Halima Shehu, the National Coordinator and Chief Executive Officer of the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA), has been released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). This development follows the EFCC’s clarification regarding the reported absence of former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, from an invitation extended Read More…
Rep. James Faleke, Chair of the House Committee on Finance, didn’t hold back during an interactive session in Abuja, warning that the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) might face EFCC takeover due to an alleged N43 billion revenue gap reported for 2022. Faleke’s statement came amid revelations from the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Read More…
The EFCC Head of Media and Publicity, Mr Dele Oyewale, cautioned the public about ATM swap fraudsters, stating that the commission had received numerous complaints concerning the issue. Oyewale, in a statement released in Ibadan and provided to newsmen, highlighted the EFCC’s investigations linking unauthorised bank withdrawals to Automated Teller Machine (ATM) debit card swapping Read More…
“Speedy trial essential in sexual harassment case,” says ex-prosecutor A former prosecutor, Mr Nkereuwem Abraham, is advocating for the swift prosecution of Prof. Cyril Ndifon, the suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Calabar (UNICAL), who faces accusations of sexual harassment from law students. Ndifon was apprehended by the Department of Read More…
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukayode, has urged officers of the commission to premise the anti-corruption fight on initiatives and modalities that would promote the country’s economic growth and development. Bawa made the call while addressing officers of the Lagos Zonal Command on Tuesday in Abuja. He said the Read More…
Justice Olukayode Adeniyi of an FCT High Court issued an order on Thursday directing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to immediately release the embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, or bring him before the court on November 6. The order was given following the court’s consideration Read More…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has officially confirmed the release of Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa, the former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Dr. Peter Afunanya, the Director of Public Relations and Strategic Communications at the DSS, announced Bawa’s release in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday. Afunanya revealed that the Read More…
Prior to the governorship and House of Assembly elections, the CBN and the EFCC have been urged to crack down on the use of illicit funds. This request comes from the NGO Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre). This is contained in a statement that was given to newsmen on Sunday in Lagos Read More…
From January to November 2022, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) obtained 3,440 convictions for financial and cybercrimes around the nation. EFCC Chairman Abdulrasheed Bawa gave a message of goodwill at the beginning of a workshop on reporting financial crimes that the agency had organised. As the general elections in 2023 draw near, Bawa, Read More…
Olasupo Shasore, SAN, the former A-G of Lagos State, has once again been brought before the court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday on a 14-count money laundering charge, barely 24 hours after he was arraigned before Justice Mojisola Dada at the Federal High Court, Lagos division, on a four-count charge Read More…
