EFCC urge pastors, Imams, others to practice integrity The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has charged religious leaders to practice integrity without compromise to encourage their followers against corrupt practices. The EFCC Zonal Commander, ACE II Bawa Hamidu Saidu, made this appeal in a statement by spokesman T.…
Contempt: Group charges IGP Usman to arrest EFCC chair Bawa immediately The Coalition for Change and Integrity, CCI, has called for the arrest and detention of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa. In a statement available to newsmen on Friday, February 10, 2023,…
Alleged N2.9bn fraud: Court discharges Okorocha, others A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, discharged former Governor of Imo, Sen. Rochas Okorocha, of N2.9 billion fraud charge preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling, struck out the EFCC’s suit…
EFCC to arrest APC senatorial candidate, A.A Zaura over alleged US$1.3million Fraud Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it will arrest Kano central senatorial candidate under the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) AbdulKareem AbdulSalam Zaura. EFCC lawyer, Ahmad Rogha disclosed this to journalists on Monday at the resumption of…
EFCC secured 3,440 convictions in 2022 – Bawa The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has secured 3,440 convictions on financial and cyber crimes across the country from January to November 2022.The Chairman of the EFCC, Abdulrashid Bawa, disclosed this while delivering a goodwill message at the opening of a workshop…
Ohanaeze youths flay EFCC leadership for poor performance • Ask Buhari to save the anti-graft agency The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council (OYC) has lamented the poor performance of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), under the leadership of Abdulrasheed Bawa. The youth wing of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, therefore,…
EFCC arrests alleged currency speculator The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested an alleged currency speculator, Mustapha Muhammed also known as Muaspaha Naira, in Abuja The commission made the announcement in a Twitter post on Wednesday and also released a picture of the suspect. The EFCC said the arrest…
Alleged fraud: Court adjourns Fayose’s trial till January The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on Friday, adjourned the alleged money laundering trial of former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, until January 31 and February 1, 2023. The case was earlier scheduled for the continuation of trial on October…
We’re monitoring three govs over stashed cash – EFCC Three serving state governors are under monitoring over moves to launder cash through table payment of salaries to workers, the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, said on Thursday. Bawa, who did not give the identities of…
EFCC arrests 87 forex dealers in Lagos, Abuja, Kano The EFCC operatives also seized the phones of those that were arrested. In a bid to tackle the exchange rate crisis in Nigeria, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) continued its raid on Bureau de Change operators in major cities.…