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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) reported the arrest of 65 individuals across 28 states for alleged vote-buying during the recent governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections. In a statement…
A former Commissioner for Transport in Imo State, Laz Okoroafor-Anyanwu, has been sentenced to three years imprisonment by the State High Court sitting in Owerri, the Imo State capital. He was found guilty of a…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara state has accused the state government of transferring funds from government accounts to voters in a bid to influence them ahead of the March 18 governorship/state House of…
The Federal High Court in Lagos has adjourned the final forfeiture application of $845,316.66 and N2,421,953,522.78 until March 28, 2023, which is claimed to belong to former first lady, Dame Patience Jonathan. The…
A senator from Delta North who was convicted of money laundering has been taken into custody to begin his prison sentence. The senator, Peter Nwaoboshi, was sentenced to seven years in prison by the Court of Appeal in…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has arrested members of a syndicate who are hoarding and trading the redesigned naira notes in Abuja. Wilson Uwujaren, the EFCC spokesperson, disclosed this in…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential campaign council has asked law enforcement agencies to arrest and prosecute Bola Tinubu, standard-bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over alleged corruption.…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has disclosed reasons why Doyin Okupe, a chieftain of the Labour Party (LP), was arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS). TalkGlitz had reported that Doyin…
Doyin Okupe, the former director-general of the Labour Party (LP) presidential campaign council, has been released after he was arrested by the Department of State Services, DSS on Thursday. Okupe was arrested at the…
The Department of State Security Services (DSS) has disclosed its reasons why it arrested a Labour Party chieftain, Doyin Okupe, on his way to London on Thursday. The DSS noted that the arrest was at the request of the…
Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Dr Olisa Agbakoba (SAN) says the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) ought not to be in existence. Agbakoba stated that the police special fraud section…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it has recovered over N13 billion as proceeds from oil illegal subsidy This was contained in a document obtained from the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU…
Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of being responsible for his travails at the London Court where he is in detention. The Senator who has…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has recovered over N30 billion from the alleged fraud committed by the suspended Accountant-General of the Federation ( AGF) Idris Ahmed. The Chairman of the…
A High Court in Abuja has discharged and acquitted a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Mr Babachir Lawal from the N544M contract fraud offences brought against him by the Economic and Financial…
The Kogi State government has threatened to sue the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) over the alleged harassment of state officials. The Kogi Government, on Thursday, accused the Economic and Financial…
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, said Naira might appreciate massively against the dollar In the coming weeks. He said the dollar might drop as low as ₦200 after…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested a former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Lagos State, Olasupo Shasore, SAN. Shasore was arrested alongside his company, Middlesex…
A Federal High Court in Abuja ordered an interim forfeiture of 40 landed properties belonging to the former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu on Friday. Justice Inyang Ekwo, the trial Judge, gave the order…
Former acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, described his exit from the anti-corruption agency as corruption fighting back. Magu said this at an award ceremony held in…
