The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, has denied the allegation that he sold seized trucks in the custody of the Port Harcourt zonal office of the agency.
Read More »Senate plans NDDC chiefs’ arrest over N6.25bn COVID-19 palliatives
The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, on Monday, requested a warrant of arrest on the management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to produce the former interim management
Read More »Buhari gets 2-week deadline to recover missing UBEC, SUBEBs funds
President Muhammadu Buhari has been given two weeks ultimatum to probe and recover billions of naira missing from the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) and State Universal Basic Education Boards (SUBEBs) between
Read More »Hushpuppi in fresh trouble as FBI links alleged fraudster with North Korean bank robbers
Nigerian Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, a.k.a Hushpuppi, now incarcerated in California as he awaits trial for cyber fraud was linked today by the FBI to North ...
Read More »EFCC: Lawyer sues Senate, asks court to stop Bawa’s confirmation
The new Chairman-designate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, who is expected to face Senate screening soon, is beset by a ...
Read More »N42bn personnel cost for 2019 was blocked from being stolen – ICPC
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has revealed how it prevented Federal health and educational institutions from stealing or misapplying N42bn unspent surplus allocation in the 2019 budget.
Read More »Bawa’s appointment as EFCC chair breaks 18-year tradition
In line with the recommendation of Justice Isa Ayo Salami’s panel, President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday broke the 18-year tradition of appointing policemen as chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),
Read More »New EFCC boss Bawa not involved in illegal sale of trucks -Agency
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has denied reports that its chairman-designate, Abdulrasheed Bawa, illegally sold forfeited trucks to proxies in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Read More »Hotelier, wife bag 80-year jail term for fraud
A hotelier in Ikorodu, Ebiesuwa Abayomi Fredrick and his wife, Tinuola Idayat Oyegunle, have been sentenced to 40 years imprisonment each.
Read More »N7.1bn fraud: Court halts Kalu’s retrial over double tragedy principle
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday stopped the re-arraignment of a former Abia State governor, Orji Kalu, in an alleged N7.1bn money laundering charges.
Read More »Kwara College lecturer in court for alleged romance scam
A lecturer with the Kwara State College of Health Technology, Offa, Abdullahi Opashola, was on Monday arraigned before the State High Court over romance scam.
Read More »SERAP asks World Bank to publish documents on funded electricity projects
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the World Bank President Mr. David Malpass “to exercise the Bank’s prerogative to release archival records and documents relating to spending on all approved funds
Read More »NDLEA: Marwa vows to prosecute drug barons
The Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (retd.), has said drug barons and traffickers in the country would smoked out of their hiding places and make made to face
Read More »Customs operatives intercept suspects with N314m in foreign currency at Abuja airport
Two persons are currently being grilled by operatives of the Foreign Exchange Malpractices Section of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for money laundering.
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