The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has intensified efforts to bring Tuoyo Omatsuli, the former Executive Director on Projects at the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), to justice over alleged involvement in a N3.6 billion fraud case. This was disclosed in a statement by the EFCC on Thursday via a post on X . The EFCC…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s (EFCC) witness, Mr Hamma-Adama Bello, has told a Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja, how Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita, immediate-past Head of Service (HoS), used her companies to launder government’s funds while in service. Bello, a Chief Superintendent of EFCC and Head, Special Investigation Team (SIT), told Justice James Omotosho on…
A former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, was on Friday arraigned at the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja on 20-count bordering on alleged corrupt practices and forgery. Dressed in an ash coloured pair of trousers and a dark jacket, the ex-CBN governor arrived at the court premises accompanied by his team…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, filed an amended 20-count charge against the suspended governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele in an FCT High Court. Earlier, EFCC dragged Emefiele to court on six counts. They bordered on alleged breach of procurement procedure in the award of the contract to…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has reopened money laundering cases against 13 former governors and some former ministers, with the amounts involved running into over N853.8bn. Sunday PUNCH findings revealed that the amount at stake in the high-profile cases involving the former governors and ex-ministers was not less than N772.2bn, however, the anti-graft agency…
The chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, said that the anti-graft body has decided to beam its searchlight and take the corruption war to the grassroots, saying that the people are very close to the local government administration. He stated that once the EFCC can eliminate theft and wastefulness and successfully achieve…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arrested a fake Senator, Ifechukwu Tom Makwe for alleged €5.7million (Five Million, Seven Hundred Thousand euros) internet fraud. Makwe was arrested at the Guzape area of Abuja following credible intelligence about his internet- related fraud activities. Upon arrest, it was discovered that the suspect, bearing many aliases…
The immediate past Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom is currently in custody of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).Our correspondent gathered that the ex-Governor was invited by the anti-graft body for questioning over his stewardship.Ortom, however, drove into the Makurdi zonal office of the agency, which is located at Alor Gordon street in the…
NIGERIAN President Bola Tinubu has suspended Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Abdulrasheed Bawa, indefinitely. Director of Information, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation Willie Bassey disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, June 14. “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,GCFR, has approved the indefinite suspension from office of Mr…
EFCC investigator, Mr Denis Kasari, on Wednesday testified against one Mamman Ali before an Ikeja Special Offences Court in a N2.2 billion fuel subsidy scam trial. Ali, son of former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) retired Gen. Ahmadu Ali, is standing trail alongside one Christian Taylor and Ali’s company, Nasaman Oil Services. They…