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Governor Obaseki scores EFCC high on integrity

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 […]
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Channels TV to train EFCC staff in effective communication

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 […]
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I never bribed Justice Yinusa -Nwobike tells court

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 […]
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EFCC exposes judges allegedly bribed by SAN

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 […]
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We have secured 1500 convictions under a year -EFCC

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
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EFCC and detention of suspects

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, […]
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Hope rises for IDPs as EFCC signs MoU with WFP

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 […]
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23 rights groups seek review of EFCC Act by NASS

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 […]