Suspect in a Case of Fraud Dies. Desmond Nunugwo, a suspect under investigation by the EFCC, passed away today June 10, 2016 few hours after he was taken into custody. His demise was confirmed at the hospital where he was rushed after he suddenly took ill. Late Nunugwu allegedly fraudulently obtained N91million from an acquaintance […]
Continue ReadingThe former National Security Adviser, Colonel Mohammed Sambo Dasuki has asked an Abuja High Court to consolidate the two criminal charges bordering on alleged corruption and breach of trust brought against him by the Federal Government in the course of his official duties. Dasuki who had been granted bails in three different high courts were […]
Continue ReadingIn continuation of its relentless efforts in bringing corrupt public officers to justice, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, June 2, 2016 arraigned Air Vice Marshall Olutayo Tade Oguntoyinbo before Justice Olukayode A. Adeniyi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Apo, Abuja on one count charge of bribery to […]
Continue ReadingWhen the EFCC took off in 2004, it was able to prevent the corrupt criminal suspects from frustrating their prosecution. Unfortunately, the EFCC was taken over by powerful criminal suspects in connivance with a former Attorney-General of the Federation and an ex-Inspector-General of Police. While pretending to fight corruption under the rule of law, the […]
Continue ReadingActing Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has charged Nigerians to imbibe the culture of ‘ living with clean hands’ as a way of stamping out corruption from the society. Magu, who stated that the job of EFCC entails confronting looters of the nation’s commonwealth, taking on impunity and restoring hope to […]
Continue ReadingA federal high court sitting in Abuja, presided over by Okon Abang, a judge, has rejected an application for leave to travel abroad for medical treatment filed by Olisa Metuh, former spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The judge noted that the court lacked the jurisdiction to entertain the application, since there was a subsisting […]
Continue ReadingFemi Fani-Kayode’s spokesperson, Mr Ndukwe, on Monday described the way his principal is being treated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as being utterly ‘inhuman’ and smacks of nothing but vendetta. According to Ndukwe, the decision of the EFCC to whisk Mr. Fani-Kayode to Lagos is in defiant of a court order prohibiting […]
Continue ReadingThe chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has raised the alarm over the illegal use of his name by unidentified individuals to extort money from the public. In a statement released by the agency’s Head of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, it was revealed that it had come to the notice […]
Continue ReadingThe national executive committee (NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate the source of funds used for APC presidential campaign in 2015. The PDP in its resolution on Tuesday described the probe of its members by the Buhari government as selective and an attempt to silence the […]
Continue ReadingAzibaola Robert, a cousin to former President Goodluck Jonathan, has petitioned the House of Representatives, alleging that he was illegally detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Mr. Robert said he was picked up by operatives of the commission on March 23, 2016 and had remained in their custody since then. In the […]
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