Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested the Director, Finance and Account of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr. Eno Ubi Otu. Mr Otu is currently being grilled with regards to an alleged N25billion fraud. It is alleged that the finance director played a role in the diversion of […]
The amount of money stolen by late General Sani Abacha and his cronies which have been repatriated to Nigeria by the United States has hit over $334.7 million, the US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Leonard, said on Tuesday. According to her, the US government had been keenly aware of the devastating impact of corruption […]
The Federal Government, on Tuesday, signed a fresh agreement with the Government of the United States of America, USA, for the repatriation of a total sum of $23, 439, 724 that was allegedly looted by the late former military Head of State, General Sani Abacha. While the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of […]
A former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has said various courts have cleared him of all corruption allegations levelled against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Mr Saraki, who spoke through his spokesperson, Yusuph Olaniyonu, said it was therefore unfair to include him among cases that were either not conclusively investigated or […]
The Human & Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA) has petitioned the Independent Corrupt Practices & Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to investigate Bashir Ahmad, aide of President Muhammadu Buhari, for receiving salaries after resigning his appointment. Some reports had claimed that Ahmad continued to receive salaries in full from the federal government after his resignation […]
On 16 March, barely hours after handing over power to his successor, Charles Soludo, former Anambra State governor, Willie Obiano, was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Mr Obiano, who had been under the radar of the anti-graft agency, was on his way to Houston, Texas in the United States when […]
The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, has said the federal government would soon reveal the identities of important personalities behind oil theft in the country. Shehu said that as part of efforts to rid the country’s economy from sabotage of greedy few, security operatives had […]
The presidential panel that probed Ibrahim Magu says the cases compromised under the watch of the former acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) were calculated to the tune of N333 billion, $2 billion and £13 million. In the final report submitted to President Muhammadu Buhari in November 2020, the judicial […]
The presidential panel that probed Ibrahim Magu, former acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says he could not account for N431 million security vote allocated to his office between 2015-2020. In the final report submitted to President Muhammadu Buhari in November 2020, Magu was said to have used part of […]
The presidential panel that probed Ibrahim Magu says 14 fraud cases involving N118 billion and $309 million were abandoned by the former acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In the final report submitted to President Muhammadu Buhari in November 2020, the EFCC, under Magu’s watch, was also accused of not […]
