Tag: EFCC Chairman

Olukoyede: Anti-graft Czar And His Professed Hatred For Corruption

ADEOLA YUSUF

Platforms Africa ‘s Damilola Olanade, who examines the report released by the National Bureau of Statistics that N721bn was received as bribe by Nigerian public officials in 2023, unearths 10 Key areas the EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, is championing the war against corruption and how his efforts can be assessed and accessed.     He has not hidden his hatred for graft and it may be difficult to failt him. For the umpteenth time and at every opportunity, Ola Olukoyede, the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)…

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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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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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