The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has alerted the public of planned campaigns of calumny allegedly by politicians and groups having vested interests in suspects being investigated or facing prosecution by the commission. According to the anti-graft commission, motley crowd of paid jobbers comprising politicians, academics, civil society activists and some Nigerian fugitives in…
The Department of State Security (DSS) has filed a criminal charge against a 63-year old, Moses Oddiri, who accused Mr. Ola Olukoyede, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of stealing N4 billion belonging to Orogun Oil Community. The charge against the lawyer was sequel to a petition written to the DSS by…
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede, on Friday, underscored the relevance and values of data in individual and corporate engagements, stressing that “data is actually about life”. He made this disclosure in Abuja when the President of the Chartered Institute of Statisticians of Nigeria, CISON, Mr. Goddy…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday, congratulated the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Olanipekun Olukoyede, on his birthday, affirming his courage and professionalism in driving the nation’s anti-corruption fight. According to the President in a press release by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President (Information & Strategy), “Mr…
The immediate past sole administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), and the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukayede, were on Wednesday spotted at the State House in Abuja. While the purpose of their visit was not immediately clear, reports indicated that President Bola Tinubu had summoned Ibas….
“If I am not condemned for investigating both former and serving strong ruling party Governors and Ministers, I should not be condemned for also investigating opposition figures – Ola Olukoyede The African Democratic Congress, ADC’s unprovoked attack on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, concerning its handling of cases involving politically exposed persons from…
The Executive Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has charged Designated Non Financial Institutions Businesses and Professions, DNFBPs on compliance and cooperation with the Commission in order to combat money laundering and terrorist financing in the country. Olukoyede made the call recently in Port Harcourt, Rivers State during A One-day Anti-Money Laundering/Combating Financing of…
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede has advised members of the public to apply care in choosing where to invest their money so as to avoid being ripped off in fraudulent schemes. He gave the advice in Abuja on Thursday at a Public Lecture in commemoration of the…
