EFCC

The EFCC has recovered and transferred $60 million from Nestoil Limited to a consortium of creditor banks as part of an ongoing investigation into the company’s transactions with its lenders. The payment follows a structured repayment plan agreed...

SERAP urges INEC, EFCC and ICPC to launch a joint probe into alleged vote-buying, voter intimidation, violence and illegal election financing during the Osun governorship election. Rights group calls for AU, ECOWAS, African Commission and UN scrutiny, saying...

Over half of audited oil companies in Nigeria quietly withheld statutory development funds meant for host communities. An EFCC probe recovered over $160 million in unpaid levies following systemic non-compliance across the sector. The Senate Public Accounts Committee...

Olukoyede warns that internet fraud offers only temporary riches but often ends in arrest, prosecution, imprisonment and the forfeiture of illegally acquired assets, destroying the future of young offenders. The EFCC chairman identifies peer pressure and the obsession...

Falana declares EFCC acted within the law, insisting the anti-graft agency has constitutional authority to freeze any account, including those of state governments, where financial crimes are under investigation. Senior Advocate cites landmark Court of Appeal and Supreme...

President Tinubu's directive reversing the EFCC's freeze on Osun State's account triggers nationwide political, legal, and public reactions ahead of the August 15 governorship election. Opposition parties question the President's explanation, while the Osun Government presses ahead with...

President Bola Tinubu orders the EFCC to immediately return to court and vacate the order freezing the Osun State Government's statutory allocation account President says he supports the independence of anti-corruption agencies but insists no federal institution should...

EFCC insists its restriction on the Osun State Government's statutory allocation account was lawful, saying it acted to preserve public funds after detecting suspicious financial transactions. The anti-graft agency rejects claims by Governor Ademola Adeleke and the Nigerian...

EFCC says the freezing of the Osun State Government account was driven by an ongoing investigation into the alleged fraudulent handling of ₦11 billion in Ecology Funds, Intervention Funds and FAAC allocations—not the August 15 governorship election. Anti-graft...

Governor Ademola Adeleke announces legal action against the EFCC after the anti-graft agency froze the Osun State Government salary account without a court order, describing the move as an assault on democracy and constitutional governance. Adeleke accuses former...