SCUML, REDAN Strengthen Collaboration on Anti -Money Laundering Compliance
The Special Control Unit against Money Laundering (SCUML), and the Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN) have expressed commitment to ensure a full compliance with the Anti Money Laundering/Counter Finance on Terrorism/Counter Proliferation Financing, (AML/CFT/CPF…
NIS Lauds EFCC on Fight Against Corruption, Pledges Sustained Partnership
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Zone A, on Thursday, September 10, 2026, applauded the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for its doggedness in the fight against corruption and financial crimes. The Zonal Coordinator, Zone A, ACG Mohammed Adamu, gave the comme…
EFCC Warns Lawyers Against Charging Clients in Foreign Currencies
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has called on legal practitioners across the country to desist from the illegal and unethical practice of charging clients in foreign currencies. The call was made on Friday, September 11, 2026, in Lagos by the Acting Zonal Dire…
EFCC, FBI Move to Probe Alleged Diversion, Mismanagement of USAID Funds
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, have reaffirmed their commitment to deepening strategic collaboration, intelligence sharing and operational synergy in investigating the alleged diversion and mismanagement of funds…
Court Jails Fake Spiritualist for Sextortion in Abuja
Justice C.N. Nwabulu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, September 8, 2026, convicted and sentenced a fake spiritualist, Solomon Odigie Moses, to one year imprisonment. Moses was arraigned on one-count charge bordering on cheating and posing as a spiritualist, thereby d…
Olukoyede Charges Oyo State Govt On Enacting Law Against Terrorism Financing
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has charged the Oyo State Government to enact a registration law empowering Non-profit Organisations, NPOs, in the state to tackle terrorism financing. By enacting the law, the Commiss…
Appeal Court Affirms Ex-NEXIM Bank MD, Orya’s 490 Years Jail Term for N2.4b Fraud
Justice Muhammed Danjuma of the Court of Appeal, Abuja on Tuesday, September 8, 2026, affirmed the conviction and sentence of a former Managing Director of Nigeria Export Import Bank, NEXIM, Robert Orya by Justice F.E. Messiri of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Ab…
Olukoyede to Teenagers: Shun Cyber crime, Embrace Integrity
The Executive Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr Ola Olukoyede has charged teenagers across the country to shun cyber crime and other offences, urging them to embrace integrity, hard work and legitimate means of achieving success. He gave the charge in P…
Adamu-Eteh Bows Out in Blaze of Glory
It was a day of splendour, nostalgia and celebration in Lagos on Friday, September 4, 2026, when the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, held a colourful pull-out parade to honour its retiring Head of Legal and Prosecution, Deputy Comm…
EFCC Arraigns One for Alleged N600,000 Fraud in Maiduguri
The Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, September 7, 2026, arraigned one Bilal Muhammad before Justice B.T Zanna of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri. The defendant was arraigned on a two -count charge border…
EFCC Arraigns One for N700m Fraud in Lagos
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, September 4, 2026, arraigned Osaretin Osagiede before Justice Olukayode Ogunjobi of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, over an alleged N700 million fraud. Osagiede is standin…
EFCC Arraigns Two for Alleged £110,000, ₦500m Fraud in Lagos
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, September 4, 2026, arraigned Ali Bala and Yusuf Umar Anka before Justice Olukayode Ogunjobi of the State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, for an alleged £110,000 and ₦500 million fr…
N117 Million Fraud : Five Bag Seven-year Jail Term in Lagos
Justice K.A. Jose of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Tapa, Lagos, on Thursday, September 3, 2026, convicted and sentenced five persons to seven years imprisonment for their involvement in a N117.7 million fraud involving Chi Limited. The convicts: Yinka Salawu, Joshua Olure…
Shun Corruption, Promote Integrity, Olukoyede Charges Young Women
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has charged young women in the country to shun corruption and direct their creative energy towards promoting integrity, hard work and national development. He gave the charge on Sunda…
Olukoyede Charges EFCC’s Media Managers on Emerging Technologies in Information Dissemination
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has charged Heads of Public Affairs across the Commission to embrace emerging technologies, particularly Artificial Intelligence (AI), and deploy innovative, strategic and credible co…
EFCC Recovers ₦1.233Trillion in 34 Months of Olukoyede’s Stewardship
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has broken its monetary asset recovery record in both national and foreign currencies in the 34 months of Ola Olukoyede’s leadership. The disclosure was made on Monday, August 31, 2026 when the Executive Chairman of the Commissi…
Lagos Court Jails Two for Money Laundering
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction and sentence of two fraudsters before Justice F.N. Ogazi of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, for money laundering and fraudulent impersonation. The convi…
Two Extradited to U.S. for Alleged Child Exploitation, Sextortion
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, August 26, 2026, facilitated the extradition of the duo of Mudashiru Afeez Olawale and Adebola Festus Adekunle to the United States of America, U.S., to face prosecution for alleged…
EFCC Arraigns Man for Alleged N13.6m Property Fraud In Ibadan
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Directorate, on Wednesday, August 19, 2026 arraigned a man, Yusuf Ademola Oyepeju before Justice Olusola Adetujoye of the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan, Oyo State. Oyepeju, alongside his two companies, Alwajeez Inter…
Olukoyede Seeks Whistleblowers on Stolen Assets Abroad at Cambridge Symposium
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has called on whistleblowers across the world to offer useful and actionable intelligence to the Commission on monetary and non-monetary assets stashed abroad by corrupt Nigerians. He made t…
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