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.
Browsing: Corruption
The African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Dr Akinwuni Adesina, says corruption is not an African issue.
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Lateef Fagbemi, says Federal Government has put in place measures to deter corruption in negotiation and execution of contracts.
Nigeria’s former President Muhammadu Buhari has claimed that his administration rescued the country from corrupt tendencies planted to expose its economy to imminent collapse.
ASHENEWS reports that the Transition Monitoring Group (TMG) has warned that the attempts by politicians to undermine the election tribunal cases through corruption, will erode citizens’ trust in Nigeria’s judiciary, and cause anarchy in the country.
A former Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Ishaq Usman Bello has cautioned newly appointed High Court Judges and Sharia Court Khadis in Kaduna state to avoid corruption in the discharge of their duties.
“A state governor would receive allocation on behalf of council areas in his state only to remit half of such…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday barricaded the Maitama, Abuja residence of former Imo state…
The newly appointed overseer of the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF), Anamekwe Nwabuoku, has a heavy…
By Elijah Akoji Seven years after the Jigawa state government made a promise to provide ‘One Ward, One Health Centre’…