The Abuja Federal high court, on Monday issued an arrest warrant against the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, believed to be residing in the UK. Justice Bolaji Olajuwon granted the request after counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Farouk Abdullah, made an oral application. The anti-graft agency said its investigations […]
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A Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, has restrained the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from further investigating a former governor of the state, Seriake Dickson, on the issue of assets he declared with the Code of Conduct Bureau between 2007 and 2020. The case with suit number FHC/CS/81/2021 involved the Registered […]
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The executive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, says there was no diamond bra recovered from former petroleum minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke. Recall that Diezani, who fled the county shortly before former President Goodluck Jonathan handed over to President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015, is alleged to have stolen $2.5 billion from […]
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Zonal Head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in Sokoto, Mr Bawa Usman has said that insider connections facilitate most financial frauds in the banking industry. Bawa, whose zone covers Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara States, made this statement on Tuesday in Sokoto at a roundtable with Compliance Officers of various commercial banks. He […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Sunday arrested no fewer than 52 suspected internet fraudsters aka ‘Yahoo boys’ in Benin. In a statement on Monday, Wilson Uwujaren, the Head of Media, revealed that the suspects were apprehended in different locations in the state capital after actionable intelligence. Those in custody are Wisdom Attah, […]
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The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) has described the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as a “critical partner” in the global fight against organised crime. This is according to a statement released on Tuesday by the anti-graft commission, EFCC. The FBI legal attaché, Ahamdi Uche stated this when he led a delegation on a courtesy […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday interrogated Ex Governor of Zamfara State, Hon. Abdulazeez Yari, over his alleged handling of transactions relating the Paris Club Fund refund while he served as chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum. Yari was said to be facing questions over other allegations of corruption. Spokesman of the EFCC, Mr. […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has commended the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC for its continued partnership in the fight against corruption in the country. The Kaduna Zonal Head of the EFCC, Harry Erin, made the commendation on Tuesday 13th April when he visited the State Commandant of the Corps, Nurudeen […]
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The former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has insisted he was only invited and not arrested by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday. EFCC Head of Media, Wilson Uwujaren, had confirmed Okorocha was picked up from his private office. However, Okorocha in a statement signed by his spokesman, Sam Onwuemeodo, stated that […]
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The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has said that the anti corruption agency will fight corruption within the ambits of the law. The EFCC boss said this on Saturday during his maiden visit to the Kano Zonal Office of the EFCC. According to Bawa, what distinguished the Commission at inception was […]
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