Ondo Deputy Governor Urges NASS to Resolve MAGU Confirmation
The deputy governor of Ondo State, Ajayi Alfred Agboola on Wednesday March 15, 2018 called on the National Assembly to resolve whatever issue its has with the confirmation of Ibrahim Magu as the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in order to strengthen the f…
Fraud: Again, Innoson Motors Boss, Chukwuma, Absent In Court
For the third time, Innocent Chukwuma, Chairman, Innoson Motors Nigeria Limited, on Wednesday, March 14, 2018, failed to appear in court for his arraignment before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. Justice Dada had, on February 9, 2018,…
Rickey Tarfa Fails to Open Defence, Ask for Adjournment
Rickey Tarfa, SAN, on Tuesday, March 13, 2018, failed to open his defence over a bribery allegation before Justice Adedayo Akintoye of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Igbosere, Lagos. Tarfa is facing trial on an amended 26-count charge of an alleged willful obstruction of o…
Witness Reveals How Diezani Paid Ex-Minister, Akinjide, Others N650m
Usman Zakari, a witness in the ongoing trial of a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Olajumoke Akinjide, on Friday, March 9, 2018, told Justice Muslim Hassan of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, how Akinjide and others received the sum of N650m in the…
Man Arraigned for N10m Internet Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, on Monday, March 12, 2018, arraigned a suspected Internet fraudster, Ogungbile Oluwaseun, before Justice O. A.Williams of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja on a two-count charge bordering on unautho…
Suspected Oil Theft: EFCC COMMENCES INVESTIGATION OF 16 FOREIGNERS
Sixteen Ukranians suspected to be oil thieves, are now being investigated by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The foreigners are being investigated alongside a vessel: MT SAN PADRE PIO, with registration number IMO…
Dasukigate: Dokpesi Did No Job for N2.1bn Received -Witness
The trial of a former Chairman, DAAR Communications Plc, Raymond Dokpesi, continued on Friday, March 9, 2018 before Justice John Tsoho of the Federal High Court, sitting in Maitama, Abuja, with Abubakar Aliyu Madaki, the twelfth prosecution witness (PW12), revealing how the defen…
COURT CONVICTS TWO FOR N2.9M RECRUITMENT SCAM
The Uyo zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, on Friday March 9, 2018, secured the conviction of Idris Abdullahi and Andrew Olije at the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The duo pleaded guilty to ten counts of obtaining the sum of…
Okowa urges support for EFCC
The Delta State governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has called on Nigerians to support the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in the fight against corruption in order to secure the nation's economy. The governor stated this, March 8, 2018 when he received officers of the Benin Zona…
Bureau de Change Operator Bags 3Years for Fraud
Justice Abdullahi Yusuf of the Katsina State High Court on Thursday March 8, 2018 convicted and sentenced one Sale Mohammed Elleman to three years imprisonment for offences of criminal breach of trust, cheating, misappropriation and diversion of funds. The convict’s journey to pr…
Alleged Fraudster Who Cloned Ex-Customs Boss' Aide’s Phone to Produce Accomplice as Bail Condition
Justice D.Z. Senchi of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, Jabi on March 8, 2018 ordered Balarabe Abdullahi to produce his co-defendant Usman Baba Yusuf (currently at large) as part of conditions to be fulfilled before he is granted bail. Abdullahi is facing a four-cou…
EFCC Re-Arraigns 2 INEC Officials over Diezani Bribes
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Office, on Wednesday, March 7, 2018, re-arraigned two officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Christian Nwosu and Tijani Inda Bashir on an amended nine-count charge bordering on money laund…
EFCC, Navy to Intensify Collaboration Against Oil Thieves
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the Nigeria Navy has agreed to strengthen the existing collaboration between the organizations in their efforts to curb illegal oil bunkering in the Niger Delta region. This was the high point of discussion today, March 7, w…
Dasukigate: Metuh Knows Fate April 23
A Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, Maitama, has fixed April 23, 2018 to rule on a “no-case” submission filed by a former spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh, who is standing trial on a two-count charge bordering on “destruction of evidence”. M…
N163.9m Bribe: Ex Plateau REC, 2 Others Docked
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Gombe Zonal office today arraigned the trio of Dr. Godwin Kwanga, former Plateau State Resident Electoral Commissioner; Usman Baba Bukar, former INEC Administrative Secretary in Plateau State and Jonathan Azi Nyako, a retired INEC sta…
Change of Counsel Stalls Trial of Fake Investigator Who Attempted to Defraud Gov. Al-Makura’s wife
The trial of Muhammed Momoh, who was arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for attempting to defraud the Nasarawa State governor, Tanko Al-Makura, after posing as a “private investigator from the villa”, was stalled on March 7, 2018 due to a chang…
Forgery: Court Refuses Nwude Bail
Justice Mojisola O. Dada of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Tuesday, March 6, 2018, refused the bail application of notorious fraudster, Emmanuel Nwude, who allegedly conspired with two others to tamper with a property that had been forfeited by a court ord…
Court Jails Chinese, Others for Currency Trafficking
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission today March 6, 2018 secured the conviction of a Chinese National, Ma Yongbin and two others, Abdullahi Obaka and Rose Ayaele before Justice J.K. Daggard of the Federal High Court sitting in Kano on one count of dealing in currency with…
EFCC Arraigns Woman For Allegedly Defrauding Pastor N23.3m
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, on March 6, 2018, arraigned one Olawunmi Dilureni before Justice S.O. Solebo of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja on an eight-count charge of conspiracy, obtaining money by false pretence and steali…
EFCC Commences Investigation of Suspect Arrested with $370,000 Cash
The Head of the Kaduna Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Bappa has assured that the Commission will spare no efforts in investigating the attempt by a certain Adamu Rabiu Mohammed to smuggle $370,000 through the Kaduna International Airport. Th…
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