DSS arrests Faisal Maina six years after jumping bail
Faisal Maina, who was convicted of money laundering in 2021, was reportedly arrested in Abuja and handed over to the EFCC following his return to Nigeria. The Department of State…
Atiku, Malami | Photo credit: Daily Trust
EFCC opens Mambilla probe into Atiku, Malami, others
The commission has constituted a team to examine transactions and dealings involving public officials named in the arbitration award over the long-running Mambilla power project dispute. The Economic and Financial…
Bawa Usman Kaltungo while receiving the delegation | File Photo
EFCC warns lawyers against billing clients in dollars
Commission says two cases of dollar-denominated legal fees are already under investigation, as it also cautions lawyers against invoking its name to justify high charges The Economic and Financial Crimes…
Olukoyede: EFCC forfeited $500m in assets, with more cases in the pipeline
EFCC Chairman Ola Olukoyede says the agency has forfeited over half a billion dollars in cash and assets to the Nigerian government in three years, citing cases involving a former…
Governor Ademola Adeleke
Osun threatens legal action as EFCC freezes state account
The freeze lands 10 days before the August 15 governorship election, hours after Governor Adeleke alleged a politically motivated plot The Osun State government has threatened legal action against the…
EFCC clears immigration CG Nandap of any Connection to visa fraud investigation
The EFCC says Nigeria Immigration Service Comptroller-General Kemi Nandap is not under investigation and has no connection to ongoing visa fraud cases involving some officers. The Economic and Financial Crimes…
NMA begins indefinite strike in Akwa Ibom over alleged EFCC assault on Doctors
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Akwa Ibom state has declared an indefinite strike in response to allegations that Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) operatives assaulted, arrested, and detained medical…
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EFCC lists City Boy Movement women leader as wanted over alleged fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has declared Halimat Adenike Tejuosho, south-west zonal coordinator of the women wing of the City Boy Movement, wanted over an alleged case of obtaining…
While Kogi Teachers went unpaid for 39 months, Yahaya Bello’s children had $760k school fees paid in advance
A prosecution witness at the FCT High Court in Maitama, Abuja, on Thursday told the court how $760,910.84 was used to pay advance school fees for four children of former…
FCT Council Poll: EFCC arrests 20 for vote buying, recovers N17m
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said its agents arrested 20 suspects for various electoral offenses, including alleged vote buying, during Saturday's local council elections in the Federal Capital…
