By Matthew Denis The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in collaboration with the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS and the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU, have organized a two-day empowerment Workshop for fifty law enforcement officers drawn from various agencies.…
By Blessing Emmanuel The Nigerian government has unveiled an ambitious initiative to secure the country’s removal from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Grey List by May 2025. This project, led by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) in…
The Ogun state government has decried the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) Guidelines document and an Advisory which, among other things, places limits on cash withdrawals by State and Local Governments, saying it obstructs governance in the state. The state…
The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) have pledged to reinvigorate their relationship to ensure that Nigeria exits the grey list of the Financial Action Task Force. The Registrar-General and CEO of the CAC, Hussaini…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of a new Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU). She is Ms Hafsat ABubakar Bakari, a former Deputy Director in the NFIU; she is taking over from…
The Federal High Court (FHC) has refuted a report that the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) and Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) funded the training of its judges in London. The Chief Registrar (CR) of FHC, Sulaiman Hassan, made…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, recovered approximately N13bn as proceeds from illegal payments made under the subsidy regime between 2017 and 2021. Reports state this in a document recently obtained from the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU website…
By Uthman Salami The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) Director and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Modibbo Tukur, has disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari has granted approval to the NFIU, Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) as well as other anti-corruption…
In keeping with its efforts to support Information and Communication Technology (ICT) usage to enhance operational efficiency in government, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has donated ICT equipment to the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU). The state-of-the-art ICT tools comprising…
In keeping with its efforts to support Information and Communication Technology (ICT) usage to enhance operational efficiency in government, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has donated ICT equipment to the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU). The state-of-the-art ICT tools comprising…
