THE chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mrs Farida Waziri, has disclosed that 72 per cent (about 26) of former governors in Nigeria are being investigated by the commission. The commission has also recorded over 600 convictions and recovered almost 12 billion dollars in the last eight years. Mrs Waziri made the […]
Controversy on the direction of the nation’s anti-graft war raged yesterday following growing infighting at the top echelon of government. At the centre of the controversy is the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Mrs. Farida Waziri. The controversy was sparked by enquiries initiated by the Minister of Justice and Attorney General […]
ABUJA — Determined to extricate himself from allegations that he inflated the cost of contracts awarded by the House of Representatives whilst he was the Speaker, Mr Dimeji Bankole, yesterday, flayed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for comparing the crime he allegedly committed with that of the convicted former Chairman of the Nigerian […]
APPARENTLY disturbed by the perception of the international community of Nigeria as a corrupt nation, Senate President, Senator David Mark, has promised that the anti-corruption agencies would be strengthened to redouble the fight against the scourge. Mark, who said this yesterday at the National Assembly when members of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been quizzing the topshots of two first generation banks since Tuesday over the banks’ involvement in the alleged N10 billion scam for which the immediate past Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dimeji Bankole, is currently standing trial. It was confirmed in Abuja last night that […]
ABUJA – The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, yesterday, slammed the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke, SAN, over his recent call for merger of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC. According to the NBA, the suggestion is inimical […]
A fresh attempt to scuttle the ongoing trial of the immediate past speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Dimeji Bankole, was, on Tuesday, frustrated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), which insisted that the former number four citizen must allow his trial to continue unfettered, if he was sure of his innocence. […]
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, on Thursday, swore in the last batch of nine new ministers, with a declaration that his administration would probe the activities of all federal ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) from 2007. He has also directed the nation’s anti-corruption bodies to focus greater attention on all tiers of government as he vowed to […]
Hassan Lawal, former minister of works The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has opposed an application by a former minister of works, Hassan Lawal for the release of his passport to enable him travel to Saudi Arabia for religious purpose. Lawal is standing trial with 13 others for alleged money laundering of several billions […]
A member of the House of Representatives, Honourable Zakari Mohammed, on Tuesday, said that the suggestions by the Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, to merge the country’s anti-corruption agencies, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), was a welcome development that if carried out, […]
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