Tag: EFCC

There is no diamond bra belonging to Diezani – EFCC Chairman
Contrary to the media reports, Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, has clarified that there was no diamond bra among items seized from a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, set to be auctioned
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Ibrahim Magu on half pay 16 months after suspension, to be promoted as AIG
Almost sixteen months after he was suspended from office, the erstwhile acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, is being paid half-salary by the authorities. Based on the Public Service Rules, Magu while on interdiction. would
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Borno man sells govt land to three, arraigned for fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned a man, Mohammed Gapchia-Gana, aka Mamman Shuwa, before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri, on three counts of criminal breach of trust and fraud. The defendant allegedly swindled
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EFCC releases Obi Cubana after three-day grilling on money laundering, tax fraud
Three days after he was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged money laundering, socialite and businessman, Obinna Iyiegbu, aka Obi Cubana, has been released. The Anambra-born club owner, who was arrested on Monday, was released
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EFCC operatives storm Justice Mary Odili’s home amid husband probe
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday stormed the Maitama home of Supreme Court Judge, Justice Mary Odili, in Abuja. It was learnt that the operatives who were accompanied by policemen, went to the judge’s home
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EFCC displays 51,933 pages, showing content of Naira Marley’s iPhone
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, displayed before a Federal High Court in Lagos, a virtual projection of a Compact Disc with 51,933 pages analysis of the iPhone of popular Nigerian singer, Azeez Fashola a.k.a Naira Marley.
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EFCC arrests ex-Abia gov Orji at Abuja airport
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a former governor of Abia State, Senator Theodore Orji at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The ex- governor, who has been on the commission’s watch list, was intercepted at about
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