The impeached Speaker of the Ogun House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Olakunle Oluomo, alongside two other principal career officers of the assembly, Hon. Dayo Samuel and Hon. Adeyemo Adedeji, were on Monday arraigned before a Federal High Court sitting in Oke Mosan, Abeokuta, the capital of the state. Oluomo and the duo were dragged before the court by the Economic …

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Kayode Ajulo, on Monday, said that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) seems to have lost the essence for which it was created and has now allegedly turned into a political tool. He also restated his call for President Bola Tinubu to set up a presidential task force to unmask officials of the …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) has seized the passports of the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, and her predecessor, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, over the ongoing investigations into scandals in the ministry. Edu, who arrived at the EFCC headquarters, Abuja at 10 am on Tuesday, was still being quizzed by the commission’s investigators as of the …

The suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu, has been mandated to report at the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Jabi, Abuja on Tuesday. Edu was suspended by President Bola Tinubu on Monday over alleged N585 million scandal. The embattled minister was invited by the anti-graft agency in compliance with President Tinubu’s …

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday raided the headquarters of the Dangote Group in connection with ongoing investigation into foreign exchange allocations. According to PREMIUM TIMES, on arrival at the headquarters of one of Africa’s largest conglomerates in Lagos, the EFCC operatives demanded documents relating to allocation of foreign exchange to the group in the last 10 …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has tracked N30 billion of the N44 billion moved from the accounts of the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA). The multiple accounts to which the funds were moved by some NSIPA officials have been frozen by the anti-graft agency as part of an ongoing probe. It was learnt that the N44 billion …

Immediate past Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hadija Sadiya Farouq, has denied any link to one Mr. James Okwete, who is reported to be under investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), over alleged financial improprieties. The anti-graft agency was said to be investigating Okwete over an alleged N37 billion fraud. In a statement …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has raised the alarm over increasing cases of land fraud and cyber crimes in the South East. The agency’s Enugu Zonal Commander, Aliyu Naibi, spoke on Saturday, while fielding questions from journalists during the anti-corruption road walk in Enugu in commemoration of this year’s International Anti-Corruption Day, as declared by the United Nations. …

The Nigeria Customs Service, Tincan Island Command, has handed over a $54,330 bribe offered to the command by importers of tramadol tablets to the Lagos Zonal Commander of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Michael Wekas. The command announced this in a statement on Tuesday. The Customs Area Controller in charge of the command, Dera Nnadi, while handing …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says the rate of unauthorised withdrawals from bank accounts of customers has become alarming. The commission, through its Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, stated this in a statement on Monday night. It noted that after some investigations, the commission found that such withdrawals are linked to Automated Teller Machine (ATM), Debit …