Abdulrasheed Bawa, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says under his leadership, the anti-graft agency will be proactive in fighting corruption. Bawa was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari in February and was subsequently confirmed as the substantive chairman of the EFCC by the senate. Speaking on Friday when he officially assumed office, […]
A businesswoman, Emem Bassey, on Wednesday told a Chief Magistrates Court in Gwagwalada, FCT, that her boyfriend, Onokevbagbe Enikioye, allegedly sold her Lexus Jeep worth N2.3 million without her consent. The police charged Enikioye and Sunday Akachukwu with six counts of criminal conspiracy, criminal breach of trust, theft, criminal intimidation, cheating and criminal force and […]
Over 50 persons have been arrested in connection with pipeline vandalism in Imo state. The Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Elisha Danjuma, disclosed this on Tuesday in Owerri, while commemorating the International civil Defence Day. Danjuma said that the arrest of over fifty persons was part of it’s efforts to […]
The former director general federal road safety commission (FRSC) has urged the new EFCC boss Abdulrasheed Bawa to be honest in fight corruption. He stated this in a letter obtained by Crimefacts.news OPEN LETTER TO EFCC CHAIRMAN My Dear Abdulrasheed Bawa, Congratulations on your appointment as EFFC Chairman. As somebody who share some similarity with […]
The Senate , after a two – hour session on Wednesday at plenary confirmed the appointment of Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa as Chairman of the Economic and Financial Commission. Details later …
The arraignment of former Minister of Aviation, Sen. Stella Oduah, at the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, could not commence over the inability of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to serve two suspects in the trial Counsel to the EFCC, Dr. Hassan Liman, SAN, at the mention of the case before Justice […]
Ibe Pascal Arogorn,Owerri Operatives of the Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Wednesday arrested a 28-year-old medical practitioner, Chijioke Precious and 17 others over alleged internet fraud in Owerri, Imo State. The 17 others whose ages range between 21 and 34 are; Anthony Joshua, Henry Mezie, Chukwuebuka Ahiwe, Michael […]
Abdulrasheed Bawa, the new helmsman of the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has about 16 years of experience on the job. At 40, he is the youngest person to chair the Commission. The founding chairman, Nuhu Ribadu, was appointed at the age of 43 in 2003 Before his new appointment, the Kebbi-born operative worked as […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa as substantive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Mr Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, announced this in a statement on Tuesday. Adesina said the appointment is subjected to the confirmation of the Senate. “President Muhammadu Buhari has asked […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has indicted a senator, Stella Oduah, and the Nigerian subsidiary of Chinese construction giant, CCECC, in alleged fraudulent cash transactions of about N5billion over five months in 2014, PREMIUM TIMES reports. PREMIUM TIMES reported that the EFCC could not arraign the nine defendants in the 25-count charge at […]
