 24, 2017 escaped death by the whiskers when gunmen […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has gotten a court ordered arrest warrant for Ngozi Olejeme, who served as chairman of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF between 2009 and 2015. Olejeme, who parades an honorary doctorate degree, was also the Deputy Chairman, Finance Committee of the Goodluck Jonathan Presidential Campaign Organisation in […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday morning invaded the premises of The SUN newspaper in Lagos, disrupting operation in the office for about an hour. The SUN had alleged witch hunt, accusing Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of the commission, of masterminding the invasion over a story written about his wife. But in […]
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Ibrahim Magu, the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has emerged the vice chairman of the Heads of Anti-corruption Agencies in Commonwealth Africa. The appointment was announced in statement by Wilson Uwajuren, EFCC spokeman on Thursday. The delegates issued a communiqué, after the end of their 7th regional conference in Malawi, in […]
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A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday ordered the final forfeiture to the Federal Government the N13 billion discovered at Flat 7b , House 17, Osborne Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, in April. Justice Muslim Hassan ordered that the permanent forfeiture of the money to the Federal Government “since nobody has showed up as the owner. […]
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The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday granted Andrew Yakubu, former Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) permission to travel abroad for medical treatment. Mr. Yakubu was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) on a six-count charge of money laundering and false declaration of asset. At the […]
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