Anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has denied declaring the immediate past governor of Zamfara State, Alhaji Bello Mattawale wanted as reported by some news media. In a statement on Sunday by the commission’s Head, Media and Publicity, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, the commission said it never asked the Department of State Service (DSS) to arrest the former …

Arewa Civil Society Organisation and Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) have commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for suspending the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa, while urging a complete overhaul of the Commission. Chairman of Arewa Civil Society Organisation, Adamu Aminu Musa told journalists on Friday that the suspension and subsequent arrest of Bawa …

Operatives of the Ibadan zonal command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested one Balogun Olawale, a staff of Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, Ogun State, alongside 47 others for their alleged involvement in internet fraud. The suspects were arrested on Wednesday at Idi-Aba area of Abeokuta following intelligence on their alleged fraudulent activities. The other suspects …

Following the suspension of Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa as Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) by the Federal Government, Mr. Abdulkarim Chukkol has stepped in as Acting Chairman of the Commission. The commission stated this in a post on its verified Facebook page on Thursday. Until this new role, Chukkol was the Director of Operations of the …

Following the suspension of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, the Director of Operations at the agency, Abdulkarim Chukkol. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday evening suspended the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. AbdulRasheed Bawa over allegations of abuse of office levelled against him. The suspension is to allow for …

Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana has said that the Department of State Services (DSS) lacks the constitutional power to investigate and prosecute the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele. The Senior Advocate of Nigeria said in a statement on Sunday that Emefiele should be transferred to the custody of the Economic and Financial …

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 108 suspected internet fraudsters in Ogun and Rivers State. In a statement issued in Abuja yesterday, the spokesman of the anti-graft agency, Wilson Uwujaren,  disclosed that 56 of the suspects were arrested in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, while 52 others were arrested in another operation in Ogun State. According …

Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested 20 suspects over offences bordering on cybercrime. In a statement, the commission’s Head of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren said yesterday that the arrest was the second operation within the last month in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. The statement read: “The latest arrest, which followed …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said that a High Court sitting in Kaduna, presided over by Justice Darius Khobo, had convicted and sentenced one Solomon Eke to three years imprisonment for impersonation. The anti-graft agency wrote on its verified Twitter handle @officialEFCC, on Monday that Eke, who had operated a Facebook account with the name Kelvin James, was convicted for impersonating an …

A Federal High Court, sitting in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital, has ruled that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) lacks the power to invite serving and past officials of the state government for the purpose of explaining how public funds are utilised.  The power to audit the public accounts of the state, it also declared, is not vested …