The Police Service Commission (PSC) on Friday announced the promotion of 18 senior officers. Amongst them was Ibrahim Magu, the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) who was promoted to the rank of a full commissioner from deputy commissioner. Magu was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015 to lead the…
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Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has briefed the House of Representatives on the efforts made so far in the recovery of looted funds by the anti-graft agency. He gave the brief when he appeared at a budget defence session convened by the House of Representatives Committee on Financial…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday in Austria said it recovered loots totalling N738.9 billion or $2.9 billion between May, 2015 and Oct. 20, 2017. Its Acting Chairman, Mr Ibrahim Magu, stated this at the ongoing 7th Session of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) between January and August 2017 recovered about N409 billion and secured 137 convictions nationwide, the acting chairman, Ibrahim Magu said on Wednesday. He spoke at an interactive meeting with media executives that held in Abuja. “Between January and August 30, 2017, the EFCC recovered N409,270,706,686.75; $69,501,156.67; 231,118.69 Pounds; 610,816.20 Euros; Dirham 443,400.00…
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Hours after he was declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), former Osun State deputy governor, Iyiola Omisore, has asked the commission to pay him N500 million as damages for declaring him “wanted” and alleging that he failed to honour its invitation. Mr. Omisore threatened to sue the commission, and its head…
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Fraudsters have cloned the phone number of Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, and are using it to defraud people. Raising the alarm yesterday, the anti-graft agency warned members of the public to be beware of the suspects and disregard calls supposedly from Magu, asking for payments into bank accounts or nominated…
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Olisa Metuh The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said that the continued detention of the spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh is due to his unwillingness to admit and return the ‘over N400 million’ he allegedly received from embattled former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, reports Vanguard. Ibrahim Magu, the Acting…
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Ibrahim Magu, Emmanuel Adegboyega Aremo & Ibrahim Lamorde The acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibrahim Magu has taken over from him Ibrahim Lamorde, as chairman of the agency. A formal handover ceremony was held at the EFCC headquarters, Abuja. Ibrahim asserted his readiness to succeed in running the EFCC, Magu,…
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