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The Presidency said the nation’s security agencies were free to go after the sacked Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, and the Director General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ambassador Ayo Oke. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu disclosed this on Monday. The statement... Read More
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for sacking the suspended Secretary to Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, and the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ayodele Oke. In a statement by SERAP, deputy director Timothy Adewale on Monday said Buhari should “urgently handover Lawal and Oke to the Economic and Financial... Read More
The acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu says some people are offering protection to the embattled former chairman of Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina and so, the agency has been unable to arrest him. Speaking on Sunrise Daily, a programme on Channels Television, Magu said the anti-graft agency would... Read More
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said anti-corruption bodies the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission became politicised after he left office. Obasanjo stated this during the 2017 annual public lecture of the Dorcas Oke Hope Alive Initiative, titled, ‘Corruption and the challenge of the African child.’ He... Read More
While the buck is still being passed on who reinstatement the wanted former chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms Task Team, Abdulrasheed Abdullahi Maina, The Nation reports that fresh facts have emerged that a Minister begged a detective to spare Maina and eventually “aided” his reinstatement. ‘A top source said’: “President Muhammadu Buhari... Read More
An Appeal Court in Lagos has upheld the decision of the Federal High Court ordering the seizure of property belonging to Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo. What happened: I. N. Buba, judge of the Federal High Court, Lagos, had ordered the seizure of the property by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The order... Read More
The acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu says the agency did its best to bring the wanted former chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms (PTFPR), Abdulrasheed Maina, to book. Magu said the EFCC had played its part by declaring him wanted. Magu said this at a meeting... Read More
Good morning. Here are the top 5 stories that you should be monitoring today: The hunt for Abdulrasheed Maina, the former pension boss sacked two days ago by President Muhammadu Buhari due to illegalities surrounding his employment and promotion, continues. In case you’re new to this story, Maina was dismissed from service in 2013 over... Read More
Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau has asked wanted former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina to surrender to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. According to Punch, Dambazau said this in an official correspondence sent to the EFCC by the ministry. Background: Maina was dismissed in 2013 by the Federal Civil Service Commission following a... Read More
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) have sealed off four houses and two companies allegedly belonging to the former chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina. Highlights: An official of the EFCC, Ibrahim Kamal confirmed that the property belongs to Maina. The affected property are a two-storey shopping... Read More
The news report that the EFCC has gone after the reinstated (now sacked) former head of the Presidential Task Team on Pension Reforms, Alhaji Abdulrasheed Maina, is not one to be joyous about going by the antecedents of this administration, as it relates to the ninety-seven percenters. The Presidency over the years has developed a... Read More
That respite will soon come for former first lady Patience Jonathan in her travails with the EFCC is a conditional statement going by the turn out of events as it relates to her frozen bank accounts. A Non-Governmental Organisation, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has joined the league of those against the unfreezing of... Read More
Good morning. Here are the top 5 stories you should be monitoring today: President Muhammadu Buhari is travelling to Niamey, in the Republic of Niger for a meeting, today, just a day after returning from his trip to Turkey. According to a statement signed by the president’s special adviser, the meeting with some other West... Read More
Police officers attached to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Monday, stormed a mansion belonging to the wanted Abdulrasheed Maina. Why it matters: Mr Maina has been on the wanted list for about two years. He was dismissed in 2013 by the Federal Civil Service Commission following a recommendation by the Office of the Head of Service.... Read More
The embattled former head of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina Monday, failed to report to his new office after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) launched a fresh manhunt for him. Why it matters: It was reported that the EFCC launched a manhunt for Mr Maina’s after he was secretly recalled to the... Read More
Okoi Obono-Obla, Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Prosecution has said wanted former chairman of the defunct Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina, who has been reabsorbed into the civil service has not been found guilty of any offence. Obono-Obla said this while speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. Background: Maina was dismissed in 2013 by the Federal... Read More
The Ministry of Interior Affairs has denied any complicity in the recall and promotion of wanted former Chairman of Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT) Abdulrasheed Abdullahi Maina. What happened: Maina was dismissed in 2013 by the Federal Civil Service Commission following a recommendation by the Office of the Head of Service. He was accused of massive pension fraud scheme... Read More
The President of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN) has urged the Federal Government and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFFC) to take seriously the issue of wanted ex-chairman of the defunct Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina, who has returned to Nigeria. Background: Maina was dismissed in 2013 by the... Read More
The EFCC has been called upon to speed up its investigation into the $20 million bribery scam that has former officials of the Nigerian Ports Authority, (NPA) at its centre. A coalition of Nigerian civil society organisations, the Civil Society Network Against Corruption (CSNAC) made the call in Abuja on Wednesday, October 18, 2017. Speaking... Read More
The trial of a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Raymond Dokpesi resumed Thursday with two prosecution witnesses telling a Federal High Court in Abuja that Dokpesi bought household items with funds allegedly paid to him by the former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki. Background: Dokpesi and his firm, Daar Investment and Holding... Read More
Patience Jonathan, wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday blocked the Federal High Court in Abuja from hearing an ex parte application filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The application sought an order of interim forfeiture of two properties traced to her in Abuja. Background: The EFCC had accused Mrs Jonathan of... Read More
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said Ogun State governor, Ibikunle Amosun is not under investigation by the anti-graft agency. EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren in a statement on Wednesday denied media reports that its agents stormed the basement of the Ikeja residence of the Governor. Uwujaren said during the reported raid, EFCC agents... Read More
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is investigating the Ayodele Fayose government in Ekiti for alleged diversion of over N680million meant for salaries and pension of civil servants, The Nation reports. The amount has been traced to a fixed account which the EFCC claims yields N6 million monthly. The discoveries led to the arrest of... Read More
Patience Jonathan, wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan has dismissed an allegation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission that she used her foundation, Aruera Reachout Foundation to launder stolen funds. Background: The anti-corruption agency had frozen 15 accounts belonging to the former first lady, stating that the funds were proceeds of corruption. Mrs Jonathan had filed... Read More
The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu has said N527 million, $53 million and £21 million have been recovered through the help of whistle-blowers. Magu said this at the unveiling of ‘Corruption Anonymous’, the civil society whistle-blower support initiative of the African Centre for Media & Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) in... Read More
Good morning. Here are the top 5 stories you should be monitoring today: The Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, had more than 2 cents to give about the ongoing corruption allegation in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Buhari is “treating corruption involving his men as a family affair,” Fayose said in a statement yesterday describing... Read More
From the papers this morning – a tracklist. EFCC releases Ekiti commissioner, Accountant-General – YNaija Awarding contracts without Kachikwu is illegal | Falana tells NNPC boss Baru – YNaija ‘EFCC uncovers N2.1bn in Patience Jonathan’s late mother’s account’ – YNaija Buhari is treating corruption involving his men as a family affair – Fayose – YNaija... Read More
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commision (EFCC) has traced N2.114bn to the bank account of Magel Resort Limited, which was allegedly owned by Mrs. Patience Jonathan and her late mother, Mama Charity Oba, Punch reports. Background: The anti-corruption agency had frozen 15 accounts belonging to the former first lady, stating that the funds were proceeds of... Read More
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has released the Ekiti state Finance commissioner, Toyin Ojo and Accountant-General, Omobola Owolabi. EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren confirmed this on Wednesday. Background: The EFCC had arrested the officials over alleged misappropriation of the Paris Club refund. The agency said they were arrested following their refusal to honour the commission’s invitation. The officials... Read More
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