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October 5, 2022
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2023 elections: Hoodlums attack APC members in Oyo during solidarity walk for Tinubu; Give us power to stop nudity in Big Brother – Segun Runsewe | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

2023 elections: Hoodlums attack APC members in Oyo during solidarity walk for Tinubu Ogun Governor, Abiodun rewards Amusan with N5m, house Sanwo-Olu approves pay rise for Lagos workers Give us power to stop nudity in Big Brother – Segun Runsewe Court clears Magu of money laundering Across Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory,... Read More
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July 25, 2017
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Reps want 7-year jail term for money launderers

The House of Representatives has proposed a prison term of seven years and a fine of “not less than N50m” against money laundering. According to Punch, the bills have consolidated and referred to the crucial committee stage. The newspaper reports that one of the bills seek to repeal the extant money laundering law. The executive... Read More
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June 3, 2017
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Paris Club refund: EFCC to ‘apply for interim forfeiture of $3m, N500m from two governors’

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to apply for interim forfeiture of $3 million and N500 million Paris refund money allegedly linked to two governors, The Nation reports. According to the newspaper, two suspects have been listed for trial in connection with the $3 million a governor allegedly laundered through a member... Read More
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January 29, 2017
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Gov. Okowa denies attempt to launder $10m with US-based mistress

Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa has denied allegations that he tried laundering $10m bailout funds through a US-based Ika-born actress, Georgina Onuoha. In a statement by the Delta State Commissioner of Information, Pat Ukah, the governor described his involvement as “ridiculously tasteless and mischievous”. “This can only be part of the unrelenting campaign of calumny... Read More
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January 28, 2017
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“How governor lost $10m bailout funds to mistress”

Security agencies are currently probing a governor for allegedly diverting $10 million bailout funds allocated to his state, which was hijacked by his mistress, The Nation reports. The governor reportedly sought the help of his mistress to launder the funds who however refused to deposit the amount in accounts the governor provided. Investigations revealed that the governor... Read More
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July 4, 2016
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Court clears Diezani from Omokore’s money-laundering trial (PHOTOS)

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has asked a Federal High Court in Abuja for permission to remove former petroleum minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke from the trial of Jide Omokore for money-laundering. Jide Omokore is the chairman of Atlantic Energy Drilling Concepts Nigeria Limited and a trusted associate of Diezani. He was charged to court... Read More
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June 22, 2016
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Kashamu to Fayose: ‘You’re a drowning man who’s throwing juvenile tantrums’

The Senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Buruji Kashamu has asked Governor of Ekiti state, Ayo Fayose to stop chasing shadows and address the allegations against him “instead of dragging the wife of the president, Aisha Buhari into the Williams Jefferson bribery scandal.” Fayose, in a statement on Monday alleged... Read More
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June 15, 2016
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EFCC witness has no documents to support testimony against Badeh

As the trial of former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Air Chief Marshall Alex Badeh (rtd) continued at the federal high court in Abuja yesterday, prosecution witness, Mustapha Yerima revealed to the court that he had no document with him when he made his initial statement to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against... Read More
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April 10, 2015
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How South African woman was caught smuggling hard currencies into Nigeria

by Chinwe Okafor 39-year-old South African, Nosisi Nqgula, was arrested on Thursday evening by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for allegedly smuggling foreign currencies worth about N710.7m to Nigeria. According to reports by Punch, the suspect was arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos with $373,725 and €2,120 concealed inside packs of oats. The... Read More
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November 27, 2013
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N21 trillion has been laundered out of Nigeria in 10 years – EFCC chairman

The chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibrahim Lamorde has said that an estimated  $129 billion (N20.6 trillion) was illegally transferred out of Nigeria in the last 10 years. He said this at a seminar organized by the Swiss Confederation and the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA), in cooperation with the... Read More
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