The Executive Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has called on heads of tertiary institutions across the country to counsel their students against internet fraud.
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The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede has directed the staff of the Commission to declare their assets.
The Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) investigates people in all sectors who appear to be living above their means, and is empowered to investigate and prosecute money laundering, advance fee fraud, counterfeiting, illegal fund transfers, futures market fraud, contract scam, etc; the coordination and enforcement of all economic and financial crimes laws. The establishment of the Commission in April 2003 was partly in response to pressure from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on Money Laundering.
The Senate has confirmed Ola Olukoyede as the chairman, and Muhammad Hammajoda as secretary of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The Abuja Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC) on Tuesday, arraigned one Abass Aminu Abdulkareem before Justice O. I. Adelaja of the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Kubwa on a one-count charge bordering on internet fraud.
Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, former Petroleum Minister, has been charged with bribery in the United Kingdom, Reuters has reported.
A former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Olisa Agbakoba, has charged the newly sworn-in Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi to restrict the powers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to only the investigations of alleged corrupt Nigerians.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, has arrested one Stephen Acheme Akpa, chief executive of Zoe New Dawn Nigeria Limited, for alleged Five Hundred Million Naira (N500,000,000) land fraud.
The Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, says Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) are draining the country’s foreign reserves and revenue.
Chairman of ICPC, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, has attributed the rising level of corruption in public offices and the country as a whole to community pressure and expectations of people in office.