EFCC Arrests 57 Internet Fraud Suspects, Recovers Two Pump Action Rifles in Ogun The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Office on Friday, March 12, 2021 arrested fifty seven suspected internet fraudsters at their hotel hideouts and recovered two pump action rifles. The suspects were arrested in Yewa Frontier Hotel & Resort, Ellysam
EFCC: Buhari Names Abdulrasheed Bawa To Replace Magu
President @MBuhari has asked the Senate to confirm Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa as substantive Chairman of @officialEFCC. In a letter to President of the Senate, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, the President said he was acting in accordance with Paragraph 2(3) of Part1, CAP E1 of EFCC Act 2004. Bawa, 40, is a trained EFCC investigator with vast
Buhari suspends Magu as EFCC boss
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has suspended the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, Jkcyno news has learnt. Buhari had earlier set up a presidential panel headed by Justice Ayo Salami to probe the various allegations leveled against the EFCC boss. The panel grilled Magu for hours on
BREAKING: DSS Arrests EFCC Acting Chairman, Ibrahim Magu
Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, has been arrested by the Department of State Services. He was arrested at the Wuse II office of the DSS on Monday afternoon and is now undergoing interrogation at the DSS Headquarters In Aso Drive. The DSS in a 2016 report revealed that Magu
Just In :EFCC reportedly arrests Rochas Okorocha
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have reportedly arrested the immediate past governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha. According to a report by DailyTrust, EFCC operatives allegedly stormed Ogboko in Imo state today Thursday May 30th and arrested Okorocha. The report also claims that Okorocha’s wife, Nkechi, was also arrested. Others also arrested include
Governor Ganduje Reportedly Gifts EFCC N10M, Nigerians React
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has denied reports making the rounds that it received N10million donation from Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, to organise anti-corruption marathon. A statement emerged online on Monday by Mr Ganduje’s spokesman, Aminu Yassar, saying governor Ganduje donated the money to EFCC, ICPC and Athletic Federation of Nigeria for
Breaking: High Court Grants Fayose N50m Bail
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state has been granted bail. The court granted the former governor N50million bond and his international passport submitted to court. The immediate past governor of Ekiti state, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, is presently at the Federal High Court, Ikoyi where he is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
Court Orders service of process on Oshiomhole, EFCC
JUSTICE Anwuli Chikere of the Federal High Court, Abuja on Tuesday ordered that the former governor of Edo state, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole be served with an application brought before the court by an anti-corruption crusader, Bishop Osadolor Ochei seeking an order of mandamus compelling the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to arrest
EFCC tags Fayose A contraband, Nigerians react
Outgoing governor of Ekiti State, Peter Ayodele Fayose, on Sunday fired back at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) for placing his names on their watchlist. He stated this via his twitter handle Sunday evening. “EFCC, putting my name on watch list after notification of my coming is
EFCC accuses Gov Ortom of N22 Bn fraud
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has linked Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State to an alleged fraud to the tune of N22 bn. This is just as the EFCC revealed that 21 members of the Benue State House of Assembly are under investigation for allegedly diverting N375m meant for the