The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has warned its ex-officials to stop parading themselves as serving personnel.A statement by its acting spokesman, Tony Orilade, said its attention have been drawn to the activities of these ex-officials, who use the…
EFCC secures one year conviction for job scammer (Guardian)
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday secured the conviction of one Aminu Abubakar Sadiq at the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri, on a one-count charge bordering on inducement to the tune of N864,000. Acting Spokesman to the EFCC,…
22 Yahoo Yahoo boys jailed in Edo (Nation)
The Benin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it has secured conviction of 22 persons who were involved in yahoo yahoo within it’s operational base in the last one year. It said millions of naira were…
Court grants EFCC leave to arraign Alison-Madueke, Omokore (Nation)
An FCT High Court, Apo on Monday, granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) leave to arraign former petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, and a former Chairman of Atlantic Energy Drilling company, Olajide Omokore, on Feb. 25. Alison-Madueke and Omokore, are…
I’ll scrap EFCC, ICPC – Presidential candidate (Punch)
The presidential candidate of the Accord Party, Isaac Ositelu, on Saturday promised to scrap the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission if elected in 2019. He said he would collapse the operations of the commissions…
I’ll scrap EFCC, ICPC, reform police -says Ositelu, Accord Party presidential candidate
Presidential candidate of the Accord Party, Isaac Babatunde Ositelu, has said that the operations of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) would be collapsed into a reformed police service should he get…
Senator Orji denies being quizzed by EFCC (Nation)
Former Governor of Abia State and Senator representing Abia Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Chief Theodore Ahameule Orji has debunked the news that he was drilled on Tuesday by the personnel of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)…
Fire outbreak: EFCC relocates data centre, inter agency task force (Punch)
Following the outbreak of fire on Monday evening at the Wuse 2 Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, the agency has relocated the Data Centre and the office of the Combined Inter Agency Task Force. The two…
Media awards won’t save you from EFCC, Shehu Sani tells governors (Punch)
The Senator representing Kaduna Central at the National Assembly, Shehu Sani, has criticised the awards usually given by media outlets to state governors in the country. Without being specific, Sani noted that events marking media honour being awarded to governors…
EFCC arraigns Lagos pastor for fraud (Punch)
A Lagos-based pastor, Prophet Cletus Ilongwo, has been arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for alleged involvement in a N59.7m fraud. Ilongwo, the Presiding Pastor of the Power of the Holy Ghost Evangelical Ministry, was brought before a…