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The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa on Friday March 5, 2021 officially assumed duties with a pledge to steer the organization towards proactive and intelligence-led investigation. He said he would create a full-fledged directorate of intelligence that would spearhead intelligence gathering, which will ensure proactive response in the fight against corruption. According to him, “We are going to digitalize our processes, and we are going to create a new full-pledged directorate of intelligence to enable us gather intelligence so that we will be proactive in our fight against economic and financial crimes; and…

Justice S. C. Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory High Court Apo, Abuja on Thursday, May 4, 2021 granted bail to Abiodun Waheed Hassan and his company, Bestworth Insurance Brokers Limited. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is prosecuting Hassan and his company, Bestworth Insurance Brokers Limited, on a five count charge of criminal breach of trust in relation to the payment of Twenty-six Billion Naira (N26bn) outstanding insurance premiums and claims of deceased and incapacitated staff of Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN. Counsel for the defendants had in a motion filed before the Court, urged the court…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) charges the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to immediately commence investigation on Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello, over revelations of billions of naira money laundering by an anti-graft body, the Anti-Corruption Network. This is as the PDP also calls on Governor Bello to speak out on allegations of putrid deals including allegedly using certain officials of the Kogi state government as well as private individuals and firms to siphon, launder and cart away billions of naira meant for the development of Kogi state. According to Kola Ologbondiyan, National Publicity Secretary of the party, the…

A renowned social crusader, Chief Patrick Osagie Eholor has sued and dragged the management of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), The Chairman of Presidential task force on Covid- 19, Mr Boss Mustapha, The Federal Minister of Health and Polaris Bank Plc to the Federal High Court Abuja, over alleged extortion and out right corruptive practices as regards Covid-19 testing procedures. Patriot Eholor who is also the Founder of One Love Foundation, in the writ of summons filed before abuse, Federal High Court, narrated his ordeal at the hands of management of UBTH, and avered that he was compelled…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Benin Zonal Office on Wednesday March 3, 2021 arraigned one Hope Aroti before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court sitting in Warri, Delta State. Aroti was arraigned on a four count charge bordering on conspiracy to commit money laundering. Arotu is alleged to have used her bank account to receive over N6million of illicit fund from her co-defendant. One of the counts reads: “that you Hope Aroti (F) and Oreva Oghenevokwe Emmanuel, sometimes in June 2019 at Warri within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did commit felony to wit: conspiracy…

...Urges Nigerians to speak up against corruption Social Crusader and Political Activist, Chief Patrick Osagie Eholor has stated that systematic corruption is without doubt a contributing factor to the barrage of problems confronting the nation. Eholor while reacting to the decision of Governor Godwin Obaseki to probe the Benin Storm Water Project said he was ashamed of the level of corruption ravaging government driven institutions. He said the corruption in the public sector is not limited to the Benin Storm Water Poject but to every other government projects in Nigeria with all institution of governance comprising the executive, legislative and…

The trial of a former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode before Justice John Tsoho of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja continued today, Tuesday February 23, 2021 with the testimony of Mohammed Goji, the third prosecution witness, PW3. While being led in evidence by prosecuting counsel Faruk Abdullahi, the witness who is an Operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC narrated how during the course of investigating contracts executed by the Office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA, under Col Sambo Dasuki (retd), N26m was traced to the defendant. “We got Intelligence report about some certain amount of…

Multi billion naira Royal Palm Estate along Akachi road is said to be owned by Mrs Nkechi Okorocha, former First Lady of Imo State. The estate is one of the numerous choice property recovered from former Governor Rochas Okorocha, now the Senator representing Imo West by Governor Hope Uzodinma. See Photos: