EFCC
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The immediate-past Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdurasheed Bawa, has been released five months after detention. MEZIESBLOG gathered that the former anti-corruption czar was released on Wednesday night. Recall that Bawa was arrested by the Department of State Service (DSS) on June 14, 2023, hours after his suspension from office as…
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A UK court has ordered the confiscation of £101.5 million allegedly linked to James Ibori, former governor of Delta state. Delivering the judgement on Friday after “factual findings”, David Tomlinson, a judge at Southwark Crown Court, said Ibori should pay the sum immediately or face an eight-year jail sentence. Reacting through a statement posted on…
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Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, on Sunday, joined those calling for the removal of the chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa. The Igbo group made the demand in a statement published by its National President, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, MEZIESBLOG reports. He said the call became necessary as the EFCC was, according to…
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The Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has at last finally issued a directive for the arraignment of a former Aviation Minister, Senator Stella Adaeze Oduah, in the N7.9 billion money laundering charges brought against her by the Federal Government. The directive issued in a letter to the Federal…
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday approved the suspension of Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu. Umar Gwandu, spokesperson for Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), confirmed the news in a statement on Friday. The statement added that EFCC’s Head of Operations, Mohammed Umar, had been named as the Acting…
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Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has asked the Federal High Court in Enugu State to grant an order of interim forfeiture of the $2.8 million seized by its officers in the eastern state. The motion was filed at the Federal High Court sitting in Enugu State. Information from the EFCC show that…
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Justice Zainab Bage Abubakar of the Federal High Court Gusau, Zamfara State earlier this week ruled on a fraud case from Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against one Mohammed Yusuf. The accused person was convicted of internet scam and handed a 7-year prison term on each of the eleven counts preferred against him by…
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A 22 years old internet fraudster, Bike John Niye has been sentenced to one and half years imprisonment by a Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, for defrauding one Laura Wallmam of Indiana, United States of America the sum of $53,500. According to a report from the Economic & Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Justice…
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