Human rights lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), says efforts had begun to secure the release of former Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose, from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) custody. Ozekhome said this in an interview with…
A group, the Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, CACOL, on Thursday asked newly-inaugurated Ekiti State Governor, Olukayode John Fayemi to publicly declare his assets just as he did during his first term in office. CACOL explained that Fayemi’s declaration of…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to drag former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, to court. Fayose has spent more than 24 hours in the custody of the EFCC after…
The Nigerian Senate has confirmed the nomination of seven appointees to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) board. They were confirmed after Sam Anyanwu, chairman of the committee on ethics, privileges and public petitions, presented a report for the consideration…
The Senate, the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar; and groups, including the Arewa Consultative Forum and the #BringBackOurGirls coalition, on Tuesday, condemned the killing of an aid worker with the International Committee of the Red Cross, Hauwa Liman,…
The immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, finally honoured an invitation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday after losing his immunity from prosecution and arrest. After leading Fayose to the interrogation room, it was learnt…
The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Paul Arkwright, has endorsed the Executive Order 6 signed by President Muhammadu Buhari, noting that it is important for rooting out corruption in the country. The envoy in an interview with Channels TV on…
Rivers state governor Nyesom Wike and a former aviation minister Femi Fani-Kayode were among people who accompanied immediate past governor of Ekiti state, Ayode Fayose to the Wuse office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday. Fayose arrived…
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike on Tuesday insisted that the immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has nothing to hide. Wike said this while explaining why he accompanied Fayose to the office of the Economic and…
The governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, in the just concluded election in Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, has said that he has no case of corruption in any court or with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,…
Outgoing Ekiti State governor, Ayo Fayose, has alleged “planned invasion” of his house. Fayose raised the alarm via his Twitter handle early Tuesday morning. He said he had informed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of his readiness to…
A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has promised to accompany a former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose as he visits the office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday. Fani-Kayode recalled that when he spent…
Nigerians on social media have expressed sadness over the death of Hauwa Leman, an aide worker with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), a faction of Boko Haram, executed Hauwa Leman, an…
The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), a faction of Boko Haram, has explained why they executed Hauwa Leman, an aid worker with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The terrorists also vowed to keep Leah Sharibu, the…
The outgoing Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has said that he was going to the office of the Economic and Financial Crime, EFCC, today with his bedclothes, pillowcase, English and Yoruba bibles. Fayose’s tenure expired midnight on Monday. The…
Director of Media of the Buhari Campaign Organisation, Festus Keyamo, has accused the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, of failing in the management of public institutions during his tenure as Vice President between 1999 to…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said it cannot take action yet, as series of videos that seemed to show Governor Umar Ganduje taking bribes from public works contractors in Kano State, go viral online. Two videos have…
The Kano State House of Assembly has opened probe into the bribe-taking videos of the state governor, Abdullahi Ganduje. Raising a matter of urgent public importance on Monday, a member representing Warawa Constituency, Labaran Madari, said the assembly should investigate…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday alleged that the “Presidency has directed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to incarcerate, indefinitely,” the outgoing governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose. In a statement issued by the National Publicity Secretary,…
The Presidency on Sunday night cleared the air on the travel ban slammed on about 50 high-profile Nigerians suspected to have been directly involved in corrupt practices. President Muhammadu Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu,…