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• April 11, 2013

  EFCC Invites Reps’ Clerk Over Bankole’s Case

  Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has summoned the Clerk of the House of Representatives, Mr. Mohammed Sani-Omolori. Although, details of the invitation were sketchy on Wednesday, it was confirmed that he is yet to honour the invitation.

• January 11, 2013

  Soludo’s Arrest: Ghost Of His Past, Haunts Him

  Former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Prof Charles Soludo, was on Thursday arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC).

• January 8, 2013

  Ex-Governor Or Just Another Celebrated Squanderer?

  Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson has dropped a bombshell, when he said he inherited  N4,451 from his predecessor, Timipre Sylva, in February 2012.

• June 11, 2012

  Corruption in House of Reps: Otedola exposes Farouk Lawan in $3million bribe scandal!

  Chairman, Zenon Petroleum & Gas Ltd, Mr. Femi Otedola, allegedly involved in a $3 million bribery scandal involving members of the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on the Fuel Subsidy probe, has made a shocking confession about the corruption going down in the House of Representatives! 

• April 17, 2012

  FG urged to scrap EFCC, ICPC, FRSC and 375 agencies

  The federal government has been advised to scrap the nation’s anti-graft graft agencies, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practice Commission (ICPC) and 375 other agencies citing inefficiency and replication of duties at a huge cost on the nation’s purse.

• March 2, 2012

  High Court acquits Gbenga Daniel of 43 money laundering charges

  A High Court sitting in Abeokuta Ogun State has discharged and acquitted the immediate past Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel of all 43 money laundering charges brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

• February 28, 2012

  Ex-Governor Ibori pleads guilty to £50 million fraud

  Former Delta State Governor James Ibori yesterday pleaded guilty in a British court to money laundering and conspiracy to defraud. He admitted nearly £50 million fraud, said to be part of total embezzlement which could exceed £250m (about $400m). The British police accuse him of stealing the money over eight years and the prosecutor called [...]

• February 20, 2012

  EFCC set to introduce lie detector tests on its officials

  Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) is set to introduce the use of lie detector tests on its officials in a bid to fight corruption in the commission.

• February 7, 2012

  President Goodluck appoints Nuhu Ribadu to head Petroleum Resources Task Force

  Mr. Nuhu Ribadu, the pioneer chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been named at the head of a Petroleum Revenue Special Task Force set up by the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Dieziani Alison-Madueke.

• January 17, 2012

  EFCC begins investigation; storms PPPRA and NNPC Offices

  In line with the statement issued by Federal Government that it would investigate and prosecute organizations and individuals that benefitted from the oil subsidy payments in a fraudulent manner, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has begun taking steps to fulfill the pledge. Yesterday, the offices of the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) [...]