N585m Scandal: Betta Edu Arrives EFCC Office for Questioning The suspended Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation Minister, Betta Edu, has arrived at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Headquarters. Edu was invited by the EFCC over alleged N585 million fraud in her ministry. She was suspended on...

Court Restrains Emefiele’s Re-arrest, Fines EFCC N100m The Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja has declared the prolonged detention of the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, without trial as a flagrant violation of his fundamental rights. The court slammed a...

N2trn Poverty Relief Fund: EFCC Grills Sadiya Umar-Farouk for 12 Hours President Bola Tinubu has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to launch a full-blown investigation into the finances of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. Tinubu handed down the directive in a...

N585m Scandal: Presidency Withdraws Betta Edu's Pass, Denies Access  The Presidency has withdrawn the pass of the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, thereby denying her access to the Aso Villa in Abuja. The pass enables top government officials to gain...

Ex-Humanitarian Affairs Minister, Sadiya Arrives At EFCC Office Over Alleged N37bn Fraud Former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouk, has arrived at the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to meet with interrogators over an ongoing probe into...

EFCC To Splash Out N1bn on Local Travels, N413m on Vehicles The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has planned to spend N1,055,633,61 billion on local travels, analysis of the 2024 budget has shown. The commission also budgeted N113.4m on training for local travels while N389.6m...