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The reason why the Senate is against my confirmation is obvious – Magu
The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said that he wants "everybody to join the fight against corruption, whether in law enforcement or not, because we…
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DiezaniGate: Is this another media trial?
by Wareez Odunayo gradually becoming a norm for Nigerians to wake up daily to news stories about recovered loot from the former Minister for Petroleum, Diezani Alison Madueke. The humongous sums…
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The Late 5: These are the stories that drove conversation today
These are the top five stories that drove conversation today. WE HAVE TRACED N47.2BN, $487.5M TO DIEZANI – EFCC The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said through thorough investigations…
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EFCC arrests Chinese man with N305,000 in N5 denomination
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), North West Zonal office, Kano has arrested a Chinese man with N305,000 in N5 denomination. He was arrested at the Mallam Aminu Kano…
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Court orders forfeiture of N7.6bn linked to Alison-Madueke
The Federal High Court, Lagos has ordered the interim forfeiture of N7,646,700,000 said to have been hidden in Sterling Bank Plc. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) linked the…
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We have traced N47.2bn, $487.5m to Diezani – EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said through thorough investigations by its operatives, it has traced N47.2 billion and $487.5 million in cash and properties to the former Minister…
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EFCC arrests Nigerian traveling to Dubai with 849 ATM cards
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a Nigerian, Yasir Salihu Abdullahi, who was traveling to Dubai with 849 Automated Teller Machine cards of various Nigerian banks. According to…
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Court orders permanent forfeiture of Diezani’s $37.5m mansion
The Federal High Court Lagos has ordered the permanent forfeiture of a $37.5 million mansion on Banana Island, Lagos allegedly owned by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke.…
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Bullet-proof car: I did not buy a BMW, it’s govt property – Oduah
Former Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah has said she is not aware of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) probing any matter concerning her. Oduah was reacting to reports…
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EFCC can take me to the Supreme Court if they want – Ngilari
Former governor of Adamawa State, Bala Ngilari has said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) can appeal his acquittal at the Supreme Court. While speaking with Punch, Ngilari aid…
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Anti-graft agencies can’t file charges without the AGF – Femi Falana
Legal Practitioner, Femi Falana says unless there is adequate co-operation between the arms of government and the anti-graft agencies, the fight against corruption will not be effective. He said this…
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No conflict between us and AGF Malami – EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said it has no pending conflict with the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami. The office of the Attorney-General had written a…
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The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today
These are the top five stories you should be monitoring today. 1. We're still reviewing our position on quit notice to Igbos - Arewa Youth The Northern who served quit…
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NUC accuses VC’s of taking N5.7m allowance
The Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Abubakar Rasheed alleged that Vice-Chancellors of some Federal universities collected over N480,000 as furniture allowance monthly Rasheed made this known at…
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‘AGF, EFCC disagree on handling of ‘high profile’ cases’
The office of the Attorney-General of the federation has reportedly disagreed with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for allegedly breaching the rules in its prosecutions, TheCable reports. An EFCC…
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EFCC comes clean about why they let their handler go
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has in a statement on Monday, explained why they let Olufemi Olukayode Adeyemi go. The statement reads, "Olufemi Olukayode Adeyemi worked in the…
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‘EFCC identifies Nigerians indicted in Panama Papers’
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has identified Nigerians indicted in the Panama Papers, The Nation reports. According to the newspaper, the list of the indicted persons may be…
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N329bn recovery from oil marketers; Jeff Bezos’ $90bn net worth | The 5 numbers that mattered last week
$90 billion - Amazon founder and owner of Washington Post, Jeff Bezos became the richest man in the world on Thursday, according to a Forbes real-time list of billionaires. He…
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Arrest any lawmaker refusing to honour invitation | Sagay tells EFCC
Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Prof. Itse Sagay has urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to arrest any lawmaker that refused to honour its invitation. While…
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Corruption: EFCC, ICPC have refused to release case files of 35 ex-governors – Buhari’s aide
Special Assistant to the President on Prosecutions, Chief Okoi Obono-Obla has said the Attorney-General may report that Acting Chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Magu to the Presidency. He also said the…
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Magu’s profile soars as 25 countries endorse anti-graft war
The anti-graft war of the Ibrahim Magu-led Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been endorsed by 25 countries. The Spokesman of the commission, Wilson Uwujaren, said in a statement…
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EFCC, FIRS absent as Reps investigate Patience Jonathan’s harassment petition
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Federal Inland Revenue Service on Wednesday failed to appear before a committee of the House of Representatives. The committee is investigating the…
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EFCC recovers N329bn from Oil Marketers
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Kano Office, has recovered a sum of N328,988,296,990.62 from nine major oil marketers across the country. The recovery, according to a statement by…
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Multi-billion naira Enugu Mall sealed by EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) reportedly on Wednesday sealed the multi-billion naira Enugu Mall occupied by SPAR. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that EFCC officers stormed the…
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EFCC seals multi-billion naira mall in Enugu
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday sealed the multi-billion naira Enugu Mall. Head of Public Affairs of EFCC, Chris Oluka, confirmed the incident. Oluka said the managers…
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High-profile cases: EFCC, ICPC responsible for losses – Buhari’s aide
Special Assistant to the President on Prosecutions, Okoi Obono-Obla has said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission were not cooperating…
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4 reasons we think the EFCC had to let its Twitter handler go
Yesterday, the EFCC let it's brilliant Twitter handler go and the most interesting thing to come out of the news - apart from learning that the handler, simply identified as…
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F.Shaw is the musical genius the EFCC held in its custody until yesterday
Forget it! F.Shaw is made. You probably don't know who that is but that's the point of this post. Out with the old, in with the new. Yesterday, anti-graft agency,…
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As we say goodbye to @officialEFCC’s amazing handler, here are some of his best tweets
The question in the tweet below has been the one burning on the minds and fingers of every Twitter user who has come across the @officialEFCC account. Who is this…
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[The Presidential Blog] Wait, EFCC is letting their brilliant handler go?
By now, there's no denying how much we admire the @officialefcc account - the sheer genius of the human who handles the account judging from the beautifully hilarious tweets that they have…
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