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The Aminu Kano Centre for Democratic Studies, Bayero University, Kano, has expressed its readiness to collaborate with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in the fight against economic and financial crimes and other acts of corruption.   This disclosure was made in Abuja on Tuesday, November 7, 2023, by the Director of the Centre, Professor Habu Mohammed when he led his team on a Courtesy Visit to the Corporate Headquarters of the EFCC, in Jabi, Abuja.  According to him, the Centre was ready to share its experiences with the EFCC, especially in...

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...

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede has called on heads of tertiary institutions across the country, to join hands with the Commission in tackling the rising tide of internet fraud among students of tertiary institutions. He made this call on Thursday, November 2, 2023, while having an interactive session with Chancellors, Rectors, and Provosts of Tertiary Institutions in Kogi State, at the Ilorin Zonal Command Office in Ilorin, Kwara State. Olukoyede who spoke through the Ilorin Zonal Commander of EFCC, ACEI Michael Nzekwe said that...

In line with the newly-reviewed procedures on arrest and bail of suspects by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Executive Chairman of the Commission, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has directed that sting operations at night time be stopped in all the Commands of the EFCC. He gave the directive in Abuja on Wednesday, November 1, 2023, in reaction to the arrest of 69 suspected internet fraudsters by operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Commission in Ile-Ife, Osun State. Already, many of the suspects duly profiled by the Command...

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has charged youths across the country to collectively fight corruption and all forms of economic and financial crimes in order to accelerate growth in the economy Olukoyode gave the charge on October 26, 2023, when undergraduates of the Economics Department of the University of Abuja, visited the Corporate Headquarters of the Commission, Jabi, Abuja on a study tour. The Chairman, who spoke through Acting Director, Public Affairs, DCE Wilson Uwujaren, said that Nigeria as a country...

Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Oyo State, have reaffirmed their support for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),  in the task of fighting economic and financial crimes and other acts of corruption  According to the Head, Media & Publicity of EFCC, Dele Oyewale, in a statement, the affirmation was made in Ibadan, Oyo State on Thursday, October 26, 2023, at the “EFCC/CSOs Engagement” programme held in the State.   Executive Chairman of EFCC,  Ola Olukoyede, lauded the strategic roles CSOs are playing in the fight against corruption, stating that engagement with them...

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede has called on Nigerian youths to embrace the right value systems by refraining from internet-related crimes and other offences. He gave the charge on October 24, 2023, when a delegation of students from Oloye Comprehensive College, Abuja, visited the corporate headquarters of the Commission, in Jabi, Abuja on a Study Tour. The Chairman who spoke through Head, Media & Publicity Unit of the Commission,  Assistant Commander of the EFCC, ACE1 Dele Oyewale said “Right value systems...

As a bold move towards accountability and internal cleansing, the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr.  Ola Olukoyede has directed staff of the Commission to immediately declare their assets in line with civil service regulations and procedures. Olukoyede gave the directive on Tuesday, October 24, 2023, at the Corporate Headquarters of the Commission in Abuja while addressing senior staff of the EFCC, adding that fighting corruption required those at the vanguard to be above board. “All of us are going to declare our assets; from...

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede has called on Nigerian youths to shun internet-related fraud and all forms of economic and financial crimes in the country. He made the call on Thursday, October 19, 2023, when a delegation of students from People’s Comprehensive Academy visited the corporate headquarters of the Commission, in Jabi, Abuja on a study tour. According to a statement by the Head, Media & Publicity of EFCC, Dele Oyewale, the Executive Chairman who spoke through Deputy Director, Public Engagements, DCE Nwanyinma...

The newly appointed Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede assumed office on Thursday, October 19,  2023, with a clear-cut agenda of re-positioning and re-focusing the Commission for optimal effectiveness. The EFCC’s boss, who stepped into the corporate headquarters of the Commission at 10:45a.m, inspected a guard of honours, and immediately went into a meeting with the management staff of the EFCC.  At the meeting, where handover notes were delivered to him by the former Acting Chairman of the EFCC, Mr. Abdulkarim Chukkol, Olukoyede...