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N110.4bn Fraud: Court orders Yahaya Bello to appear for Arraignment
Justice Maryanne Anenih of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT in Maitama, Abuja on October 3, 2024 has issued a public summon against former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Adoza Bello following his absence in a fresh arraignment on 16-count charges preferred against him by the Ec…
Lagos Court Jails Man Eight Years For N62m Land Fraud
Justice I.O. Ijelu of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, on Wednesday, October 2, 2024, convicted and sentenced one Abodurin Gerald Abozo to eight years imprisonment for land fraud. Abozo was arraigned on October 15, 2023 on a two-count charge bordering on obtaining mon…
EFCC-NYSC CDS Group, an ally in Corruption Fight- EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has described the EFCC-NYSC Community Development Services, CDS, as an integral social agent in the fight against corruption and internet fraud. This was disclosed by the Director, Public Affairs Directorate of the Commission, Co…
Olukoyede Charges Religious Leaders on Fight against Corruption
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede has challenged religious leaders in the country to show more commitment and involvement in the anti-corruption fight through preaching the right messages. He gave the charge in Abuja when…
EFCC Arrests 43 Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Port Harcourt
Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 43( Forty three) suspected internet fraudsters in a sting operation. They were arrested on Wednesday, October 2, 2024 at Rumuekeni and Iwofe axes of Port Harcour…
EFCC Arrests 33 Suspected Internet Fraudsters, Fake Dollars in Port Harcourt
Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, have arrested 33( thirty-three) suspected internet fraudsters in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. They were arrested in their hideouts around Iwofe and Ogboro axes of Port Harcourt…
EFCC Arrests 33 Suspected Internet Fraudsters, Fake Dollars in Port Harcourt
Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, have arrested 33( thirty-three) suspected internet fraudsters in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. They were arrested in their hideouts around Iwofe and Ogboro axes of Port Harcourt…
Olukoyede Congratulates EFCC’s Prosecutors newly Elevated as Senior Advocates
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has congratulated his Special Adviser and Head, Chairman's Legal Team, Abba Mohammed and Head, Special Duties 2, Ekele Iheanacho on their elevation to the rank of Senior Advocate of Ni…
Olukoyede Congratulates EFCC’s Prosecutors newly Elevated as Senior Advocates
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has congratulated his Special Adviser and Head, Chairman's Legal Team, Abba Mohammed and Head, Special Duties 2, Ekele Iheanacho on their elevation to the rank of Senior Advocate of Ni…
EFCC Arrests 21 Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Yola
Operatives of the Gombe Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 21( twenty one) suspected internet fraudsters in Yola, Adamawa state. They were arrested on Tuesday, September 24 , 2024 at different locations around Modobo Adamawa Uni…
Independence Celebration: Olukoyede Charges Nigerians on Renewed Commitment in Fight against Corruption
As Nigerians are basking in the euphoria of the nation’s 64th Independence Anniversary, Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has called for more commitment to the fight against economic and financial crimes and other acts of…
Independence Celebration: Olukoyede Charges Nigerians on Renewed Commitment in Fight against Corruption
As Nigerians are basking in the euphoria of the nation’s 64th Independence Anniversary, Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has called for more commitment to the fight against economic and financial crimes and other acts of…
EFCC Arrests 24 Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Benin City
Operatives of the Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday September 30, 2024 arrested 24 suspected internet fraudsters at different locations within Benin City. The suspects were arrested following actionable intelligence of their…
EFCC Arraigns Ex-Taraba State Governor, Perm Sec for Alleged N27b Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, September 30, 2024, arraigned former governor of Taraba State, Darius Dickson Ishaku and former permanent secretary, Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in the state, Bello Yero, before Justice S. C Or…
Money Laundering Charges against Bobrisky were Dropped Lawfully- EFCC
A Prosecutor with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Bilikisu Bala on Monday, September 30, 2024, told a Joint Committee of the House of Representatives investigating allegations of corruption against some officers of the Commission, and the Nigeria Correctional S…
EFCC Arrests 13 Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Sokoto
Operatives of the Sokoto Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested thirteen(13) suspected internet fraudsters in Sokoto, Sokoto State. They were arrested on Saturday, September 28, 2024 at Gidan Yaro and Dandima areas of Sokoto based o…
Alleged 3.1bn Fraud: How I delivered $15.8m Cash to Suswan in his Residence-Witness
Abubakar Umar, the Sixth Prosecution Witness,PW6, in the trial of former governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam has narrated before the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja and presided over by Justice Peter Lifu how in 2014, he converted the sum of N3.1 billion, wired to him by S…
Olukoyede Seeks more Commitment to AML/CFT Implementation
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede has described Designated Non-financial Businesses and Professionals, (DNFBPs) as all-comers ground and most vulnerable to abuse by criminals and called for more commitment to the implement…
Alleged N3b Fraud: How Money Flowed from Kogi State Government to my Accounts-BDC Operator
Jamilu Abdullahi, an Abuja-based Bureau de Change operator and third prosecution witness in the trial of Ali Bello, on Thursday, September 26, 2024, gave a narrative of the financial transactions between him and the Kogi State government under former governor, Yahaya Bello before…
Anti-graft War: EFCC, DSS Strengthen Collaboration
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the Department of State Security, DSS, have resolved to strengthen their collaboration, particularly in the area of intelligence, in a bid to tackle the menace of economic and financial crimes and corruption in the country.…
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