The EFCC has rewarded 25 youths with Net book laptops with Bribe Buster application for joining the Commission in the anti-corruption campaign through their art works. Mr Osita Nwajah, the Director, Public Affairs of the commission, presented the gifts to the youths during the launch of the Creative Youth Community Development Initiative (CYCDI), an NGO, […]
Read More
The Economic and Financial Commission (EFCC) Friday said that some named some top officers of the Nigerian Police Force and civil servants who allegedly benefited from a bribe scandal totaling $115m doled out by former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. The purpose of the bribe, offered in cash disbursements, was apparently to enlist the […]
Read More
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has seized a hotel allegedly belonging to Mrs. Patience Jonathan, the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan. According to correspondent, the anti-graft agency also seized three other properties in Abuja allegedly belonging to Patience. The five-storey hotel is located near Setraco Construction Company, beside Mabushi Kado Expressway. Although the […]
Read More
Nigeria lawmakers, yesterday, summoned Mr Godwin Emefiele, Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and Mr Ibrahim Magu, Acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over the ₦12 billion virtual currency scheme involving 60,000 Nigerian investors. Chairman, House Committee on Public Petition, Mr Uzoma Nkem-Abonta, who issued the directive at the end of […]
Read More
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday urged Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High Court in Lagos to withdraw from the trial of two Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) employees accused of receiving bribe. Christian Nwosu and Tijani Inda Bashir were accused of receiving N30 million bribe from former Petroleum Minister Mrs. Diezani […]
Read More
Anti-corruption agencies in four countries are examining a British firm’s links to a multimillion-pound defence deal involving a former Nigerian warlord, Government Ekpemupolo. Ekpemupolo is popularly known as Tompolo. According to Guardian, Investigators in the UK, the US, Nigeria (Economic and Financial Crimes Commission) and Norway are scrutinising Cas-Global, after it was alleged that the […]
Read More
A Federal High Court in Abuja has insisted that the trial of Colonel Nicholas Ashinze, a former aide to a former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki, and seven others over an alleged N1.5bn fraud should not continue until the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission retracts a statement credited to it that the amount under […]
Read More
Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday ordered the temporary forfeiture of the sum of 43million dollars, 27,800 pounds and N23 million to the Federal Government. The money was recovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from an apartment in the Ikoyi area of Lagos on Wednesday. The EFCC had in an ex […]
Read More
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday said some of its staff accused of benefit-ting from a N3.4 billion bribe money in the 2015 general elections have refunded their share. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmud Yakubu, disclosed this when he visited the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ibrahim […]
Read More
Just few days after seizing a huge cash from a plaza in Lagos, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Monday uncovered another N250 million from the popular Balogun Market still in Lagos. But just like the previous haul last week, the owner of the cash could not be identified. The discover of the huge […]
Read More
Former Nigerian First Lady, Patience Jonathan, on Monday visited the Maitama branch of the Skye Bank in Abuja to withdraw part of her $5.9 million recently unfrozen by a Lagos High Court. But she met a brickwall. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had procured a stay-of-execution of the judgement and also simultaneously filed an […]
Read More
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has advised the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission not only to carry out thorough investigation of corruption cases, but also hire the services of ‘Ogbologbo’ (strenuous) lawyers. An ‘Ogbologbo’, a Yoruba word means ‘seasoned, strenuous, experienced person. Obasanjo gave the advice today while reacting President Muhammadu’s Buhari’s charge to the EFCC […]
Read More
