Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC)

March 16, 2021 No Responses

NIGERIA: EFCC Orders Employees @ CBN, Commercial Banks to Declare Assets, Deadline June

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has ordered employees at Central Bank and commercial banks to declare their assets. The anti-graft agency has also set a June 1 deadline for workers to comply with the directive. Abdulrasheed Bawa, EFCC...

January 4, 2020 No Responses

Oil Bunkering: Nigerian Navy hands over 57 Nigerians, 7 Sri-Lankans, 2 Ghanaians to EFCC

The Nigerian Navy (NN) on Friday handed over 57 Nigerians, seven Sri-Lankans and two Ghanaians, suspected to be involved in oil bunkering, to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

June 9, 2019 No Responses

Music producer threatens to sue EFCC for parading him as “Yahoo Boy”

An Abuja-based music producer and photographer, Mr Nasiru Ali, popularly known as “Kozzographa”, on Sunday threatened to sue the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for wrongly calling him a fraudster (Yahoo boy). The News Agency of Nigeria (NA...

July 15, 2018 No Responses

EFCC mocks Gov. Fayose, says we’re expecting you soon

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has lampooned Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State after the failure of his preferred candidate, Prof. Kolapo Olusola, at the polls. The EFCC said in a tweet that with Fayose’s tenure ending in less...

March 25, 2018 No Responses

EFCC Can’t Declare Anyone Wanted, says Court

Invalidates EFCC’s Declaration of Aiteo Boss as Fugitive Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been bereft of powers to declare any person wanted without securing the leave of a court of competent jurisdiction. An Abuja High Court sitting at...

October 4, 2017 No Responses

How ex-Air Chief Amosu, Others ‘Diverted N21b’

An Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) investigation officer, Tosin Owobo, yesterday testified that three former Nigeria Air Force (NAF) officials allegedly diverted N21 billion to their personal accounts from NAF’s. He said they diverted the c...

August 7, 2017 No Responses

Diezani Forfeits $37.5M Banana Island Property to FG

…Ex minister loses $2,740,197.96, N84, 537,840.70 A Federal High Court in Lagos has permanently forfeited to the federal government a $37.5million Banana Island property bought in 2013 by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. ...

July 8, 2017 No Responses

I Am Not Planning to Become Acting President, Saraki tells Osinbajo

Overwhelmed by negative reactions to some observations on the floor of the Senate, the President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki on Thursday night held a secret meeting with the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. Investigation conducted by our corresponde...