Due to allegations of Naira misuse, controversial musician Habeeb Okikiola, also known as Portable, has claimed that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, or EFCC, is going to arrest him.Portable, who is now overseas, stated that when he lands in Nigeria, he will be picked up by agents of the anti-graft agency. The “Zazu” crooner…
In addition to placing 50 bank accounts under investigation in the ongoing investigation of the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, and the former chief executive officer of the now suspended National Social Investment Programme Authority (NSIPA), Halima Shehu, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, reports that…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, or EFCC, has brought a new 26-count allegation against Mr. Godwin Emefiele, the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), alleging corruption and abuse of authority. On Monday, April 8, Emefiele will be charged with accepting gratification, accepting gifts through agents, corruption, receiving property obtained fraudulently, and…
Idris Olanrewaju Okuneye, also known as Bobrisky, was charged with six counts by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) today, April 4. He is scheduled to be arraigned before Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court, Lagos, on Friday, April 5. The latter two counts of the charge deal with suspected money laundering,…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has charged Husaini Mohammed Auwal, a Bureau de Change operator, before the Federal High Court in Abuja with alleged unlawful financial transactions totaling N998,421,564. Auwal and his firm, Humak Global Business Links, were charged with six counts of suspicious transaction report, criminal conspiracy, money laundering, and collecting money…
Former governor of Kwara state, Abdulfatah Ahmed was on Monday, February 19 quizzed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over transactions totalling billions of naira while he was in office. Channels Television reported that Ahmed who was governor of the state between May 2011 and May 2019, was seen arriving at the Ilorin office…
Margaret Emefiele, the wife of former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele, and three others have been proclaimed sought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for suspected money laundering operations. Margaret Emefiele, Eric Odoh, Anita Omoile, and her husband Jonathan Omoile are wanted by the EFCC for their involvement in a…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s Ilorin Zonal Command, EFCC, has detained 41 people and seized 12 vehicles in Kwara State for allegedly transporting various types of solid minerals illegally. The offense is punished by life imprisonment under Section 1(8)(b) of the Miscellaneous Offences Act, Cap M17, 1983, according to an anti-graft agency statement issued…