The absence of a former governor of Taraba, Darius Ishaku in court on Monday stalled his trial in an Abuja high Court on Monday. Ishaku is charged alongside a former Permanent Secretary, Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in the state, Bello Yero. The Economic and Financial Crimes...
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it secured a record-breaking 4,111 convictions in 2024. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this information is based on the EFCC’s 2024 statistical report, made available to journalists on Sunday. The record marks EFCC’s highest number of convictions and...
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested a former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel, for alleged N700 billion fraud. Emmanuel was arrested after he honoured an invitation of the EFCC on Tuesday to answer allegations of money laundering and diversion of funds preferred...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Anambra State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been embroiled in an alleged bribery scandal, with stakeholders claiming that a governorship aspirant within the party attempted to bribe the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) with $3 million. The spokesperson of Anambra...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ola Olukoyede has described corruption and financial crimes as the greatest problems, hobbling economic growth and development of the country. He stated this on Friday, February 28, 2025 when the Nigerian Employers’ Consultative Association,...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has warned council chairmen in Nigeria, including Gombe State, not to see financial autonomy as an opportunity to embezzle funds. The EFCC chairman, Mr Ola Olukoyede, gave this warning at the Gombe State Local Government Summit on Wednesday. He urged council chairmen...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – To ensure accountability of subscribers’ funds, the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), is collaborating with the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC), to strengthen its internal capacity to fight corruption and win public trust. The partnership is geared towards detection...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, granted an application by former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke, to amend her suit challenging the order obtained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for final forfeiture of her seized assets. Justice Inyang Ekwo granted the request after the...
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, has said it is worrisome that in spite of concerted efforts, allegations of corruption, delays in justice dispensation and bias still persists in the judiciary. Justice Kekere-Ekun said this on Monday in Abuja while declaring open the 2025 hybrid refresher...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says it recovered over N20 billion in pension deductions from the salaries of ghost workers in 2024. The Chairman of ICPC, Dr Musa Aliyu, said this on Wednesday in Abuja at a breakfast meeting with some members of the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations in Nigeria (COCSON) has condemned the growing trend of media trials of the former Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Chukwunyere Anamekwe Nwabuoku and other individuals accused of financial crimes. COCSON stressed that such practices undermine the fundamental...
Some members staff of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU) have petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged contract racketeering and abuse of office by the Acting Vice Chancellor, Prof. Kate Omenugha. The staff in a petition signed on their behalf by Mr Joseph Onu, Managing Consultant...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has stated that Nigeria’s under-development would be a thing of the past if everyone begins to see corruption as a common enemy and tackle it. He stated this on Friday, January 31, 2025...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Former Adviser to President Mohammed Buhari on Public Prosecution, Okoi Obono Obla, has said he was told that he would not get any appointment in Nigeria for fighting corruption. Speaking as a keynote speaker at the 16th Ralph Opara Memorial Lecture at Metropolitan Hotel...
Senator Ita Enang has urged the immediate past Governor of Akwa Ibom, Mr Udom Emmanuel, to respond to the corruption allegations being made against him instead looking for who to blame. Enang said in a statement in Uyo on Thursday that the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio should not be...
The sacked deputy director in Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Mr Yisa Usman, has said that he was determined to expose corruption in the board irrespective of the threat and intimidation against him. Usman told Justice Osatohanmwen Obaseki-Osaghae of the National Industrial Court, Abuja, while being cross examined...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Country Director, International Training, Research and Advocacy, Dr MacFarlane Ejjah, said statistics has shown that due to corruption, Nigeria has lost about 500 billion dollars since the last 60 years of its independence He said though the estimated financial cost of corruption is...
Network Against Corruption and Trafficking Initiative (NACAT) has urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate former governor of Akwa Ibom, Udom Emmanuel, over alleged misappropriation of state funds. The group, which made the call in a petition to the EFCC against the former governor on Tuesday...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured the conviction of one Lukumanu Sani Waziri, an accountant at Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH), Sokoto, for corruption and abuse of office. A statement signed by ICPC’s spokesperson and Director of Public...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede has stated that public sector corruption was the greatest problem of the country with procurement and contract fraud accounting for 90 percent of Nigeria’s corruption and fraud issues. He disclosed this...