Emefiele, Bawa and Rule of Law, By Olusegun Adeniyi

Former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, took a very big gamble last year by seeking the presidential ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) while still in office. He raised the stakes even higher with a Naira redesign policy that was either not well thought-out or done with malicious intent. Incidentally, a […]

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EFCC boss, Bawa sent to prison for contempt of court

Chairman of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has been sentenced to Kuje Prison over contempt of court. In a ruling delivered by Justice Chizoba Oji of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja on October 28, and sighted by newsmen on Tuesday, the EFCC boss was convicted of contempt of […]

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Bawa, FFK, Shehu: Of slump, slum and somersault, By Festus Adedayo

Last Thursday, when the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) reportedly slumped at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, the story of the late enfant terrible of Oyo State politics, Busari Adelakun, crept into my memory. Media reports said that Bawa slumped at an occasion commemorating the National Identity Day. Same last week, Nigeria was […]

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EFCC Chairman, Bawa slumps at an event in Abuja

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, slumped during a programme at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Thursday The incident happened when he was giving a goodwill message at the National Identity Day celebration. The EFCC boss suddenly stopped talking, staggered and later laid down. Isa Pantami, Nigerian Minister of Communications and […]

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I’ve been getting death threats ―Bawa, EFCC Boss

Chairman of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa has said that he’s been receiving death threats since he was appointed chairman of the anti-graft agency. The EFCC Chairman disclosed this during an interview on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily. He recalled how someone who isn’t investigated by the agency, threatened to […]

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Nigerian Bankers, Bank employees must declare asset by June 1 ―Bawa, EFCC chair

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said that it expects all bankers and other operators in the Nigerian financial system to declare their assets by June 1, 2021. EFCC’s new Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, gave the order in a chat with journalists at the State House, Abuja after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari. He […]

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