Tag Archives: EFCC

The National Coordinator and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA), Halima Shehu, has been detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission hours after she was suspended.    Shehu is being detained in connection with the movement of N17 billion from NSIPA account to …

The immediate-past Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, has denied knowing James Okwete, a contractor who was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for allegedly laundering N37bn.   She described the allegation of complicity as a malicious attack on her person.   …

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, has called for urgent return of Nigerian stolen assets stashed in foreign countries.   According to a statement posted on the commission’s X handle on Wednesday, December 13, Olukoyede made this call on Tuesday, at the ongoing 10th session …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, December 6, 2023, arraigned the operator of McHarvey Capital Limited, Benjamin Okenna Ikaa and two others: Chidera Jonas and Ikaa Ejike Benjamin before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja.   A statement released by the EFCC says …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State has alleged that Governor Duoye Diri is mounting pressure on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to arrest and prosecute Timipre Sylva over “trumped up charges”.   APC’s spokesperson in the state, Doifie Buokoribo said on Monday, December 4, that Diri is instigating the anti-graft agency to …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Lagos Zonal Command, has arraigned a couple, Oriyomi Idowu and Ruth Idowu, before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. They were arraigned on Tuesday, November 28, 2023, on 20 counts bordering on obtaining money by false pretences, money …

  Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 14 (Fourteen) suspected vote buyers in Otueke, Adawari playgrounds in Bayelsa State and at various polling units in Imo and Kogi States.   A statement from the antigraft agency says they were arrested on Saturday, November 11, 2023 …

A 73-year-old man, Nyeche, who has spent 13 years and eight months awaiting trial in prison after he was arrested by EFCC operatives has finally regained his freedom.    Human Rights group, Herdfort foundation, who secured his release said Nyeche was arrested when he was 60 years old. The body …

Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele has been released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission after he was granted bail by a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Maitama on Wednesday afternoon, November 8.   The Nation reported that after Justice Olukayode …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, November 6, failed to produce the embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting at Maitama, as it was directed to do.   LIB had earlier reported …