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Prominent lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), on Tuesday, appeared before the Justice Ayo Salami-led panel to testify against the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, and submitted six exhibits, including two video clips and some documents. During the session, which lasted about two hours, Ozekhome spoke about the alleged leadership failures of Magu and ...

A former Executive Director with First Bank of Nigeria Plc, Dauda Lawal, appeared before the Justice Ayo Salami-led presidential panel on Saturday to give evidence against the suspended Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu. Lawal is currently standing trial before a Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly receiving $25m out of the $153m loot traced ...

The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), says the probe of the leadership of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is a plus for the regime of President Muhammadu Buhari. Malami said this on NTA’s ‘One-on-One’ programme on Friday night while reacting to questions from the host, Cyril Stober. The AGF stated that the probe of the suspended EFCC ...

The Presidency has asked Nigerians to prepare for surprises as the panel probing the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, gets ready to submit its report. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said this on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ programme on Sunday. Responding to a question on claims by ...

By Casmir Igbokwe The past few weeks have been very interesting for Nigeria. Corruption and the forces fighting it have been entangled in an intricate war. I thought the capture of suspected cybercriminal, Raymond Abbas, popularly called Hushpuppi, would put an end to Nigeria’s disgraceful outing on crime this year. I was mistaken. Last week happened to be more eventful. Different ...

Former acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has appreciated the Justice Ayo Salami panel for ordering his release from custody even if the panel indicated it never ordered his detention at anytime in the first place. In a statement endorsed by his Counsel, Wahab Shittu, Magu also appreciated the efforts of the Buhari Administration ...

THE former acting chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, on Wednesday breathed the air of freedom after spending 10 days in police custody. He was released shortly after the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, directed one of his lawyers, Tosin Ojaomo, to direct his bail applications to the Presidential panel probing his activities in office. Ojaomo confirmed ...

CCTV captures 6 persons Crack teams from the Department of State Service (DSS) and the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) of the Nigeria Police have begun a manhunt for those involved in the burgling of the office of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), the central national agency that handles disclosures and intelligence in the financial sector. The office, located at ...

IG orders withdrawal of policemen attached to anti-graft commission Fresh facts have emerged on the alleged sale of forfeited assets by the office of the Attorney General of the Federation and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission which pitted the two government institutions against each other. Investigations by one of our correspondents revealed that the Attorney General of the Federation ...

Magu attempted to probe NSA for alleged financial crime, stopped by Malami The presidential panel investigating allegations of corruption levelled against the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, on Thursday quizzed the EFCC Secretary, Olanipekun Olukoyede, and some directors of the commission. The PUNCH gathered that the EFCC officials were asked questions about the allegation ...