The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is poised to deploy technology- driven facilities and avenues to fight economic and financial crimes and other acts of corruption. The EFCC Chairman, Mr Olanipekun Olukoyede, said this at the inauguration of an electronic learning management studio at the EFCC Academy in...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has responded swiftly to allegations of corruption made by Ismaila Mustapha, aka Mompha, who is currently facing trial for money laundering and other financial crimes. It would be recalled that Mompha, in a recent outburst, accused EFCC...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede has raised a Disciplinary Team to look into the case of two errant officers of the Commission who allegedly assaulted a female staff of Regional Hotel, Ojo, Lagos. This is...
Contrary to the narrative of John Grisham’s fictional thriller, The Racketeer, this was a real-life, long-overdue gesture of genuine friendship and partnership, a testament to the shared interest in combating trans-border crimes that pose a significant global threat. The visit of one of the longest-serving Federal Bureau of...
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday, granted an ex-parte motion for stay of contempt proceedings filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and issued against its Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, by ex- Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi. The Court of Appeal, presided over by Justice...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A group, the Northern Initiative For the Defence of Democracy and Justice has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to call to order the immediate past governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello from undermining institutions of the state. In a statement made available to news...
A Kogi High Court in Lokoja on Friday ordered the Chairman of the EFCC, Mr Ola Olukoyede, to appear before it on May 13 to show why he should not be committed for allegedly disobeying its order. Justice I.A. Jamil of High Court IV gave the order while...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The lawmaker representing Kogi Central senatorial district, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has lauded ongoing efforts by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to apprehend and prosecute the immediate past governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello, over an alleged N80.2 billion fraud. She also commended the EFCC...
Mr Daniel Bwala, Former Spokesman of Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Wednesday faulted the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC’s) disregard for rule of law and the media trial of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello. Bwala, a lawyer and a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of...
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ola Olukoyede has disclosed that he made personal efforts to invite a former governor of Kogi State, Mr. Yahaya Adoza Bello to respond to investigations regarding his alleged involvement in money laundering to the tune of N80,246,470,089.88...
Fresh revelations have emerged on the probe of former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as the anti-graft commission says the embattled ex-governor withdrew $720,000 from the state’s accounts to pay his child’s school fees in advance just before...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has so far recovered N30 billion in the ongoing probe of suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu. The Chairman of EFCC, Mr Ola Olukoyede, said this in the March edition of the commission’s monthly e-magazine, EFCC Alert,...
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has warned schools, supermarkets, hotels and others against charging for services in the country in dollar or any other foreign currency. Olukoyede, in the latest edition of the commission’s monthly e-magazine, called EFCC Alert released on...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has urged the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), to keep closer watch on banks across the country to avoid failure and its attendant unsavoury effects on the economy. The chairman said this...
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has blamed the neglect of cultural values for the high rate of corruption in the country. He said this on Tuesday when Chief Biodun Ajiboye, Executive Secretary of the National Institute for Cultural...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has raised a Special Task Force in all its Zonal Commands for the enforcement of extant laws against currency mutilation and dollarization of the economy. The Commission disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday via...
The Supreme Council for Shariah in Nigeria (SCSN) has called on the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) to unmask religious organisation suspected to be sponsoring terrorism in the country. This is contained in a statement jointly signed by SCSN President, Sheik Abdularasheed Hadiyatullah and Secretary General Secretary,...
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has said the agency has uncovered a religious sect laundering money for terrorists. Olukoyede, who made the revelation at a one-day dialogue on “Youth, Religion, and the Fight against Corruption.” on Wednesday in Abuja, also said N7...
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, in Abuja decried the labeling and blanket stereotyping of Nigeria as a country with the prevalence of cybercrime and other forms of corrupt practices. Tinubu, represented by Vice-President Kashim Shettima, made the statement at a Public Engagement on Youth, Religion, and the Fight...
The Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed Feb. 22, 2024, for hearing in the suit challenging the appointment of Mr Ola Olukoyede, as the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Obiora Egwuatu stated this on Wednesday after the parties agreed that the date was...