Alleged N1.2b Fraud: Court Adjourns Agbele’s Trial to Dec 2
Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, October 30, 2019 adjourned the trial of Abiodun Agbele, an aide of former Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, to December 2, 2019. The adjournment followed the application for more time by the defence team, w…
Three Internet Fraudsters Jailed In Ibadan
Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Ibadan on Wednesday, October 30, 2019, sentenced three Internet fraudsters to prison, having found them guilty of criminal charges preferred against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office…
EFCC Arraigns Naval Officer, Fourteen Others for Illegal Oil Bunkering
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos office, today, October 30, 2019 arraigned a senior naval officer, Bola Labinjo and fourteen others before Justice M. Hassan of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi on a two count charge bordering on conspiracy and unlawful dealin…
EFCC Arraigns Two for Cybercrime
The Abuja Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today October 30, 2019 arraigned the duo of Ugbede Hassan Ocholi and Ngbegha Job Aondona before Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja on a seven count charge bordering on internet fraud an…
Court Convicts Man for N.7m Fraud
The Kaduna Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,has secured the conviction of one Salisu Kabiru Abdulsalam before Justice M.T Tukur of Kaduna State High Court, Kaduna, on one count of cheating. The convict sometime in October 2018, allegedly approached the…
Internet Fraud Suspect Makes U Turn, Begs for Plea Bargain
A 24 year-old Internet fraud suspect, Babatunde Muhammad Bashir, who is being prosecuted by the Ilorin Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, before Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of the Kwara State High Court on four counts of internet fraud today informed the co…
Court Refuses Stay in Suswam’s N3.1bn Corruption Trial
Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja today Tuesday, October 29, 2019 refused the request by Gabriel Suswam, a former governor of Benue State, to adjourn proceedings pending the determination of his appeal challenging the jurisdiction of the court at the C…
Juju Scam: Court Remands Fake Native Doctor, Two Others in Prison, Orders Interim Forfeiture of Properties
Justice Patricia Ajoku of the Federal High Court 1, sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State has ordered the remand of a fake native doctor, Fatai Olalere Alli (a.k.a. Baba Abore, Baba Oshun), and two others - Adigun Fatai Olusegun and Olufemi Kolawole - in prison custody pending the filing,…
Impersonation, Threat to National Security"- EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has described impersonation as a threat to national security. Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa, head of the Port Harcourt office of the Commission made the assertion on Tuesday, October 29, 2019 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State while speakin…
EFCC Re-arraigns Hajj Fare Collector for N2.6m Fraud in Yobe
The Maiduguri Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, October 29, 2019 re- arraigned one Mustapha Usman before Justice Lawu Lawan of the Yobe State High Court, Potiskum, on one count charge of criminal breach of trust, misappropriation and…
Court Remands PAN Staff in Prison for N2.5m Fraud
The Kaduna Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday, October 29, 2019 arraigned one Yohanna Adamu before Justice P. Mallong of the Federal High Court, Kaduna on a one-count charge of cheating and obtaining money by false pretence to the tune…
Offa Poly Lecturer Remanded in Ilorin Prison for Employment Scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ilorin Zonal office on Tuesday October 29, 2019 arraigned one Mustapha Ilyas Abdulwasiu, a Lecturer with the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara State, before Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of a Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin on…
Kaduna Councillor Arrested for N11m Fraud
The Kaduna Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested a councillor representing Kakuri Hausa, Ward, Kaduna South Local Government of Kaduna State, Hon Theophilus Madami for offences bordering on alleged criminal breach of trust and misappropriation…
EFCC Parades 27 Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Enugu
The Enugu Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, October 28, 2019 announced the arrest of 27 suspected internet fraudsters. They were arrested on Thursday, October 24, 2019 in Eura Hostel, Naze-Obibiezena Road, Nekede and Bloomnesdays Plaza…
EFCC Smashes ‘419’ Syndicate that Defrauded a Professor
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has cracked down on a gang of fraudsters who specialise in exploiting personal data of foreign-based Nigerians to defraud their friends and relations back home. Four of the gang-members - ‘Hon.’ Oladipupo Adebayo, Bimbo Bilewu,…
N2bn Fraud: Court Remands Maina in Prison
Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja on October 25, 2019, ordered that Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman, Pension Reform Task Team be remanded in Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS), while his son, Faisal was remanded in the custody of Police Special Tactical Squ…
Alleged N2.9bn Fraud: Witness Says Ex-NBC Boss, Mba Conducted no Spectrum Auction
Abubakar Madaki, prosecution witness (PW12) in the ongoing trial of a former Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, Emeka Mba, before Justice Mojisola Giwa-Ogunbanjo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, said there was no trace of any auctioning of spectrum eq…
EFCC Arrests Four Suspected ‘Fraudsters’ for Using Magu’s Signature to Defraud American Lady of $850,000 …Another Suspect Arrested in Port Harcourt for Using Magu’s Name to Blackmail NDDC Directors for Bribe
A daring syndicate of internet ‘fraudsters’, who used a cloned document of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission as well as forged signature of the acting chairman of the agency, Ibrahim Magu to defraud an American Lady, has met their waterloo. The four-man gang were smash…
OPL 245 Scam: EFCC to Serve Adoke, Etete by Substituted Means
Justice D. Z. Senchi of Federal Capital Territory High Court, Jabi, Abuja on Friday, October 25, 2019, ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to serve the criminal charges of alleged abuse of office and money laundering in respect of the granting of the Oil Prospect…
EFCC Arraigns Developer for Maitama Property Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday October 25, 2019, arraigned one Joseph Idakho alongside his company, Zamtrac Management and City Investment Limited, before Justice D. Z. Senchi of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Jabi, Abuja, for alleg…
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