By Aminah Salako – Adekunle Nigerian youths have been advised not to celebrate corruption and questionable wealth, but rather be concerned with source of suspicious wealth. The Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ilorin Zonal Command, ACE Atinuke Akinroyeje made the call at a one-day symposium, with the theme: “Say ‘No’ To Get Rich…
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) says it has granted former governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, bail. The Commission Chairman , Abdulrasheed Bawa, stated this on Monday in an interview with journalists in Abuja on the sideline of 5th Annual General Assembly (AGA) of the Network of Anti-Corruption Institutions in West Africa (NACIMA). Bawa,…
The Sokoto zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned five management staff of the State Primary Staff Pension Board for alleged fraud of N500 million. The money was meant for the payment of retired pension and gratuities. The staff were arraigned before the Sokoto High Court on 28 count-charge bordering…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has commenced the process of executing fraud risk assessment on Federal Government agencies as part of efforts to fight corruption in the country. Executive Chairman of EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in New York that the measure would detect the agencies…
The immediate past governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The former Kwara governor is being interrogated by a crack team of operatives at the EFCC headquarters in the Jabi area of Abuja, the nation’s capital. He was said to have arrived the EFCC…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, says activities of some individuals who have been visiting prominent personalities across the nation, parading themselves as Ambassadors of the commission has come to it’s notice. A statement by EFCC, head of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren which appreciates support of all stakeholders in the fight against corruption…
A Twenty three year old HND 1 Student of the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara State, Oladipo Opeyemi Juwon has been sentenced to nine months imprisonment by Justice Mahmood Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin over his involvement in internet scam. A statement by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ilorin…
