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The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has said that anti-corruption fights should be premised on initiatives and modalities capable of stimulating economic growth and development in the overall interests of Nigerians. He stated this in Lagos on Tuesday, November 7, 2023, while addressing officers of the Lagos Zonal Command of the EFCC. According to him, “There is a need to redirect our focus towards what we were set up to do in Nigeria, which is to drive economic development.  We will tilt...

 Nigerian Army (NA) soldiers operating under 81 Division NA have gallantly prevented a suicide attempt by one Mrs. Francesca Spark who plunged into the Lagos Lagoon around 81 Division Officers’ Mess, Marina Lagos in an attempt to take her own life. However, troops of 65 Battalion NA deployed at the Officers' Mess, who sighted Mrs. Spark quickly used their military ingenuity and rescued her. She was given first aid and stabilised by the battalion medical team. After stabilisation, the family was contacted and she was handed over to her husband,...

The Acting-Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulkarim Chukkol has charged newly-graduated cadets of the Commission against indiscipline and other acts of corruption.  He gave the charge on Friday, September 28, 2023, at the Passing out Parade of 332 Detective Assistant Course 4 Officers at the Police Mobile Training College, Ende Hills, Akwanga, Nasarawa State.  According to him, EFCC, as an anti-graft agency, places a high premium on its core values of integrity, courage, professionalism, and collaboration and fresh entrants into its workforce must be above board in...

Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Dr. Solomon Aras The Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Dr. Solomon Arase has described the late former Inspector General of Police, Alhaji Tafa Balogun, as a great leader and mentor whose strength, courage, inspection, and kindness, provided immense opportunities for all those who knew and worked with him while he was alive. Dr. Arase revealed this while eulogising Alhaji Tafa Balogun on the first-year remembrance anniversary of his death. He also described him as a strong, dynamic, and hardworking boss who invested...