• 16 four-bedroom terrace at PH valued at N928m • 13 three-bedroom at Abuja valued at N650m • 6 flats of three-bedroom at Ikoyi valued at N805million • 21 housing units in Yaba, Lagos valued at N937million The Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday ordered that 56 properties in Lagos, River
Contrary to a social media reports, Heritage Bank Plc is not under investigation by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). People on social media had alleged that the operatives of the commission raided the head office of the bank in Lagos on Tuesday, claiming that an official of the bank was […]
Contrary to the social media report, the Heritage Bank Plc is not under investigation by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The social media had alleged that the operatives of the commission raided the head office of the bank in Lagos on Tuesday, claiming that an official of the bank was […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, has been adjudged as the most effective government agency in Nigeria. This was the outcome of a survey conducted by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC. The survey specifically indicated that “as far as Nigerians are concerned, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, remains […]
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State in Benin City commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for bringing integrity into the fight against corruption in the country. “You are people of integrity. We have tracked your activities before you came to the State”, he said. A statement by Wilson Uwujaren, Head, Media & Publicity […]
The management of Channels television has expressed readiness to train some staff of the Public Affairs Department, PAD, of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in effective communication. This was disclosed on Friday, during a courtesy visit by the Acting Chairman of EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, to the station’s Chairman, John Momoh, in Lagos. Speaking […]
It has emerged that an undisclosed European company secured a $356 million contract for the rehabilitation of Lot 3 of the Nigerian Railway Corporation’s Eastern line from Calabar to Maiduguri in November 2011. The contract was said to have been awarded during the administration of former president Goodluck Jonathan by the Federal Executive Council. According […]
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Joseph Nwobike has denied bribing the dismissed Judge, Justice Mohammed Yinusa.Nwobike made this declaration on Wednesday while giving evidence before Justice Raliat Adebiyi of an Ikeja High Court. The senior Advocate said that, he only gave Yinusa N750, 000 out of pity when he told him about his mother’s […]
Daniel Danladi, a detective with the Special Task Force of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Thursday at an Ikeja, Lagos State, High Court revealed how judges and judicial officers, allegedly received bribes from Dr. Joseph Nwobike, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN. Nwobike is being tried by the EFCC before Justice Raliatu Adebiyi […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, told a federal high court in Abuja that the forfeited oil block prospecting licence known (OPL 245), was illegally and fraudulently acquired by Malabu Oil and Gas Limited. Besides, the anti-graft agency revealed how former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, […]
A prosecution witness, Goji Mohammed, on Tuesday, gave a vivid explanation to a Federal High Court in Abuja how the operatives of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) recovered $1million cash during a raid on the house of a former Chief of Defence Staff, Alex Badeh. Badeh is standing trial along Iyalikam Nigeria Limited on […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday, said a total of 1,500 convictions have been made between 2015-2016. Head, Public Relations EFCC, South-South zone, Mr. Oluwale Oladele, made the assertion while speaking on the topic ‘Fostering Citizens’ Support for the War Against Corruption in Nigeria: Experience from EFCC’ at the event put together
Contrary to reports by an online medium that governors of the 36 states of the federation and Senate President Bukola Saraki pocketed large slices of funds approved by the Federal Government to reimburse states for the excessive deductions charged to them on account of the Paris Club and other international loans; the Economic and Financial […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), alleging more than N2 billion fraud against the management of the University of Ilorin. The petition was jointly signed by the Ibadan Zone Chairmen of ASUU, Dr Ade Adejumo, and the University of Ibadan, Dr. Deji Omole. Others are […]
Recently, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) had cause to express dismay at the continued detention without trial of suspects by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC). This dismay was sequel to the continued detention of some Nigerians, even while courts of According to the National Coordinator of HURIWA, Mr. Emmanuel Onwubiko, […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday signed an MoU with the World Food Programme (WFP) to protect the distribution of food aids in the country against fraud. EFCC spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, who disclosed this in a statement, said the signing ceremony took place at the commission’s head office in Abuja. Under […]
A female Bureau de Change operator, Sekinotu Bolanle Alli was yesterday arraigned before a Lagos High Court, Ikeja for allegedly defrauding one Olabanji Bamiduro of N27 million under the false pretext of changing the money to the pounds equivalent. The defendant who is based in the United Kingdom, was said to have allegedly conspired with one […]
A coalition of 23 concerned Nigeria Political Pressure groups has called on the National Assembly to review certain aspects of the Act establishing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). This is even as the coalition frowned at what it described as the unwarranted persecution and ridiculing of the immediate past first lady of the […]
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has lost its grip on Ekiti state Governor, Ayo Fayose as a Federal High court sitting in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday set aside an earlier order of a Federal High court, Lagos empowering the Commission to freeze Fayose’s two accounts. The accounts of the governor were frozen on June […]
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday heard how about N4.9 billion was converted into United States dollars by a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Patrick Akopobolokemi, and others charged for money laundering. Akopobolokemi is standing trial alongside a former Commander of the Military Joint Task Force, […]