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President Bola Tinubu has commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for its efforts in combating economic and financial crimes and corruption, saying the agency has justified the confidence reposed in it by his administration.

The suspect, identified as Adam Musa Adam, a Nigerian passport holder, was arrested after arriving in Kano from New Delhi aboard Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET941.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has declared former Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Abdullahi Maina, wanted over an alleged case of receiving stolen property.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has opened a fresh probe into the controversial Mambilla Hydroelectric Power Project, with a $500,000 payment made by project promoter Leno Adesanya to Jennifer Douglas, former wife of ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar, emerging as one of the key transactions under scrutiny.

The prevailing normlessness in Nigeria, coupled with a justice system that enables criminals until they are proven guilty, was underlined recently by the revelation of a recovered N1.33 trillion in cash and assets by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

The disclosure was made in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, by Theresa Nwosu, who represented the resident directors of anti-corruption agencies at a two-day workshop for journalists on addressing illicit financial flows in Nigeria, organised by the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ).

EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, disclosed this during a media interactive session organised to mark his third year in office, stressing that preventing the dissipation of illicit funds was becoming more effective than investigating crimes after the money had already disappeared.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has challenged former Bayelsa State Governor, Timipre Sylva, to make himself available for questioning over an alleged $14.86 million fraud, hours after he accused the anti-graft agency of operating as an arm of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The EFCC chairman also revealed that at least five officers are currently being prosecuted for alleged corrupt practices, while case files involving other personnel are being prepared for prosecution.

EFCC and ICPC have commenced investigations into the utilisation of the N12 billion intervention fund approved by President Bola Tinubu in 2024 to clear outstanding salaries, allowances and bonuses owed to Nigeria’s national teams. Some officials linked to...