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• Buhari approves suspension of EFCC boss Ibrahim Magu

  Aliyu Muhammed July 10, 2020

  

  Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the suspension of the boss of the country’s anti-graft agency, Ibrahim Magu days after he appeared an investigative panel. The Nigerian Government said Magu’s suspension is to “allow for unhindered inquiry”... Read more »

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• Kaduna Business Mogul petitions EFCC over alleged N52 billion misappropriation by governor Masari

  Aliyu Muhammed July 8, 2020

  

  Kaduna based business mogul and Chairman of Dialogue group limited, Alhaji Mahdi Shehu has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), alleging that, Katsina State Government under the administration of the governor, Aminu Bello Masari, has... Read more »

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• Mohammed Umar named acting EFCC chairman

  Aliyu Muhammed July 8, 2020

  

  Umar Mohammed has been appointed as the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Umar’s appointment was revealed by the News Agency of Nigeria who said according to a top official of the agency,... Read more »

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• Shehu Sani begged me to change my witness statement

  Aliyu Muhammed July 8, 2020

  

  Alhaji Sani Dauda , the man who claimed Senator Shehu Sani collected $25,000 from him to bribe the suspended EFCC chairman and judges revealed yesterday how the senator knelt and begged him to alter his statement with... Read more »

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• Presidency suspends acting EFCC boss Ibrahim Magu

  Aliyu Muhammed July 7, 2020

  

  Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has been suspended by the Presidency.   Magu was arrested on Monday by a combined team of Department of State Services personnel and policemen at... Read more »

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• Magu faces presidential probe

  Aliyu Muhammed July 7, 2020

  

  •He was never arrested –aide, DSS Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, yesterday, appeared before a panel at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, to answer some questions.   His invitation to the... Read more »

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• Police commission dismisses 10 officers, demotes 8 others for misconduct

  Aliyu Muhammed July 7, 2020

  

  The Police Service Commission (PSC) has dismissed 10 senior police officers and reduced the ranks of eight others over various cases of misconduct in the line of duty. The commission took the decision at its 8th plenary... Read more »

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• Lawan refutes media report on alleged N-Power job slots

  Aliyu Muhammed June 28, 2020

  

  President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has refuted media reports on alleged N- Power job slots. In the a statement issued in Abuja Saturday and signed by his Special Adviser on Media, Ola Awoniyi, he said the... Read more »

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• Magu Reacts To Malami’s Accusations: ‘No Blackmail Can Stop Me’

  Aliyu Muhammed June 26, 2020

  

  Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, has stated that no amount of blackmail can deter him from fighting corruption in Nigeria.   Magu, an award-winning anti-corruption Czar, on Thursday, disclosed that those stealing... Read more »

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• Police arrest dismissed sergeant who specialises in motorcycle snatching in Bauchi

  Aliyu Muhammed June 25, 2020

  

  The people of Bauchi State can now sleep with their two eyes open as a serial motorcycle thief who was a dismissed police sergeant has been arrest. According to information by the Command’s public relations officer, Ahmed... Read more »

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