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2023 polls: Money politics: Nigeria inching toward plutocracy, government of the rich and for the rich — INEC Chairman

With the overwhelming influence of money on Nigeria’s politics, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has expressed...

Finally, EFCC closes in on ex-Gov. Okorocha, arrests him amid sporadic gunshots

    After about seven hours after laying siege to Sen. Rochas Okorocha’s house in Maitama area of Abuja, operatives of EFCC eventually...

Just in: Ex-Imo Gov. Okorocha’s Abuja residence under EFCC siege

In a tactical strike to arrest him, the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have swooped on the Abuja residence...

N23.3bn fraud: EFCC re-arraigns ex- Finance Minister, Bashir Yaguda

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has re-arraigned a former Finance Minister, Bashir Yaguda and four others before an FCT High Court...

Magu was promoted to AIG after retirement — Police Affairs Minister, Dingyadi

Facts have emerged that the erstwhile sacked Chairman of the Economic and Financial Commission (EFCC), CP lbrahim Magu, was actually promoted to Assistant...

BREAKING: Two days after Patricia Etteh’s arrest, ex-NDDC MD, Nsima Ekere, picked up by EFCC

Barely two days after the arrest of Nigeria’s first woman Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mrs Patricia Olubunmi Etteh, for NDDC contract...

Alleged N80bn fraud: FG places Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, on indefinite suspension

The Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, who was busted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over N80 billion fraud, has...

Nigeria’s first woman Speaker, House of Representatives, Etteh, nabbed for fraud

Nigeria’s first woman Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mrs. Patricia Olubunmi Etteh, has been arrested over a shady contract worth N240m awarded...

Just in: : EFCC busts Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, with N80bn fraud

The Accountant General of the Federation, Mr Ahmed Idris, was on Monday arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged...

BREAKING: Sacked EFCC boss, Magu, elevated from CP to AIG

Police Commissioner Ibrahim Magu, the sacked Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),  has been promoted to the Assistant Inspector-General of...

Ex-NNPC GMD, Andrew Yakubu, cleared of money laundering charge

Former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Andrew Yakubu, was on Thursday discharged and acquitted of charges of money...

After four gruelling days in EFCC custody, fleeing ex-Anambra Governor, Obiano, gets reprieve

After cooling his heels in the cell of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for four days, the immediate past governor of...

Immediate past Governor of Anambra, Obiano, nabbed at Lagos airport by EFCC

Jetting out after handing over the reins as Anambra State Governor to the newly-inaugurated Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, ex-Gov. Willie Obiano, has been...

Obasanjo celebrates 85 years, calls some presidential aspirants scoundrels who should be in jail

    Incensed by the guts of some notable politicians to be parading themselves as presidential aspirants, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has branded...

House of Representatives member remanded over alleged N185m fraud

    A House of Representatives member, Gabriel Zock (APC — Kachia Kagarko, Kaduna State) is now cooling his heels in custody for...