The Coalition of Anti-Corruption Organisations has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to overhaul the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), over alleged consistent disobedience of court orders. Mr Olufemi Lawson, Convener of the coalition comprising about 50 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), and Chairman, Centre for Public Accountability, made the...
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..Bawa, Suswam, Rabiu, Jime confirm participation at DAILY ASSET Awards The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa has confirmed participation at the 6th DAILY ASSET Annual Awards, which holds January 19. The anti-corruption czar was voted by the Editorial Board of the Abuja-based daily...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has recovered N134.3 billion and 121 million dollars, among others, from proceeds of crime between January and October 2022. The EFCC Chairman, Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja, while featuring in the 62nd session of State House...
The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory has set aside the contempt proceedings and all the orders of conviction for contempt against the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa. Justice Chizoba Oji set aside the proceedings on Thursday after hearing an application brought by...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it received with shock the ruling by Justice Chizoba Oji of an FCT High Court committing its Chairman, Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, to prison for contempt. The commission, on its verified twitter handle, described its chairman as an apostle of rule of...
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa said the commission has appealed the judgement of the FCT High Court, convicting the chairman of contempt of court for failing to comply with an earlier order of the court. Justice Chizoba Oji, of the FCT...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the committal of the Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to prison over contempt. The presiding judge, Justice Chizoba Oji also directed the Inspector-General of Police to ensure the committal order is executed. Oji gave the order dated Oct. 28,...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja admonished the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to avoid being used for partisan politics or to settle personal disputes. The President, who gave the warning at the unveiling of EFCC’s Standard Operating Procedures, Policies and Manuals, at the State House, urged...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has confirmed the return of N19. 33 billion Kogi state salary bailout funds, recovered by the commission, to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Spokesperson for EFCC, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja, on Friday. The News Agency...
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa has arrived in the Lagos High Court in Ikeja. The EFCC Boss is in court to continue his testimony on how an oil marketer, Abubakar Peters, and his company, Nadabo Energy Limited allegedly forged documents to obtain...