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The Sultan of Sokoto and President General of the Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs in Nigeria, His Eminence, Sa'ad Abubakar 111, and Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji (Dr.) Ibrahim Zulu Gambari have expressed support for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in its crusade against economic and financial crimes and other acts of corruption. They stated this separately in Sokoto and Ilorin, Kwara State on Friday, December 1, 2023, while playing hosts to top leaders of the EFCC. While Gambari spoke in Ilorin in his palace when the Executive Chairman...

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), for continuously sustaining collaborative ties with various stakeholders in the anti-corruption fight.  This commendation was given on Wednesday, November 15,  2023, in Kaduna by Assistant Comptroller General of Customs,  ACG I.Q Ogbudu who led a team of senior officers in the Customs  Zone B Headquarters on a courtesy visit to the Kaduna Zonal Command of the EFCC.  According to a statement by the Head of Media and Publicity of EFCC, Dele Oyewale, “Ogbudu says that synergy...

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...

Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Aminu Maida, has said that the effective application of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is critical in combating financial crimes by enabling real-time surveillance, regulatory compliance, and secure data processing, just as it sought multidisciplinary and multi-stakeholder collaborations to address the issue of illicit financial flows in the country. Dr. Maida, who was a speaker at the 11th Anniversary Lecture Series of RealNews Magazine in Lagos on Tuesday, where he was also inducted into the RealNews Hall of Fame...

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...

...SAYS IT'S ROUTINE IN NA The Nigerian Army has, again corrected wrong insinuations about voluntary retirement or discharge from the Nigerian Army by personnel, saying that it is routine in the force. The army was reacting to a publication by an online media, Sahara Reporters that the resignation of 25 soldiers was hinged on corruption. According to a statement by the Director, Army Public Relations (DAPR), Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu on Thursday in Abuja, said that the Nigerian Army is compelled to respond to insinuations in a publication by Sahara...