Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has dismissed more than 40 employees for alleged corruption and financial misconduct over the past three years, chairman Ola Olukoyede said at a briefing in Abuja. Nigerian media reports citing the briefing said five of the dismissed staff face prosecution, while cases are being prepared against others. An earlier account described the number facing prosecution as more than five. The EFCC investigates financial crimes including advance fee fraud, money laundering and corruption, including allegations involving politicians and other officials accused of misappropriating public funds. Olukoyede said the agency recovered 1.23 trillion naira, reported as $923 million in the latest briefing, and secured a 75% conviction rate between October 2023 and July 2026. It received 49,673 petitions, investigated 39,615 cases, filed 14,476 cases in court and secured 10,872 convictions during that period. In the first half of 2026, the agency recorded 1,370 convictions from 1,889 filings. Internal reforms included renaming the Department of Internal Affairs as the Department of Ethics and Integrity and introducing a gifts-and-hospitality policy requiring officers to declare gifts above an unspecified threshold, including gifts from relatives abroad.