The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has invited Wahab and Raheem Okoya, sons of billionaire businessman, Chief Razaq Okoya, for questioning over alleged naira abuse. Raheem and Wahab are expected to report to the commission’s Lagos office for questioning on Monday. The brothers sparked widespread criticism after a video surfaced showing them flaunting and spraying bundles of N1,000 notes in …
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has come under scrutiny following its request for ₦126 billion for its 2025 operations, a non-election year. INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, on Friday, said that the umpire would require about N126 billion to fund its activities in 2025 and begin preparation for the 2027 general elections. Mahmood stated this at the National Assembly …
A Non-Governmental Organisation, Journalists Against Corruption (JAC) has commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over the dismissal of 27 of its officials for fraudulent activities and misconduct. In a statement in Abuja on Wednesday, JAC’s Project Coordinator, Kehinde Osifisan said: “This development marks the beginning of a new dawn in the EFCC. Since its inception in 2002, this …
When President Bola Tinubu approved the appointment of Mr. Olanipekun Olukorede as the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on 12 October 2023 and his subsequent confirmation by the Senate six days later, there was no drama or any inkling as to expectations from the anti-graft body under the new helmsman at a period when not …
A Federal High Court in Abuja has okayed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC’s) application to freeze 24 bank accounts domiciled in different banks over allegations bordering on terrorism financing. Justice Emeka Nwite, who granted the application after EFCC’s lawyer, Martha Babatunde, moved an ex-parte motion to the effect, gave the commission the go-ahead to freeze the accounts for …
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Mrs. Joy Enwa, the Accountant General of Delta State, as part of investigations into the alleged misappropriation of N1.3 trillion linked to former Governor Ifeanyi Okowa. The anti-graft agency has also questioned other officials, including a former Director of Finance and Administration and a senior Government House official. According to EFCC …
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, arraigned the Managing Director of Atlantic International Refinery and Petrochemical Limited, Mr. Akindele Akintoye at the Federal High Court, Abuja, over an alleged $35 million fraud. He was arraigned before Justice Emeka Nwite on charges bordering on money laundering and contract fraud. On 31 October 2024, Akintoye was arrested by the …
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said that it has carried out its largest single-day operation against cryptocurrency and romance scam networks, arresting 792 suspects in Lagos. Addressing a press conference on Monday, Wilson Uwujaren, EFCC spokesperson, said the arrests took place at a seven-storey building in Victoria Island, Lagos. Uwujaren said the suspects include 114 Chinese …
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested a suspected online fraudster, Osang Otukpa, for allegedly duping 139 Australians to the tune of $AUD8,000,000. Otukpa was arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos upon arrival from the United States of America on Friday, 6 December 2024. A statement on Friday by the EFCC’s Head of …
The nation’s political elite has started the process of rigging the 2027 general elections, Prof Adele Jinadu has said. Delivering his keynote address at the Policy Dialogue on “State of Anti-Corruption Policy and Practice in Nigeria”, in Abuja, yesterday, the Professor of Political Science said known party members were being appointed as commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC). …
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