EFCC
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Elder statesman, Dr Chike Obidigbo, has stated that the trial of state governors by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, after their four or eight-year tenure is unconstitutional. He regretted that the anti-graft agency seems to have become a willing tool in the hands of desperate politicians and malicious businessmen with an axe to…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a 13-count criminal charge against the Chairman, Honeywell Group, Chief Oba Otudeko and a former Managing Director of First Bank, Olabisi Onasanya for allegedly obtaining the sum of N12.3bn from First Bank. The duo are to be arraigned on Monday, Jan 20th before Justice Chukwuejekwu Aneke…
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Good morning from MEZIESBLOG! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian newspapers: 1. The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has reaffirmed that all versions of the naira, including the old and new designs of the N1000, N500, and N200 notes, as well as the commemorative and previous designs of the N100 note, remain valid legal tender without…
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Good morning from MEZIESBLOG! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian newspapers: 1. There are reports that the Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical is set to begin fuel exports to South Africa, Angola, and Namibia. Sources said the management of the 650,000-barrel per-day capacity refinery is at advanced stages of talks with the countries to start lifting fuel.…
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Controversial crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, aka Bobrisky, may face fresh criminal charges over claims that he served his jail term in a private apartment and bribed officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to drop money laundering charges against him. Sunday PUNCH exclusively gathered that a panel set up to investigate the claims recommended that…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC is poised to deploy technology-driven facilities and avenues to fight economic and financial crimes and other acts of corruption. The EFCC Chairman, Mr Olanipekun Olukoyede, said this at the inauguration of an electronic learning management studio at the EFCC Academy in Abuja. Olukoyede said the studio would help…
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The American International School, Abuja, has paid the sum of $760,910 to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as refund for an advanced school fees paid to the school by a former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, for his children. EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, confirmed this to Channels Television on Saturday. In an October 24, 2022…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a fresh 26-count charge bordering on abuse of office & corruption against the immediate former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele. Emefiele will be arraigned before Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Lagos High Court, Ikeja on Monday, April 8 on counts bordering…
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Religious sect indicted for money laundering not church, mosque – EFCC The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has clarified that the religious sect that was revealed by its Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, to have been indicted for money laundering is neither a church nor a mosque. Olukoyede had revealed that the anti-graft agency traced the sum…
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The former Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, has accused the EFCC of deceiving him to admit to the allegations of N109bn fraud against him. The ex-AGF claimed that the EFCC told him they wanted to use him to get the minister of finance and some other governors. Idris and his co-defendants are standing trial…
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Since the return to civil rule in 1999, cases of misgovernance and corruption have characterized successive administrations in Nigeria. This has played out to the point that even the creation of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission (ICPC) has not been able to tame the increasing…
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In the wake of the scandal involving the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, an activist, Deji Adeyanju on Saturday insisted that the National Nigerian Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, also transfer money into private accounts. Speaking on Arise TV, Adeyanju alleged that billions of dollars are transferred into private accounts without anybody…
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Olu Agunloye, a former Minister of Power and Steel under the administration of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, has been granted bail in the sum of N50 million by a Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court sitting in Apo. Agunloye was arraigned on seven counts bordering on fraudulent award of contract and official corruption, on Wednesday. The…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has invited the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, to its headquarters located in Jabi area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, MEZIESBLOG has reliably learnt. The invitation came less than 30 minutes the President, Bola Tinubu announced Edu’s immediate suspension from office Through his…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said the personnel of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), arrested on Friday in Kaduna State, would be charged in court at the conclusion of investigation. MEZIESBLOG recalls that some military personnel stormed the Kaduna Command of EFCC on Friday in an attempt to free some arrested fraudsters.…
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22 Jailed for internet fraud The Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentencing of 22 internet fraudsters before Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State. They were convicted on separate count charges bordering on impersonation and obtaining by false…
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