Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
In a notice filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, April 22, 2024, the commission is seeking a withdrawal from the appeal against the ex-governor of Kogi State Yahaya Bello. The anti-graft agency noted that the withdrawal was based on the judgement delivered by the Kogi State High Court […]
The former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika has been invited by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for questioning over the unrealistic Nigerian Airline project. Sirika was brought into the EFCC facility in Abuja on Tuesday and immediately went in for interrogations. Speaking on the condition of anonymity since they have not been […]
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, has said he will resign his position as the chairman of the Commission if he fails to personally oversee the completion of the investigation of the former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello. The anti-graft boss in a statement with pressmen in […]
The Lokoja-Abuja highway has been currently blocked by some youths of Kogi State demanding the freedom of the former state governor, Yahaha Bello over the 80.2 billion naira fraud levelled against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The protesting youths under the coalition of civil society for democracy, and African Youths […]
Former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello has been placed on a watch list by the Nigerian Immigration Service in order not to travel out of the country. Security agencies have been alerted by Kemi Nandap the Comptroller-General of Immigration through the Assistant Comptroller, DS Umar, that the Department of State service should […]
There was mild drama on Wednesday at the Abuja residence of the former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, laid siege to arrest Bello. An EFCC source said they have been around Bello’s residence waiting for his arrest and arraignment before the Federal High Court […]
Pascal Okechukwu has been granted bail of N10 million by the Federal High Court after pleading not guilty to the three count charges. The Court granted him bail Cubana chief priest bail and two sureties in like sum. Recalled that Cubana Chief Priest had earlier pleaded not guilty before Justice Kehinde Ogundare on the […]
Appearing before Justice Kehinde Ogundare of the Federal High Court, Lagos, Instagram socialite socialite, Pascal Okechukwu, aka Cubana Chief Priest, has pleaded not guilty to the charges laid against him by the EFCC on tampering and abusing the naira. Recalled that Cubana Chief Priest was slammed with a three-count charge by the Economic […]
Keeping up with the update into the probed investigation of suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has recovered N30 billion back into the confers of Government account. Betta Edu and the former CEO of the National Social Investment Programme Authority, NSIPA, Halima Shehu […]
A stern warning has been given by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday to organizations transacting with dollar or any foreign currency that they risk being sent to jail. The agency during its latest edition of its monthly e-magazine made this known through its chairman Ola Olukoyede, that anyone caught using […]
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