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.…
Court Jails two Fraudsters for N7m Fraud in Maiduguri
Justice Aisha Ibrahim of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri, has convicted and sentenced the duo of Abdullahi Suleiman and Ahmad Yahaya to various jail terms. Suleiman and Yahaya were arraigned on Wednesday, May 13, 2026 on a one- count separate charge bordering on cheating an…
Court Grants Final Forfeiture of N1.9bn worth of Shares Linked to Former AGF- Nwabuoku
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday, May 13, 2026 granted the final forfeiture of N1.9bn worth of shares, N288m and five bedroom duplex located at No 20 City Gate Estate, Kukwaba, Abuja linked to a former Acting Accountant General of the…
Court Jails Saleh Mamman 75 years for N33.8billion Fraud, Orders security agencies to arrest him
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday, May 13, 2026 sentenced a former Minister of power, Saleh Mamman to 75 years imprisonment for money laundering charges. Mamman, who was absent in court, was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Cri…
Alleged N1.6b Money Laundering : Court Rejects Bauchi Accountant General's Application to Travel for Hajj
Justice O.A. Egwuatu of the Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, rejected the application filed by Bauchi State Accountant General, Sirajo Muhammad Jaja for permission to travel to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the Muslim pilgrimage, hajj and medical…
EFCC Presents Second Witness in Trial of Austrian for Undeclared $800,575, €651,505 at Lagos Airport
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, opposed the defence’s bid to adjourn the trial of an Austrian national arrested by the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, for allegedly failing to declare $800,575 and €651,505 at the Murtala Muhammed Intern…
Olukoyede Charges Guinness Management on Regulatory Compliance
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has charged the management of Guinness Plc on the need to ensure compliance with rules and regulations in the course of doing business in the country. He gave the charge on Tuesday, Ma…
Why EFCC Operatives Visited UUTH
The Tuesday, May 12, 2026, visit of operatives of the Uyo Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, UUTH, in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State was informed by the need to authenticate a medical report presented by a su…
Alleged Unlawful Naira Redesign: Court Admits more Exhibits against Emefiele
Justice Maryanne Anineh of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on Monday, May 11, 2026 admitted in evidence, newspaper publications tendered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC in the trial of the former governor of the Central Bank o…
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