The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday recovered N449 million in an abandoned bureau de change in Victoria Island, Lagos. Wilson Uwujaren, spokesman of the commission, disclosed this in a statement, saying the commission acted based on a tip-off from a whistleblower. According to his statement, “the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday charged Diezani Allison-Madueke, former minister of petroleum resources, and three others with money laundering. Others charged alongside Allison-Madueke, who was described in the charge as “still at large”, are: Christian Nwosu, Yisa Olarenwaju and Tijani Bashir. The three men are officials of the Independent National Electoral […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday arraigned a serving member of the House of Representatives, Nse Bassey Ekpenyong before Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State on a 9-count charge of forgery and alteration of documents. Ekpenyong, representing Oron Federal Constituency in Akwa- Ibom State, […]
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The letter used by the convicted former Adamawa governor, Bala Ngilari, to secure bail is fraudulent, an official has said. The letter, which supposedly confirmed Mr. Ngilari’s bad health situation, was the major one he presented to a Yola High Court and upon which the court granted him bail. Justice Nathan Musa of the Yola […]
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The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday admitted Andrew Yakubu, former Group Managing Director, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), to N300 million bail with two sureties. Yakubu was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on six counts bordering on non-disclosure of assets and fraud, charges to which he pleaded not guilty. Yakubu […]
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The chairman, Senate Committee on Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye, has said that following the Senate’s rejection of Ibrahim Magu as chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) twice, President Muhammadu Buhari cannot validly re-nominate the same candidate again. Mr. Melaye, while commenting on the debate in […]
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Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has disclosed that the report issued by the Department of State Services (DSS) was not the reason behind the senate’s refusal to confirm Ibrahim Magu as substantive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The senate president who spoke on the matter in an interview with TVC News in […]
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A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has reversed its previous ruling which retrieved the control of one of Nigeria’s richest oil blocks, OPL 245, from Shell and ENI. The court had on January 26, issued an order, based on a motion by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, retrieving the ownership of the oil […]
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Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has accused the Senate of ridiculing the office of President Muhammadu Buhari by rejecting the confirmation of Ibrahim Magu as chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Falana advised Buhari to restrain the Department of State Services (DSS) police from sabotaging the fight against corruption. The lawyer said […]
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The Senate on Wednesday rejected the nomination of Ibrahim Magu as the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The Senate rejected the nomination following a letter by the Department of State Security (DSS) which upheld an earlier letter that Magu failed the integrity test and was unfit for the office. The DSS […]
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