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January 7, 2024 No Responses

Dangote Reacts To EFCC’s Visit, To Submit More Documents

The Chairman of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote has reiterated the Group’s commitment to provide the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) with all necessary information. Reacting to the ongoing investigation in a statement, Dangote said: “We have already delivered the...

January 4, 2024 No Responses

EFCC Operatives Storm Dangote, Bua

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have besieged the Head office of the Dangote Group of Companies in Lagos State. According to The Punch, the search, which commenced at the company’s head office in Lagos around 3 p.m....

September 3, 2023 No Responses

Navy Hands Over MT TECNE Vessel To EFCC

The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) DELTA has handed over MT TECNE vessel to the officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The impounded vessel laden with 1,905.8 metric tons of products suspected to be stolen crude oil was handed ov...

June 15, 2023 No Responses

DSS Invites Suspended EFCC Chairman

The Department of State Services (DSS) has invited Abdul Rasheed Bawa, the suspended Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), for questioning. The invitation according to the spokesman of the Department of State Services, Peter Afunanya...

March 19, 2023 No Responses

EFCC Arrests, Parades 19 For Vote-Buying

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Saturday in Ilorin, Kwara State paraded 19 suspected vote buyers arrested during the Governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state. The Acting Zonal Head of EFCC, Ilorin Zonal Office,...

March 18, 2023 No Responses

EFCC Steps Up Action Against Vote Buying, Deploys Teams

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has deployed its personnel across the states where Governorship and State Assembly elections will take place on Saturday. The EFCC Spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, said this in a statement on Friday i...

July 27, 2022 No Responses

Court Remands Man For Allegedly Stealing N11.27m From Fidelity Bank

An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Tuesday remanded a 32-year-old man, Sedeliu Iziomo, in a correctional facility for allegedly stealing N11.27 million from Fidelity Bank Plc. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Iziomo is charged with a two-cou...

January 9, 2022 No Responses

Navy Hands Over Impounded Vessel, 20 Suspects To EFCC

The Nigerian Navy on Saturday handed over impounded vessel – MTT4 and 20 suspected crude oil thieves to the officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Bayelsa State. Commodore Patrick Effah, the Commander, Nigerian Navy Ship So...

November 12, 2021 No Responses

EFCC Detains Lucky Igbinedion Over Alleged N1.6b Fraud

The former governor of Edo State, Mr Lucky Igbinedion, is currently being grilled by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) over what a source described as alleged criminal diversion of public funds to the tune of N1.6bn. ...

October 13, 2021 No Responses

SEC Partners EFCC On Capital Market Crimes

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has partnered staff of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on capital market training as part of measures to reduce financial crimes. The Director, SEC Lagos Zonal Office, Mr Stephen...

April 27, 2021 No Responses

PDP Denies Generating N10b In 2019

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has denied an allegation that it generated the sum of N10 billion from sale of nomination and expression of interest forms in 2019. A member of the PDP, Mr Kazeem Afegbua, has petitioned the Economic...

November 10, 2020 No Responses

EFCC Re-Arraigns Ex-NIMASA D-G For Alleged N156.4m Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) on Monday, re-arraigned a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, (NIMASA), Haruna Jauro, in a Federal High Court in Lagos for alleged N156.4 million money laundering...

September 10, 2020 No Responses

Customs Intercepts Passenger With 2,886 ATM Cards

The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Command on Thursday handed over a suspect with 2,886 Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The Deputy Controller, MMIA comm...

January 12, 2020 No Responses

Access Bank Refutes Alleged Arrest OF GMD

Access Bank PLC has refuted the alleged arrest of its Group Managing Director, Mr. Herbert Wigwe by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The bank, in a statement signed by Sunday Ekwochi, Company Secretary said the Commission had invited...