The Former President, Goodluck Jonathan has replied a former EFCC chair, who said she was sacked because she began investigating a corruption case that involved Jonathan’s ‘person’. Farida said, “I came to Lagos on a vital intelligence on the subsidy scam and as soon as I arrested a key culprit I got a call from the... Read More

November 12, 2017

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Jonathan sacked me for arresting ‘his person’ – Ex-EFCC boss, Farida Waziri

Former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Farida Waziri has said she is thankful former President Goodluck Jonathan kicked her out of office. According to a statement on Sunday, Waziri said this during an interaction with journalists at an unnamed event, which she attended in Lagos at the weekend. What Waziri said: She... Read More

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September 4, 2017

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Where is Cecilia Ibru? | The former first lady of Nigerian banking

She was either your role model at some point during your adolescent years or one of your girlfriends’. We say that with confidence because we know the only way it’s not true is if you aren’t a twenty-something female Nigerian or you’re just being dishonest. Cecilia Ibru was up there with Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Dora Akunyili... Read More

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March 24, 2017

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PROFILE: Who is afraid of Ibrahim Magu?

by Wilfred Okiche “In the light of the foregoing, Magu has failed the integrity test and will eventually constitute a liability to the anti-corruption stand of the current government.” Thus ended the official security report from the Department of State Services on the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr Ibrahim Mustafa... Read More

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December 8, 2016

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Nigerian politicians need psychiatric test – ex-EFCC chairman

Former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Farida Waziri has said Nigerian politicians need to undergo psychiatric evaluation before occupying office. Waziri said this on Wednesday while delivering a speech at the inauguration of the Nigerian Women Against Corruption project in Abuja. She said some politicians start to accumulate wealth and houses... Read More

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December 4, 2016

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How billions recovered under Ribadu were unaccounted for – Ex-EFCC chair, Waziri

A former chairperson of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Farida Waziri has launched an attack against her predecessor Nuhu Ribadu, The Punch reports. In a statement by her Personal Assistant, Mrs. Omolara Oluremi, Waziri who was reacting to an allegation by Ribadu that she had hand in his removal said he was a recipient of... Read More

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June 6, 2014

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Akin Osuntokun: Nigerian public officers and the Akpabio syndrome

by Akin Osuntokun Out of office and in futility, they aspire to shield themselves with the power of raw cash and aim to install their successors and other successive governors thereafter. The former chairperson of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mrs. Farida Waziri, is not somebody I like to call upon as a... Read More

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September 14, 2013

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So true, so false: Did ex-EFCC boss, Farida Waziri really send OBJ this letter? (READ)

by ‘Jola Sotubo A controversial press statement released by Farida Waziri, a former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), relating to her tenure, has left her in a verbal tussle with her predecessor, Nuhu Ribadu, and former president, Olusegun Obasanjo. [READ: “Waziri lied to seek undue relevance” – Nuhu Ribadu] Waziri To... Read More

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September 13, 2013

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“Waziri lied to seek undue relevance” – Nuhu Ribadu lays it on former EFCC chairperson (READ)

by ‘Jola Sotubo Following a statement reportedly issued by former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Mrs Farida Waziri, in which she supposedly made some comments relating to another past Chairman, Nuhu Ribadu, the latter has released a statement of his own purportedly to clear his name. See excerpts from Mr. Ribadu’s... Read More

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September 11, 2013

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“It’s all a lie, I never knew Ibori,” says ex-EFCC chairperson Farida Waziri

by Tutu Akinlabi Despite widespread rumours at the time that she was counsel to embattled former Delta State Governor, James Ibori, and hence owed her appointment to him, Farida Waziri has said that she never knew the former governor. The former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mrs. Farida Waziri denied that... Read More

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May 28, 2012

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Pension scam suspect: “We bribed the Senate pension committee with N3 billion.”

by Tolu Orekoya Fallen pensions funds boss, Dr Sani Shu’aibu Teidi, is not willing to go down alone, it seems as he launches broad accusations at the Senator Aloysius Etuk-led Senate committee set up to investigate discrepancies in the country’s pension scheme. Dr Teidi was the high-profile netting of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and... Read More

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November 23, 2011

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So long, ma'am! GEJ replaces EFCC chair Farida Waziri with Ibrahim Lamorde

by ‘Ifreke Inyang Reuben Abati, spokesperson to the Nigerian president, has announced that Farida Waziri, the Chair of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFFC) has been “relieved” of her appointment by President Goodluck Jonathan. The agency’s deputy, Ibrahim Lamurde, has been appointed as the acting chairman. Abati did not state the president’s reason... Read More

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So true, so false: Did ex-EFCC boss, Farida Waziri really send OBJ this letter? (READ)

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