Reps advance bill to boost EFCC’s independence, limit presidential powers over chairman’s removal

EFCC arrests Okpella monarch over alleged diversion of N250m community funds

The House of Representatives has passed for second reading a bill seeking to amend the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (Establishment) Act, 2004, in a move aimed at strengthening the anti-graft agency’s independence and limiting presidential powers over the removal of its chairman. The

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