Calabar Court Sends Two Fraudsters to Jail
The Uyo Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday May 20, 2026 secured the conviction and sentence of two internet fraudsters before Justice Rosemary Oghoghorie of the Federal High Court sitting in Calabar Cross River State. They pleade…
Alleged $525,276 Mining Fraud : How Victor Ekpong Thompson Used Forged Mining Licence to Defraud American Investors- Witness
A Second Prosecution Witness, PW2, Michael Eyo, in the trial of Victor Ekpong Thompson has told a Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State and presided over by Justice Maurine Adaobi Onyetenu that the defendant forged his mining licence and used the forged document to d…
Olukoyede Tasks Youths on Integrity, Ethical Behaviour at Dreamrise Festival
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede has charged Nigerian youths to embrace ethical behaviour and innovation as tools for national development and sustainable future. He gave the charge in Abuja on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, at…
Anti-Corruption Fight: NLNG Boss Applauds Olukoyede for Giant Strides
Leye Falade, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited, NLNG has applauded the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede for the impressive outcomes of the fight against corruption, economi…
Alleged N76bn, $31.5m Fraud: Court Adjourns Trial of Ex-AMCON MD, Ahmed Kuru, Others till June 25
Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, adjourned further hearing in the alleged N76 billion and $31.5 million fraud trial involving a former Managing Director of Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), Ahmed…
EFCC Arrests Fleeing Ex-Power Minister, Saleh Mamman in Kaduna
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested a fleeing former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, in Rigasa area of Kaduna State. Mamman was arrested in the early hours of Tuesday, May 19, 2026 following weeks of intensive surveillance and intelligence gathering…
EFCC Moves to Support Constructive Ventures Among Youths in Curbing Internet Fraud
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede, on Saturday, May 16, 2026, reaffirmed the Commission’s commitment to support constructive and meaningful ventures to combat internet- related fraud among young Nigerians. He gave this…
Alleged $1.3m, N746.7m: Court Sustains Arrest Warrant against Former Minister, Sadiya Farouq
Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, sitting in Apo, Abuja on Monday, May 18, 2026 sustained the arrest warrant he issued against the former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Sadiya Umar Farouq on April 16, 2026. The former Minister, alongside tow…
EFCC Hands Over Recovered N837million to Katsina State Governor
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Kano Zonal Directorate, on Monday, May 18, 2026 officially handed over recovered monetary exhibits totaling ₦837,485,389.00 to the Katsina State Government. The handover followed separate investigations into two major cases inv…
NNPC Probe: EFCC Secures Final Forfeiture of Private Jet
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, May 18, 2026, secured a final forfeiture order of a Hawker private Jet 125 before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja over its link to fraud, corruption and money laundering regarding the Mai…
EFCC Chairman Speaks on UUTH Incident, Directs Apology to Ekpe, NMA
Pursuant to the receipt and consideration of a preliminary report on the May 12, 2026 incident involving personnel of the Commission and medical staff of the Uyo University Teaching Hospital, the Executive Chairman, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has directed that an apology be made to Profes…
EFCC Commences Investigation of Two Suspects for Undeclared $461,600 at Kano Airport
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Kano Zonal Directorate, has begun investigation of two male suspects: Jamilu Shuaibu Waya and Usman Namadi for a total sum of $461,600 (Four Hundred Sixty One Thousand, Six Hundred United States Dollars) undeclared to men and o…
Olukoyede to Students: You are Critical Stakeholders in Fight against Corruption
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, has charged students across the country to see themselves as critical stakeholders in the future of the country by embracing integrity and taking active roles in the fight against corrupt…
Non - Disclosure of Assets: Appeal Court Upholds Conviction and Sentence of George Turnah
The Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Thursday, May 14, 2026 upheld the conviction of George Turnah Alabh, a former Special Assistant to the erstwhile Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission, Dan Abia. At the Court of Appeal, Justice Peter C.…
PRESS STATEMENT: EFCC Sets the Record Straight on UUTH Incident
Following the impassioned reaction of Nigerians to a recent incident at the Uyo University Teaching Hospital, UUTH, involving operatives of the Uyo Zonal Directorate of the Commission and some staff of the hospital, the Commission is constrained to issue further clarification con…
Alleged N36m Fraud: EFCC Arraigns Blessing CEO in Lagos
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, on Friday, May 15, 2026, arraigned a social media influencer and self-styled relationship therapist, Okoro Blessing Nkiruka, (also known as Blessing CEO), before Justice D.I.…
EFCC Arraigns Bank MD, One Other for Alleged N19m, $30,000 Fraud
The Abuja Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, May 12, 2025, arraigned Blessing Gozi-Anyaokei, Managing Director, Viscount Microfinance Bank before Justice Y. Halilu of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, for fraud. She is being…
Lagos Court Jails Businessman Seven Years for $247,390 Fraud
Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos State Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on May 14, 2026, convicted and sentenced a businessman, Kingsley Obasi, to seven years imprisonment for a $247,390 fraud. Obasi, alongside his company, Great King Parkson Industrial Company,…
EFCC Arraigns Woman for Alleged N328. 5m Fraud in Kaduna
The Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, May 13, 2026, arraigned one Adeyinka Nike Aderonmu before Justice E. U. Akpan of the Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja for fraud. He is being prosecuted on a three-count charge, b…
Contracts Awarded by Ex-NHIA Boss did not go Through Procurement Procedures-Witness
James Balami, the Second Prosecution Witness, PW2, in the trial of the former National Health Insurance Authority, NHIA boss, Professor Usman Yusuf on Thursday, May 14, 2026 told the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Kuchiako, Kuje, Abuja, presided over by Justice Chinyere E.…
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