Tag: EFCC
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As 8th Senate Rounds Off, EFCC Moves Against Saraki With Fresh Charges
A few days after the International Human Rights Commission (IHRC) announced the appointment of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, as its “Ambassador-at-Large”, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has initiated a fresh investigation, which seeks to probe all salaries, allowances, estacodes, and payments he received as governor from 2003 to 20011. The probe…
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We Are Probing Saraki From 2003 Till Date, Says Probe Not Political – EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it is indeed probing Senate President Bukola Saraki dating back to 2003 when he was elected governor of Kwara State. The EFCC said in a Facebook post that it was probing Saraki not because of his new appointment as the ambassador at large by the International Human Rights…
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Governors Covertly Promoting Insecurity To Inflate Their Security Votes – Magu
The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr Ibrahim Magu, on Wednesday hit at state governors, saying that some of them deliberately fuelled insecurity in their states just to collect more money as security vote. He noted that some of the governors “now covertly promote insecurity as justification to inflate their security…
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EFCC Raids Onnoghen’s Farm, Takes Away Sales Books, Receipts, Others
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Saturday raided the farm of the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, making away with sales books, receipt booklets, its members of staff list and other documents. The Punch reports that about nine EFCC operatives, a cameraman and policemen in a Nissan bus marked Abuja BWR…
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Elections: EFCC Stopped From Probing Plane Loaded With Cash
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has been barred from investigating a private jet loaded with money on February 15, 2019, the eve of the aborted presidential and National Assembly elections, Saturday PUNCH learnt on Friday. Our correspondent gathered that the plane which was billed to fly to Ilorin, Kwara State, from Murtala Muhammed International…
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EFCC To Push For Diezani’s Extradition
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is to approach Attorney-General of the Federation Abubakar Malami( SAN) this week with a request to file charges against Mrs Alison-Madueke based on its findings. Former Petroleum Resources Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke is to be extradited from Britain, The Nation learnt yesterday. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)…
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“Pharaohs That You See Today, Tomorrow, We shall See Them No More” –Fayose
— I can’t be intimidated with EFCC to join the APC like Godswill Akpabio for fear of going to jail Former Governor of Ekiti, Ayodele Fayose has lambasted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the All Progressives Congress, APC, after he was granted bail by the court. Speaking with press men in Lagos after…
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Breaking: Over 20,000 Fayose’s “EFCC I’m Here” T-shirt Hit Market For Sales
Over 20,000 Fayose’s “EFCC I’m Here” T-shirt are presently being circulated in the market for sales, Starnews has learnt. Starnews reported two days ago that former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose made himself available to the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) in Abuja with host of supporters wearing a branded T-Shirt inscripted with…
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Fayose Arrived EFCC Office With T-Shirt Boldly Inscripted With: “EFCC I Am Here”
Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, is presently at the Wuse 2 office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC) with a T-Shirt boldly inscripted with the word: “EFCC I am here” Fayose, whose tenure expired today, is under investigation for allegedly receiving N1.3bn from the Office of the National Security Adviser through…
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I Won’t Appear Before EFCC Not Until October 16 –Fayose Vows
–Says EFCC hates me The Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission of having a personal hatred for him and insisted that he would not appear before its officials for questioning before October 16. Fayose’s tenure will expire on October 15. According to the Punch report, Fayose had…