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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has declared the immediate past governor of Zamfara, Bello Matawale, wanted over alleged corruption while in office, asking the Department of State Services (DSS) to arrest him. A few days to the end of his tenure, MATAWALLE had accused the now suspended EFCC chairman, ABDULRASHEED BAWA, of demanding…
The immediate-past Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika is to be questioned soon by the anti corruption agency in Nigeria. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has sent invitation to Sirika to appear before it’s investigators over a probe into the Nigeria Air project. The minister is due to appear before the commission within the week…
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Nigeria’s secret police, the Department of State Services is likely to approach the court on Tuesday to obtain an order to keep the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, in its custody for as long as his interrogation will last. A source in the DSS confided that the secret police would…
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The suspended Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has been arrested by the Department of State Services, DSS. Emefiele was earlier suspended on Friday byPresident Bola Tinubu. Following the suspension of the embattled CBN governor, Mr Folashodun Adebisi Shonubi has since taken over as the acting Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission( EFCC) on Friday interogated the former Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs. Pauline Tallen over alleged fraud. A source close to the Commission said that the ex-minister who arrived at the Abuja Zonal Command of the Commission on invitation at 12pm was still being grilled by investigators of the Commission…
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The immediate past governor of Ekiti State, Mr Kayode Fayemi, is currently being interrogated by Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Reliable sources disclosed that the ex-governor of Ekiti State arrived at the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Commission at about 10 am today, June 1, 2023. Fayemi’s car was also sighted…
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A former Minister for Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke has instituted a N100billion defamation suit against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Diezani Madueke who has sojourned outside the country since 2015 alleged that the anti-graft agency authored and sponsored several publications that portrayed her as a treasury looter. She alleged that the EFCC,…
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Following a massive protest in Lagos, a conglomeration of about 107 Anti-Corruption crusade groups led by Crime and Corruption Monitors has impressed on the incoming administration of President-elect, Bola Tinubu to ensure the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is cleansed of entrenched corrupt leadership symbolized by its current Chairman Abdulrasheed Bawa. The Anti-Corruption crusade…
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Just one day after Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle accused the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa of corruption, prominent anti-corruption organisations yesterday in Lagos called for Bawa’s resignation. Recall governor Matawalle issued a statement on Wednesday, that he and a few other Nigerians have evidence of corrupt practices against…
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Indications are rife that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will look into activities of some outgoing governors whose tenure expires on May 29. This information came to the fire yesterday when it was learnt that the EFCC has written to invite some of them just as the anti-corruption organization will also be directing…