The Supreme Court has reserved judgement in a suit filed by 16 state governments challenging the constitutionality of the laws establishing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and others. A seven-member panel of justices presided over by Justice Uwani Abba-Aji, on Tuesday reserved the matter after the lawyers in the matter argued their applications. The suit which was originally …

A non-governmental organisation, Vanguard for Credible Representation (VCR), has taken a swipe at the Campaign for Democracy (CD) and Transparency and Accountability Network (TAN) for accusing the Federal Government of interference in the suit filed by the Kogi State Government and 14 other states against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Kogi State government and 18 other states had …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, filed 14 fresh charges of alleged N5.78 billion fraud against the former Kwara State governor, Abdulfattah Ahmed; and his Commissioner of Finance, Mr. Ademola Banu. The duo were charged before Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar at a Kwara State High Court in Ilorin with alleged diversion and misappropriation of public funds meant for …

Rights activist and lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana has written to Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas in opposition to the view canvassed by former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Dr. Olisa Agbakoba on the legal status of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In a letter dated 17 …

A lawyer, Hon Kayode Oladele has faulted the position of the former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Dr. Olisa Agbakoba on the legal status of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), describing it as “legal sophistry”. Oladele, who represented Yewa North/Imeko-Afon Federal Constituency of Ogun State between 2015 and 2019, was responding to an interview by Agbakoba …

On being sworn into office on 27 January 2024 as the Executive Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Usman Ododo swore with the Quran to uphold the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. However, since his assumption into office, subsequent events surrounding his immediate predecessor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, who is presently on the run from the law, have exposed Ododo …

Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have cricriticised the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for delaying the release of its findings on the alleged N585 million fraud involving suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu. in a statement, the convener of the groups, Aminu Abbas, questioned the EFCC’s silence on the matter, despite President Bola Tinubu’s suspension …

The Governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Fintiri, has said that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) should not be scrapped but rather strengthened for better efficiency. This came in response to a suit filed at the Supreme Court by 16 state governors challenging the legality of the laws establishing the commission. In an interview on Channels TV’s Hard Copy …

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested 44 suspected internet fraudsters in Enugu and Anambra states. The arrests were made on 28 and 29 September, 2024, following credible intelligence linking the suspects to online criminal activities. According to a statement issued by the EFCC on their X page, the suspects were apprehended at various locations in Enugu …

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), has urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to help with the arrest of two Nigerian fugitives wanted over healthcare fraud in the United States. Babatunde Shodiya and Yinka Jamiu were on 25 September indicted by a grand jury at the U.S. District Court of Minnesota over a scheme that saw healthcare providers …