THE Federal Government through the Ministry of Interior says it was adopting measures to address passport scarcity and racketeering by Immigration officials across the country. 10 special passport centres will now be opened in the coming weeks to fast-track booklets…
SOME officials of the Ministry of Defence, Ship House, Abuja, are at the heart of a major fraud revolving round how part of the $1 billion Excess Crude Account Funds meant to purchase arms for the military were paid to…
NIGERIA’S commercial hub of Lagos is preparing to establish its own electricity market to ensure more reliable power supply. The plan, if implemented, would be a first in Nigeria, where energy generation, transmission and distribution is overseen by the central…
THE National Economic Council (NEC) has dismissed claims that N60 billion was printed to augment the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) for March. Mr Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice…
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited, NIGCOMSAT, have vowed to work together to ensure that the Anti-graft agency’s job of getting rid of corruption is enhanced through the deployment of cutting-edge satellite communication technology…
OPERATIVES of the Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 11(eleven) suspected fraudsters, in a sting operation covering Rivers and Bayelsa States. They were arrested on Wednesday, April 21, 2021. The suspects are: Eliot Chuku; Oghenero Tega; …
THE Senate Committee on Anti-corruption and Financial Crimes on Wednesday April 21, 2021 commended the new chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa for reinvigorating the morale of staff of the Agency. Senator Suleiman Abdul Kwari, Chairman…
THE trial of a former Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over a N9.4 billion fraud may gradually be scuttled going by her secret plot with the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and the Attorney…
FORMER Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, has been arrested and detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), over alleged illegal financial dealings and misappropriation of funds. Yari, who was arrested on Tuesday by operatives of the anti-graft…
THE Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Abdulrasheed Bawa today April 20, 2021, says the Commission has designed a new corruption prevention model to complements its enforcement activities. Bawa who spoke through his chief of staff, Hadiza…
