Tag: AbdulRasheed Bawa

EFCC Boss Requested $2m Bribe From Me, Zamfara Governor Matawalle Alleges

ADEOLA YUSUF

Zamfara State governor Bello Matawalle has claimed that the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, allegedly requesting $2 million bribe from him. Matawalle made the claims in an interview on BBC Hausa. The latest allegation comes amid the growing rift between Matawalle and the EFCC boss. The Zamfara governor. in a statement on Wednesday, called for Bawa’s resignation, saying he had questions to answer on corruption. But the EFCC Chairman replied that he had nothing to hide and asked Matawalle to petition appropriate authorities if…

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17-yr-old American Commits Suicide After Extortion By 3 Nigerians

Abibat Babalola

Three Nigerian men have been accused of global sexual extortion that led a teenage boy in the United States to commit suicide. The men who are awaiting extradition to the U.S., have been identified as Samuel Ogoshi, 22, Samson Ogochi, 20, and Ezekiel Ejehem Robert, 19. U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, Mark Totten on Wednesday, 3 May, 2023, announced the unsealing of a federal indictment charging the three Nigerians with sexually extorting numerous young men and teenage boys in the Western District of Michigan and across the…

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Over 130 CSOs, Lawyers Resume ‘Bawa Must Go Campaign’

ADEOLA YUSUF

No fewer than 130 frontline anti-corruption Civil Society Organisations, CSOs have resumed their campaign for the sack of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, over alleged politicisation of the commission, disobedience of Court orders and infringement on human rights of Nigerians, among others. Joined by 20 Constitutional lawyers led by Mogbojuri Kayode of the Citizens Rights Advocacy Group, CRAG, the CSOs claimed the desperation of the EFCC chairman to remain in office had taken a laughable turn, insisting that no amount of “purchased CSOs’…

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Naira Redesign: 3 Governors Under EFCC Watch Over Hidden Billions, Bawa Reveals

Abibat Babalola

Three serving state governors in Nigeria are being monitored over their moves to launder stashed billions of naira through table payment of salaries to workers, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, told Daily Trust in an exclusive interview on Thursday. He said raid on Bureau De Change operators will be sustained, urging Nigerians to support the system, for the benefit of all. Daily Trust reports that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had on October 26 announced that the country’s currency would be redesigned to…

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N10m or Jail Terms: INEC, EFCC Bicker On Electoral Offences Commission Bill

Abibat Babalola

Why our position on the bill is the best, INEC’s Professor Yakubu. No, the EFCC’s view should be considered, Abdulrasheed Bawa. On the bill, here are what to know about the chairmen and their mien   Chairmen of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and his Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have expressed divergent views on a bill seeking to establish the electoral offences commission. While INEC emphasized the need for the establishment of the proposed commission, the EFCC kicked against it. READ ALSO: Atiku Camp Unsettled As Tinubu, Wike,…

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Rent House to ‘Yahoo Boys,’ Rot In Jail for 15 Years, EFCC To Landlords

Ganiyu Amodu

The Economic Financial Commission Commission (EFCC) has issued a stern warning that landlords may risk 15 years in jail for renting houses out to “Yahoo boys.” The Commission made this known ahead of its next edition of its public conversation series tagged, “ #EFCCConnect,” which has been slated to be held by 6pm on Twitter Space on Wednesday, June 29th 2022. The commission’s Deputy Director, Legal and Prosecution, Sylvanus Tahir and Assistant Director, Legal and Prosecution, Cosmos Ugwu will be speaking on the topic, “Give your house to Yahoo boys,…

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BREAKING: EFCC Chairman, AbdulRasheed Bawa, slumps

Aliyu Aliyu

Here is EFCC’s official account of how it all happened The Chairman of Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has reportedly slumped. Platforms Africa gathered that the youngest Chairman in the History of EFCC slumped at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, Nigeria’s administrative capital. READ ALSO: Why EFCC Is Yet To Arrest Tinubu — Bawa Opens Up on Trial of Top Politician Missing N603m: Assistant Director Commits Suicide After EFCC Summon BREAKING: EFCC boss, AbdulRasheed Bawa, slumps Bawa was, on Thursday, said to be speaking to dignitaries at the Banquet Hall…

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EFCC advances Nadabo Energy Trial Over N1.4 bn fuel subsidy Scam

Efe Wellington

EFCC Boss Laments Slow Fuel Subsidy Trials   Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has advanced in the trial of Nadabo Energy in an on-going probe of an alleged N1.4 billion fuel subsidy trial involving the oil firm. Platforms Africa reports that Chairman of the agency, Abdulrasheed Bawa, who is leading the probe, lamented the slow pace of some fuel subsidy trials in the nation’s courts. Bawa, expressed this at the Ikeja High Court in Lagos after testifying in an alleged N1.4 billion fuel subsidy trial…

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How EFCC seized N14.6b jewellery, $80m Mansion from ex-Oil minister Diezani

Dawood Rabiu

  Though ‘Diezani’s jewellery, mansion,’ have been finally forfeited to the Federal Government, here is why the EFCC couldn’t dare to auction them   The Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), has given details  on how it seized jewellery worth N14 billion from former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Allison-Madueke. The EFCC Chairman, Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, made this known at the House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the assessment and status of recovered loot on Friday in Abuja.   READ ALSO: JUST IN: EFCC Takes Over Nestoil…

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EFCC recovers over N1bn Cash from One Civil Servant

Aliyu Aliyu

  The Chairman of the Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has disclosed that the agency last week recovered over N1 billion cash sitting in one bank account from a civil servant. The EFCC boss made this while appearing before the Senate Committee on Finance investigating the Internally Generated Revenue and payment of 1 % stamp duty by contractors on all contracts awarded by MDAs between 2014- 2020. He said, “There are a lot of leakages we need to block, it is not about generating…

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