The former Governor of Kano State Ibrahim Shekarau was, yesterday, detained at the Kano office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Detained with the former minister of Education is ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs Aminu Wali, and Mansur Ahmad,…
The trial of Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Minister of Aviation, was on Tuesday stalled at the Federal High Court, Abuja, due to the absence of a prosecution witness. Fani-Kayode was docked by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has recovered about N500 billion, according to the Acting Chairman Ibrahim Magu. Speaking in Abuja during the inauguration of the anti-graft agency’s N24-billion new headquarters, Magu said the commission secured 486 convictions from…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested the lawmaker representing Akwa Ibom North-East senatorial district, Senator Bassey Akpan, for allegedly receiving vehicles worth N303m from oil magnate, Babajide Omokore, who is under trial for alleged fraud. According to an…
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has declared that there were millions of Nigerians spread across the globe who are corrupt-free aside President Muhammadu Buhari. This as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday said…
Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka yesterday urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and other anti-corruption agencies not to spare corrupt leaders. He said the nation cannot win the war against graft until justice catches up with the corrupt…
Four Times EFCC Went After Her ‘Illicit’ Funds Patience Jonathan, Nigeria’s former First Lady, is arguably the most prosecuted of all wives of former presidents of the country. Since her husband, Ex-president Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, was dislodged form Aso Rock,…
The Economic and Financial Crime Commission has dragged a former Managing Director of Oil Petroleum Limited, Mr. Nnaemeka Nwawka, to a Federal High Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State over alleged money laundering. Standing trial with Nwawka before Justice I. B.…
The Peoples Democratic Party has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission to beam their searchlights on the finance of the administration of Governor Rauf Aregbesola. The PDP chairman…
The Plateau State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded the immediate the arrest of Senator Jonah Jang from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) custody. The party said that the action of the anti-graft agency not…