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Appeal Court hears EFCC appeal against Yahaya Bello’s arrest today
The Court of Appeal in Abuja will today (Monday) hear the appeal lodged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission against the order of a Kogi State High Court which restrained the anti-graft agency from arresting the immediate-past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello. The Kogi court, in a ruling…
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EFCC recovers fresh $445,000, N3bn in humanitarian ministry probe
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said on Sunday it has freshly recovered $445,000 and N3bn in the ongoing probe of the scandal in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs. The EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, told The PUNCH that the $445,000 and N3bn were recovered between March and April in addition…
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EFCC to arraign Bobrisky over alleged N180.7m laundering, abuse of N490,000 today
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, will today, arraign popular cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye aka Bobrisky before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos over naira abuse and failure to declare his firm’s activities involving N180.7 million. The anti-graft agency, yesterday, filed the charge against the social media celebrity, through…
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N109bn fraud: EFCC denies asking ex-accountant general to indict minister
A detective with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mahmud Tukur, denied promising the former Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, leniency in exchange for indicting the former Minister of Finance and others. The former Accountant General of the Federation had told the Federal Capital Territory High Court on…
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President Tinubu Scraps EFCC, ICPC, NCDC, NCC, NTA, Several Others
President Tinubu has ordered the immediate scrapping of many agencies in full implementation of the Oronsaye report. President Bola Tinubu on Monday, February 26, ordered the implementation of the Stephen Oronsaye panel’s report on the reform of the civil service, in this report, Goldmynetv recalls the recommendations of the committee…
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Despite FG’s Clampdown: Dollar Hits N1,900; Pound, N2,250
The naira Tuesday slid further at the parallel market in spite of the clampdown the federal government ordered on foreign exchange market speculators. Bureau De Change (BDC) hubs were raided in Abuja, Lagos and Kano and some operators were arrested. Despite the raids, however, the naira plunged further with a…
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EFCC battles religious sect over N13bn money laundering for terrorists
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ola Olukoyede, revealed yesterday why the war against insecurity has been protracted, disclosing that a powerful religious sect in the country secured a court order to stop its men from probing the N7 billion linked to some terrorists. The commission said…
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EFCC investigates at least $347bn allocated to companies in Nigeria between January 2014 and June 2023
This came as fresh findings show that the anti-graft agency has extended its forex allocation probe to include some foreign firms operating in Nigeria. The local and foreign companies in Nigeria got at least $347.49 billion from the apex bank to service their foreign exchange needs and obligations within 10…
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EFCC Revives 13 Ex-Governors, Fayose, Kwankwaso, Nnamani, Lamido, Sylva’s N772bn Fraud cases
•Diezani, other ex-ministers listed as agency vows not to spare politically exposed persons The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has reopened money laundering cases against 13 former governors and some former ministers, with the amounts involved running into over N853.8bn. Sunday PUNCH findings revealed that the amount at stake in…
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Betta Edu: EFCC invites bank chiefs over alleged fraud
The Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of Zenith, Providus, and Jaiz banks on Tuesday were invited by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). This is amid a sweeping investigation into an embezzlement scheme linked to current and former Ministers of Humanitarian Affairs, Betta Edu and Sadiya Umar-Farouq. Sources told The…