Nigerians know what to expect when they approach police checkpoints. “How can you appreciate me?” ask officers, AK-47s dangling languidly from their shoulders. “Happy weekend!” say...
The leadership of the House of Representatives may be going for the jugular in its current face off with the former Chairman of the House Committee...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has said the House of Representatives should not be the one to investigate the allegation of N40billion budget padding...
The drama over alleged budget padding by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara and three other principal officers continued at the weekend. The...
After 19 days in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Senator Iyiola Omisore on Friday regained freedom. The former deputy governor of...
By Levi Obijiofor… Some people believe corruption is a way of life in Nigeria. They are absolutely correct. Despite President Muhammadu Buhari’s ongoing pursuit of corrupt...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has been punished for infringing on the fundamental rights of Abiodun Agbele, aide to Governor Ayodele Fayose. This is as...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said the reason All Progressives Congress (APC) members are not being prosecuted by anti-corruption agency is because they were not involved...
More accused persons standing trial over corruption cases before courts in the country may have decided to take the option of plea bargain, as reports say...
A Resident Electoral Commission, REC, with the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Mr. Sylvester Ezeani, has been detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. He...
The days of retired Justice Mohammed Yunusa as a free man may be numbered, except he is able to free himself from about 10 cases of...
The EFCC continued investigations into the alleged N1.3bn ferried to Ekiti State governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, from the account of the Office of the National Security...
A Director General of a parastatal under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and 24 others are in trouble with the EFCC over the illegal withdrawal of...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has allegedly seized some properties in Lagos and Abuja belonging to Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state. Earlier, EFFC...
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Chief Olu Falae, was interrogated by the EFCC, over his role in the arms procurement funds scandal....
The embattled Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has asked the EFCC, and its ‘collaborators’ in the All Progressives Congress, APC, to wait till 2018...
The movement of former Chiefs of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. O.A. Ihejirika, Lt. Gen. KTJ Minimah and 52 others who were indicted in arms scandal has...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, continues to rein in suspected individuals and former government officials suspected to have corruptly used their positions to enrich...
Temporary reprieve came the way of the former Director of Media and Publicity for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential Campaign Organisation, Chief Femi Fani- Kayode,...
The Managing Director of Almond Properties Ltd, Olugbenga Obadina, has been arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on an eight count charge bordering...
The alleged involvement of the former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, in the diversion of N4.7bn from the Office of the National Security Adviser,...
By Timothy Enietan-Matthews … In what appears as an indictment against the investigative process of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, the Ekiti State Government,...
In order to get more evidence to nail a former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, the EFCC, has summoned his former Aide-de-Camp, ADC,...
The embattled immediate past National Security Adviser, NSA, Sambo Dasuki, may have to wait much longer to get justice, as a Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been accused of delaying the release of a former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, after meeting the...
By Lawrence Chinedu Nwobu…In 2009, during a state visit to Ghana; one of the few countries on the continent credited with a vibrant democracy, President Barack...
By Prince Charles Dickson…In practically all fields of human endeavor in Nigeria, if you cast a lot, the odds are that it would fall on a...
A former Deputy Governor of Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore may be in for more troubles in the hands of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,...
As a fall of the tons of petitions reportedly received by the office of the Inspector General of Police, IGP, the Ekiti State Government, Sunday said...
The noose may have tightened further around the neck of a former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, as the EFCC, has reportedly obtained...
The EFCC, has given conditions under which it will enter into plea bargain negotiations with some former Air Force chiefs who are currently under prosecution for...
By Tony Ogunlowo…The recent alleged antics of the Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayoe, and others have again brought the spotlight on the infamous Section 308 of...
A former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, of plans to manufacture evidence against him....
Former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu, has, alongside 10 others, proposed to enter into a plea bargain with the Federal Government over their...
Following the decision of the Supreme Court in a case involving a former Managing Director of Finbank Plc, Okey Nwosu, the EFCC, is set to re-arraign...
Ekiti State governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose on Wednesday accused President Muhammadu Buhari of using an EFCC tainted with corruption to fight graft and remove him from...
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has been accused by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, of collecting bribe from contractors in the state. According to...
Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has described the stringent conditions given by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), for Senator Iyiola...
Former Minister of Aviation, Senator Stella Oduah has refuted reports that she stashed N2.5bilion in a bank account she opened with the name of her maid...
A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode and a former Minister of Finance, Nenadi Usman, have been granted bail in the sum of N250m by a...
A former Deputy Governor of Osun State, Otunba Iyiola Omisore, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Omisore was arrested on Sunday...
Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom is happy with the ongoing investigation of the Speaker and 14 lawmakers of the state by the EFCC, over an alleged...
By Sonala Olumhense…Everyone knows the document now: the Government’s Sentencing Memorandum in the United States case against former Louisiana congressman William Jefferson of 2007. We...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), spokesperson Olisa Metuh, on Thursday said he was ready to return N400 million he received from the office of the former...
By Joe Igbokwe…A good friend of mine Ugo Chikezie wrote that people who do critical thinking will tell you that the Nigeria we are living in...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday dismissed the no case submission filed by Ikedi Ohakim, former governor of Imo State and asked him to...
A former Chief of Air Staff, Adesola Amosun, was on Wednesday arraigned before a Federal High Court in Lagos by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,...
Members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly on Wednesday protested the freezing of Governor Ayo Fayose’s account by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),...
A Federal High Court in Apo, Abuja, on Wednesday struck out Femi Fani-Kayode’s suit challenging his arrest and detention by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been told to stay away from Rivers State as it has no constitutional powers to look into the...
