A former governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, has denied being quizzed by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) over an allegation that he misappropriated N4 billion. The former governor said this through a statement signed by the head of his media office, Ahmad Sajoh, on Friday. Mr Fayemi confirmed being invited by the… Read More »
Sets aside Commission’s invitation to past, serving Zamfara officials A Federal High Court, sitting in Gusau, Zamfara State has declared that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission does not have the powers to invite (by letters, telephone calls or any other means of communication) serving and past officials of the Zamfara State Government for the… Read More »
A former governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Friday, denies reports that he is under probe by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over an alleged N4 billion fraud. According to Fayemi in a statement on Friday by the Head of the Fayemi Media Office, Abuja, Mallam Ahmad Sajoh, there was nothing… Read More »
3 days ago The Department of State Services (DSS) high command has said it did not barricade entrance leading to EFCC zonal office in Lagos. DSS spokesman Peter Afunanya in a statement said the building occupied by the EFCC originally belongs to the secret police. “It is not correct that the DSS barricaded EFCC from… Read More »
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has sought the withdrawal of its amended charge against the Kano Central senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdulsalam Abdulkareem Zaura, before a Federal High Court sitting in Kano. The post EFCC withdraws charges against Zaura appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and… Read More »
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has re-arraigned one Andrew Warri before a Lagos Special Offences Court, Ikeja, for allegedly defrauding a new generation bank of N125 million. The post EFCC re-arraigns man for alleged N125m fraud appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News. Follow Us on Google News
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has quizzed the former Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, over alleged money laundering and misappropriation of N4 billion, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. A source close to the anti-graft agency told NAN that Mr Fayemi arrived at the EFCC facility at about 10 a.m. on… Read More »
49 mins ago Speaker of the House of Representatives Femi Gbajabiamila on Thursday spoke on his rumoured appointment as chief of staff to President Bola Tinubu. “Be patient. The system works in its own way – allow the system to work,” Gbajabiamila told a journalist that quizzed him at the State House in Abuja. A… Read More »
EFCC Press Release Bawa Wins SERVICOM Award for Quality Service The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, has received an award of distinction and quality service from SERVICOM. Mrs Nnenna Akajemeli, National Coordinator/Chief Executive, SERVICOM who presented the award at a one-day stakeholders forum for Directors of Reforms, Nodal Officers,… Read More »
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday quizzed the former Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, for alleged money laundering to the tune of N4 billion, The PUNCH reports. The EFCC had last month invited the former minister of solid minerals to defend himself on the alleged misappropriation of the funds said to belong… Read More »
Immediate past Governor of Ekiti state, Kayode Fayemi is currently being grilled by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged misappropriation of N4bn. Fayemi who is being grilled at the zonal command of the anti-graft agency in Ilorin, Kwara state capital, arrived at the facility at about 10am on Thursday, June 1.… Read More »
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, on May 31, 2023 met with the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. A statement from the agency says the meeting which was the EFCC Chairman’s first… Read More »
The chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, on Wednesday, briefed President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on the activities of his commission. The meeting which was the first official encounter between them afforded Mr Bawa an opportunity to brief the new president “on the fight against corruption,”… Read More »
Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Olisa Agbakoba, has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s government to dismantle the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to succeed in the corruption war. Agbakoba said in an interview on The Morning Show of Arise Television on Wednesday. He urged the President to relieve the EFCC chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa.… Read More »
Deji Elumoye in Abuja President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday met with the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, at the State House, Abuja. The agenda of the meeting could not be ascertained, but it may not be unconnected with Tuesday’s invasion of the Lagos office of the anti-graft agency, where… Read More »
President Bola Tinubu is currently holding a closed door meeting with the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The agenda of the meeting could not be ascertained, but it is believed that it is not unconnected with the recent situation at the Lagos office of… Read More »
A former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olisa Agbakoba, on Wednesday, demanded the resignation of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, and service chiefs. Agbakoba, who made the call in an interview on Arise TV’s Morning Show, said the resignation of Bawa and the security chiefs would… Read More »
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a famous Tiktok musician, Crown Uzama (known as ShalliPopi) and his manager, Ajayi Hafeez (known as 21 Badda), for alleged internet-related fraud. The EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Shallipopi, who recently released the remix to his chart-topping single,… Read More »
A protracted conflict between Department of State Services (DSS) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over a building at No. 15 Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, appeared to have taken a dirty twist, yesterday. The post Tinubu reinstates sanity as DSS, EFCC squabble over property in Lagos appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News… Read More »
President Bola Tinubu has asked Nigeria’s secret police, the State Security Service (SSS), to end the blockade of the Lagos office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The president, in a statement by his media aide, Tunde Rahman, gave the directive on Tuesday after he was briefed on the action of the SSS… Read More »
President Bola Tinubu has ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to vacate the office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Ikoyi, Lagos, immediately. Tinubu on Tuesday evening said if there were issues between the “two important agencies of government”, they would be resolved amicably. The President said this, according to a… Read More »
President Bola Tinubu has directed the Department of State Security Service to immediately vacate the office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Ikoyi, Lagos. A statement signed by a presidential media aide, Tunde Rahman, says the President gave the directive following reports that DSS officials stormed the EFCC office located on Awolowo… Read More »
President Bola Tinubu directed the Department of State Services (DSS) to immediately vacate the office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the Ikoyi area of Lagos. The DSS operatives had on Tuesday morning blocked the gate of the facility located at 15 Awolowo Road in Ikoyi with armoured personnel carriers and restrained… Read More »
Officials of the State Security Service (SSS) on Tuesday May 30, stopped officials of the anti-graft agency, EFCC, from gaining access to their office in Ikoyi, Lagos state. According to reports, both agencies have been in a cold war over the ownership of the building currently being occupied by EFCC. An official of… Read More »
The Department of State Services has denied claim of its personnel denying operatives of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission access to the anti-graft agency’s office in Lagos. Spokesperson for the Service, Peter Afunanya said the DSS was occupying “its own facility” where it was carrying out an operation. He told Punch; “It… Read More »