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EFCC losing its standards under your leadership – Arewa youths blast Bawa

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The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) has expressed worry that the standard of the current leadership of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) led by Abdurrashid Bawa is losing steam too fast. The youths stated that the agency must fasten its belt and stop the downward slide in operational standards. Alhaji Yerima Shettima, National …

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EFCC: Arrest, put Abdulrasheed Bawa in Kuje Prison now – HURIWA tells IGP

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Human Rights Writers Association (HURIWA) has called for the arrest and imprisonment of Abdulrasheed Bawa, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The rights group is backing the call for the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, to without further delay, put the EFCC boss behind bars. Recall that the High Court of …

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Court convicts EFCC chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa for contempt

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The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Maitama has convicted Abdulrasheed Bawa, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for contempt of court following his agency’s failure to comply with an earlier order of the court. Justice Chizoba Oji, in a ruling, held that “the Chairman Economic and Financial Crimes …

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EFCC arrests UNICAL student for N2 billion scam

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The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), has arrested 21-year-old Dominic Joshua Ngene, a student of the University of Calabar as an accomplice in the fraudulent transfer and stealing of N326m and $610,500 cash. The student was arrested alongside Ismaila Atumeyi, a candidate contesting for elections into the Kogi State House of Assembly under the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) on October 30. …

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Naira redesign: EFCC places three governors on watch-list over hidden billions

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it is monitoring three serving state governors over their moves to launder stashed billions of naira through table payment of salaries to workers. Abdulrasheed Bawa, chairman of the commission disclosed this in an interview with Daily Trust on Thursday. According to him, the raid on Bureau De Change …

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EFCC to arraign ex-Lagos AG, Shasore for alleged $100,000 fraud in Abuja

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), will today, Friday, arraign Olasupo Shasore (SAN), a former Attorney-General of Lagos State, before the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court. Shasore was alleged to have committed money laundering to the tune of $100,000 without going through a financial institution. The Lagos Zonal Command of the Commission arraigned …

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EFCC raids BDC shops in Abuja, arrests over 50 as naira falls to N820/$

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Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday raided some bureaux de change (BDC) in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The raid is against the backdrop of the continued free fall of the Nigerian naira, with the local currency plunging to N820 to the dollar on Wednesday. Over 50 operators were also arrested …

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Lawyer Petitions EFCC, Accuses Ondo Developer Of Fraud

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Lawyer Petitions EFCC, Accuses Ondo Developer Of Fraud Otunba Ademola Akin Benson, the managing director of Meadville Building Construction Company Limited, is purportedly accused of defrauding a client by a lawyer, Mr. Ola Dan Ola, in a petition to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The Akure-based attorney petitioned the anti-graft commission to detain and question …

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EFCC Arrests 39 Suspected Yahoo Boys In Ibadan – [PHOTOS]

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~  39 Yahoo Boys Arrested In Ibadan  ~ According to reports, 39 suspected yahoo boys have been arrested in Ibadan, Oyo state on Wednesday, June 1, 2022. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said the suspected internet fraudsters were arrested in a sting operation in Ibadan, Oyo State. The suspects who claimed to be undergraduates …

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EFCC Arrests 92 Suspected Internet Fraudsters In Port Harcourt

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~  92 Internet Fraudsters Arrested In Port Harcourt  ~ The operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested 92 suspected internet fraudsters (aka Yahoo Boys) in a sting operation in the early hours of Wednesday, June 1, 2022, at various locations in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Vanguard …

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