How Ex NIMASA DG, Akpobolokemi, Others Diverted Projects' Funds- Witness
The trial of Patrick Akpobolokemi, a former Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, who is being prosecuted for a N754 million fraud, continued on Monday 19, 2018 before Justice Raliat Adebiyi of State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos , wit…
EFCC Docks Maina for Impersonating Police
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, February 20, 2018 arraigned one Mohammed Nuhu Maina before Justice O. O. Goodluck of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on a 7-count charge of forgery and impersonation. Count seven of th…
FRSC Recognises EFCC’s Support Road in Safety Management
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been presented with an award in recognition of its sustained support for road safety management in Nigeria by the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC. The award ceremony, which came up on February 19, 2018 at the Nigerian A…
Court Jails Man One Year for N1.5m Love Scam
Justice Muhammad Yahaya of Kano State High Court on Monday, February 19, 2018 convicted and sentenced one Abubakar Isiaku (also known as Hajia Fatima) to one year imprisonment on one-count charge of obtaining by false pretence preferred against him by the Kaduna zonal office of t…
EFCC Presents More Evidence against Alleged SCUML Certificate Forgers
The trial of Ebenezer Joshua and Franca Johnson, two bankers who allegedly forged the certificates of Special Control Unit against Money Laundering (SCUML) continued on February 19, 2018 at a Kebbi State High Court with the sixth prosecution witness, Joshua Edward Mamza, giving e…
EFCC Docks Man for Internet Scam, Money Laundering
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office on Monday, February 19, 2018 arraigned one David Ayomide Raphael before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, on an eight-count charge of money laundering. Raphael was a…
EFCC Arraigns Two for N36.4m Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, on Thursday, February 15, 2018, arraigned the duo of Gbade Bamigbala and Lateef Arobo before Justice Serifat O. Solebo of the Lagos High Court, Ikeja on an amended four-count charge bordering on conspiracy an…
Dasukigate: Court Adjourns Ex-Gov Bafarawa, Son Trial to March 22
Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf of the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, has adjourned further hearing in the criminal charge of diversion of $2.1billion involving former Sokoto State Governor, Attahiru Dalhatu Bafarawa, his son, Sagir Attahiru and their…
EFCC, Banks Collaborate Against Corruption
The Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, hosted Regional Bank Compliance Officers of some select Banks to a two-days interactive session on the 14th and 15th February, 2018 to chart a course for a more robust relationship and partnership with…
Malabu Oil Scandal: Court Awaits Adoke's Extradition, Adjourns to June 18
Justice John Tsoho of the Federal High Court, sitting in Maitama, Abuja, has adjourned to June 18, 2018 for the arraignment of a former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke and eight others over their alleged involvement in the sale of…
Appeal Court Upholds Conviction of Suspect Over $2,917,272.000 Fraud
A three-man panel of the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, has upheld the conviction and sentencing of Ojukwu Nnamdi Roland, who was charged with a $2,917,272.000 (Two Million, Nine Hundred and Seventeen Thousand, Two Hundred and Seventy-two Dollars) fraud by the Economic and Fina…
COURT JAILS EX-BANKER, ONE OTHER 3YEARS FOR FRAUD
Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court, sitting in Asaba, Delta State, has convicted and sentenced a former Relationship Manager with the United Bank for Africa, UBA, Victor Onodavwerho, to one year imprisonment. The convict was arraigned on a four-count charge bordering…
Magu Bags Integrity Award
The Nigeria Television Authority, NTA, in collaboration with the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, on Tuesday, February 13, 2018 presented the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, with the award of excellence, in recognition of his contr…
EFCC Docks Ex-Nasarawa Gov's Son, Adamu, One Other, for N92m Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on February 14, 2018 arraigned Nuraini Adamu, son of former Governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Adamu and one Felix Onyeabo Ojiako before Justice Farouq Lawal of the Kano State High Court on a 4-count charge of conspiracy, for…
EFCC Arraigns Estate Agent for N9.6m Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Kaduna zonal office, on Wednesday, February 14, 2018 arraigned one Awwal Tahir, and his company, Interland Skills Limited, before Justice M. Tukur of State High Court, Kaduna on a 2-count charge of obtaining by false pretence to…
N2.6bn Fraud: How I Acquired My Car, House-Akpobolokemi
A former Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Patrick Akpobolokemi, on Tuesday, February 13, 2018, told Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos how he acquired his bullet-proof car and house in Banana Island,…
N11bn Fraud: Court Adjourns Ex-Gov Shema's Trial to April 10
Justice Maikaita Bako of the Katsina State High Court on February 13, 2018 adjourned the corruption trial of Ibrahim Shema, former Katsina State governor alongside three others to April 10, 11 and 12, 2018. At the resumed hearing, prosecuting counsel, Sam Ologunorisa, SAN, inform…
Malabu Oil: Court Strikes Out EFCC from Suit
Justice John Tsoho of the Federal High Court, sitting in Maitama, Abuja, on Tuesday, February 13, 2018, granted a preliminary objection made by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, seeking to be removed from a suit filed by Malabu Oil and Gas challenging re-allocat…
Woman Bags 6months for Property Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office, has secured the conviction of one Folashade Olukemi Adeleke on 2-counts of stealing contrary to Section 390(9) of the Criminal Code Cap Act C38 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004. Adeleke was sentenced t…
DISMISSED POLICEMAN POSING AS EFCC STAFF NABBED
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC have arrested a former Constable of the Nigeria Police posturing as a bonafide staff of the Commission. The suspect, David Lohbut Nimdul, was arrested in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Nimdul was reported to the Commi…
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