Abdulrasheed Bawa, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, has been placed under arrest and remand by the Kogi State High Court. Bawa was remanded in the Kuje prison by the court for disobeying an order. In his ruling on Monday, February 6, Justice Rukayat Ayoola also ordered the Inspector General of Police to … Read more
In order to keep an eye on Saturday’s elections, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has sent officers to the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The deployment, according to the anti-graft agency, is part of efforts to guarantee the integrity of the Presidential and National Assembly elections on February 25, 2023. Abdulrasheed … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday said it has re-arrested social media celebrity Ismaila Mustapha, alias Mompha, who was earlier arraigned on charges of money laundering to the tune of six billion naira. EFCC counsel Suleiman Suleiman told a Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, that the prosecution, in collaboration with … Read more
An interim order has been issued by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to seize 14 properties in Lagos, Abuja, and the United Arab Emirates that are associated with the Kogi State Government. The Lagos-based Federal High Court granted the request. Following an ex parte motion filed and argued by Rotimi Oyedepo, SAN, EFCC … Read more
Adedamola Adewale, better known as Adeherself, a social media influencer and comedian, was re-arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday for alleged N7.9 million internet fraud. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, Adewale was charged with three counts of conspiracy to obtain money under false pretenses, attempt to obtain money under … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has advised Nigerians to be wary of the activities of unscrupulous elements using a fake EFCC Help Desk to issue scam alerts. The scam alerts according to the commission, could be in the form of fake calls purported to be from the it’s help desk. Wilson Uwujaren, the … Read more
Hakeem Odumosu, a retired assistant inspector general of police (AIG), has refuted rumors that he was named the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s (EFCC) substantive chairman. The Senate must confirm Odumosu’s appointment, according to reports that surfaced on Tuesday. Recall that the former anti-corruption agency chairman was suspended by President Bola Tinubu for improper conduct … Read more
Cletus Tyokyar, Director General of the Peoples Democratic Party Campaign Council, was detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. In the early hours of Saturday, the PDP chieftain was said to have been detained for having some money in his possession. Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom stated that the party DG campaign was detained … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, had disclosed that it is investigating two ministries over double contracts payment fraud to the sum of N4billion naira. Abdulrasheed Bawa, the commission’s chairman, on Thursday, disclosed that the double contract payments were cumulatively 20. Bawa revealed that the contracts were executed way back in 2018. He explained … Read more
The immediate past governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has reacted to reports circulating that a detachment of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) officials has been deployed from Abuja to arrest him. The unconfirmed report which was circulating mostly on social media claimed officials of EFCC had arrived in Makurdi, the Benue State … Read more