The Department of State Services (DSS) has successfully recovered a staggering sum of over N580 million from Abdulrasheed Bawa, the former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Daily Report Nigeria reports that the recovery follows Bawa’s arrest and detention since June 2023. It was gathered that the N580 million was illegally acquired … Read more
The suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, and the suspended Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa will be detained beyond the 48-hour limit as specified in Section 35 of the Constitution. This is as the Department of State Services (DSS) was granted an ex parte … Read more
Speaking during his screening at the National Assembly, newly appointed EFCC chairman, AbdulRasheed Bawa, who was accompanied to the Senate by the speaker and members of Kebbi State House of Assembly, denied the allegation that he sold assets recovered by EFCC for personal gain. He said: “I never sold a single truck at the Port … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has spoken out on the suspension of its ex-chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa. Daily Report Nigeria reports that the Bawa was suspended by President Bola Tinubu and subsequently arrested by the Department of State Services over allegations bothering on abuse of office. According to the anti-graft agency, Bawa’s arrest and … Read more
Abdulrasheed Bawa, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has denied the agency recovered diamond bra from former petroleum minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke. The federal government had, in October listed assets forfeited by the former minister to include 11 suits, 11 invisible bras, 73 veils, 30 braziers, two standing fans, 17 magic skirts, 125 … Read more
Human Rights Activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana has called for the release of former EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, from the custody of the Department of State Service (DSS). According to Falana, the remand order against Bawa has expired, as per the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA), which stipulated a maximum … Read more
An Abuja Federal High Court has set aside contempt proceedings as well as all orders of conviction against the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa. The judgment and proceeding was set aside on Thursday by Justice Chizoba Oji after hearing an application brought by the EFCC Chairman. The application was brought … Read more
Abdulkarim Chukkol has been appointed acting Chairman of he Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Chukkol’s appointment follows the suspension of AbdulRasheed Bawa as EFCC Chairman by President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday. Bawa’s suspension was premised on several weighty allegations on his person bordering on abuse of office and misconduct. The statement announcing Chukkol as … Read more
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa says the agency is committed to prosecuting Orji Uzor Kalu, former Abia state governor and some other popular personalities. Kalu bagged 12 years imprisonment in December 2019, over embezzlement of public fund when he was governor of his state However, on May 8, 2020, … Read more
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has convicted the incumbent Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Abdulrasheed Bawa. Bawa was convicted of contempt in relation to his agency’s failure to comply with an earlier order of the court. The EFCC was to return a seized Range Rover and Fourty Million Naira … Read more
Following the report of his collapse at an event on Thursday in Aso Rock, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, says he is very much okay. Speaking from his residence in the nation’s capital, Bawa who featured as a guest on Politics Today hours following the incident, said: “I am … Read more
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has appeared before an Ikeja High Court to testify in a N1.4 billion fraud trial involving an oil company, Nadabo Energy. Bawa, before his confirmation as EFCC chairman, had earlier appeared before the court last year as a prosecution witness. The EFCC had accused … Read more
Abdulrasheed Bawa, the recently suspended Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has told the Department of State Services (DSS) that it has no right to detain him. Bawa, who is being held in detention at the DSS facility, reportedly stated that the secret police lacked the legal justification to hold him without … Read more
The Department of State Services has released former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa. Daily Report Nigeria reports that Bawa was released by the secret police late Wednesday night. This was confirmed by the DSS Director, Public Relations and Strategic Communications, Peyer Afunanya. Recall that Bawa was sacked and arrested … Read more
The Department of State Services, DSS, has invited the suspended chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa. Bawa’s invitation by the DSS followed his suspension on Wednesday by President Bola Tinubu over alleged misconduct and abuse of office. The invitation by the DSS was contained I’m a letter signed by the … Read more
The newly appointed boss of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa has declared intention to recover all stolen assets for the betterment of Nigerians. Bawa expressed this while appearing before the Senate on Wednesday, as he said he will work with strategic partners around the world to see that Nigeria benefits from the … Read more