As a follow up to the Mutual Legal Assistance agreement President Muhammadu Buhari signed with the United Arab Emirate on the repatriation of stolen funds and extradition of indicted officials, the Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, today met with the UAE Ambassador to Nigeria, Mahmud Muhammad Al- Mahmud in his office […]
Continue ReadingA Former Minister, Musiliu Obanikoro yesterday sought to rubbish media reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) traced N4.7billion believed to be from the $2.1billion slush funds from the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) to the account of a company in which his two sons –Gbolahan and Babajide – are directors. […]
Continue ReadingAn operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrahman Mohammed Biu, a deputy detective superintendent, has been arrested for offences bordering on extortion, influence peddling and impersonation, the commission said in a statement Friday. The officer was arrested on Monday following intelligence report alleging that he extorted $150,000 from some military officers on the […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has recovered and returned €10, 540 to a polish victim of Internet love scam. The victim who was identified as Goryczka Janina, was allegedly duped €40,000 Euros by the suspect, Gabriel Oseremen Xavi, who operates a fake Facebook account with the name, Collins Page. The suspect was traced […]
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The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday, began a probe into the allegation of diversion of over N1 trillion levelled against the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Lamorde. The probe however ran into a storm as it was denounced by a group of senators as an illegality. On its part, the EFCC […]
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Senate President Bukola Saraki, has denied allegations that he is sponsoring petition against Ibrahim Lamorde, the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. In a statement released on Tuesday night, Saraki’s media office said the Senate President never sponsored anyone to smear the integrity of the EFCC or that of its Chairman. “It […]
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In order to enhance the partnership between the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and the United States in the fight against economic and financial crimes, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, has donated a forensic work station to the EFCC. The device, which is simply called F.R.E.D (Forensic Recovery of Evidence Device) was […]
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Former boss of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA, Patrick Ziakede Akpobolokemi, who was sacked two weeks ago by President Buhari was arrested by EFCC officials yesterday July 30th. According to a NIMASA official who revealed this to Premium Times, Akpobolokemi was arrested yesterday morning at about 10am over allegations of misappropriation of funds during […]
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PDP Kwara state chapter says its behind the invitation of the state’s ex first lady and wife of senate president Toyin Saraki by the EFCC. In a statement released Sunday July 26th, the state chapter said it had earlier petitioned the antigraft agency over Mrs Saraki’s alleged involvement in corrupt activities with some government officials during […]
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The former Special Adviser to former President Jonathan on Niger Delta, Kingsley Kuku who has been invited by the EFCC to answer questions bothering on misappropriation of amnesty money running into hundreds of millions of Naira says he will not be honoring the July 28th invitation of the EFCC because he is currently in a […]
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