EFCC Arraigns One for N4.5m Fraud in Maiduguri
The Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, May 4, 2026 arraigned one Gambomi Muhammed before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri. The defendant was arraigned on a ten- count charge borde…
EFCC Arraigns One for Alleged N20m Cattle Fraud in Gombe
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission , EFCC on May 5, 2026 arraigned one Andefiki Markus before Justice H.H. Kerrng of the Gombe State High Court sitting in Gombe , Gombe State. Markus was arraigned on two- count charges bordering on obtaining under false pretence by the…
Gombe Court Jails Magistrate for Bribery
Justice H.H. Kereng of the Gombe High Court sitting in Gombe, Gombe State has convicted and sentenced Mohammad Suleiman Kumo , a magistrate to two years and six months imprisonment for bribery. Kumo was initially arraigned on December 3, 2025 on three -count charges of bribery by…
Alleged ₦80.2bn Kogi Fraud: Witness Narrates how Maitama Property was bought with ₦550m
A Prosecution Witness, PW14, Shehu Bello, on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, told Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, that a property located at No. 1 Ikogosi Spring Close, Maitama, was purchased for ₦550 million and paid for in United States dollars cash in th…
EFCC Arraigns Metro Digital Limited for Alleged Illegal Rebroadcast of Multichoice Content
The Economic and Financial crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, arraigned a Communication Company, Metro Digital Limited before Justice A.T Mohammed of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, Rivers State on an amended four-count charge bordering on cybercrime and all…
Alleged ₦110.4bn Kogi Fraud: Court Admits High Court Judgment as Evidence Against Yahaya Bello
Justice Maryanne Anineh of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, FCT High Court, Maitama, Abuja on Tuesday, May 5, 2026 admitted into evidence a judgment of the FCT High Court against the former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Adoza Bello. The Economic and Financial Crimes Com…
EFCC Arraigns Man for Alleged N85.5m Land Fraud in Enugu
The Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned one Udemba John Chibuzor before Justice F. O. Giwa-Ogunbanjo of the Federal High sitting in Independence Layout, Enugu. The defendant was arraigned on a two-count charge bordering on…
EFCC Arraigns Former SKye Bank Chairman, Tunde Ayeni for N15.6b Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, May 4, 2026, arraigned a former Chairman, Board of Directors of the defunct Skye Bank Plc, Tunde Ayeni before Justice Jude Onwuzuruike of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Apo, Abuja. Ayeni was arraigned…
Alleged $4.5bn Fraud: Court Admits Co-Defendant’s Statement in Emefiele’s Trial
Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Monday, May 4, 2026, ruled that the extrajudicial statement made by Henry Omoile, co-defendant to the erstwhile Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele, is admissible in court. Omoile h…
Oba of Lagos Lends Support to EFCC in Fight against Corruption
The Oba of Lagos, His Royal Majesty, Oba Rilwan Babatunde Osuolale Aremu Akiolu I, has assured the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, of the full support and commitment of the state’s traditional institution in the fight against corruption and other economic and fina…
Darius Ishaku: Court Adjourns till June 15 as Counsel Withdraws Services from Second Defendant
Justice S. C. Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja on Thursday, April 30, 2026, adjourned the trial of the former Taraba State governor, Darius Dickson Ishaku alongside a former permanent secretary in the state’s Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Aff…
EFCC Grills Managing Director, Paramount Energy Limited for Alleged N72.3million Fraud in Enugu
Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC have commenced investigations into the activities of one Ralph Chinazum Ajah, Managing Director, Paramount Energy Limited for an alleged case of obtaining by false pretence and stealin…
EFCC Not Only Fights Fraudsters, It Also Commends Upright Nigerians- Olukoyede
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr Ola Olukoyede has disclosed that the Commission places a premium on commending upright Nigerians for upholding anti-corruption values as well as holding fraudulent ones accountable for their criminal…
EFCC Re-arraigns Lawyer for Alleged N15.7 million Land Fraud in Enugu
The Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has re-arraigned one Barrister Benjamin Chukwuemeka Nwobodo before Justice F. O. Giwa-Ogunbanjo of the Federal High Court sitting in Independence Layout, Enugu on a 20-count charge bordering on forg…
Alleged N27b Fraud: EFCC Presents More Witnesses against Darius Ishaku, Yero
The trial of the former Taraba State governor, Darius Dickson Ishaku alongside the former permanent secretary in the Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in the state, Bello Yero, before Justice S. C. Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Abuja,…
Alleged N76bn, $31.5m Fraud: Witness Reveals Arik Air Paid 38% of Foreign Loan to Creditors Before AMCON Takeover
The fourth prosecution witness (PW4), Bawa Usman Kaltungo, in the trial of former Managing Director of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), Ahmed Kuru, and others over an alleged N76bn ($31.5m) fraud, told Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sittin…
Alleged N1.63b Money Laundering: EFCC Re-arraigns Bauchi Accountant-General, One other
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, re-arraigned Bauchi State Accountant General, Sirajo Muhammad Jaja and an unlicensed Bureau de Change operator, Aliyu Abubakar of Jasfad Resources Enterprises, before Justice O. A. Egwuatu of the Fede…
Olukoyede Tasks Universities on Use of Artificial Intelligence in Ethical and Financial Management
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has called on universities across the country to urgently integrate Artificial Intelligence, AI, into their ethical and financial management systems as a transformative tool to combat…
Alleged $6.23m Fraud: Police Commissioner Confirms Emefiele Approved Payment to Foreign Election Observers
A Commissioner of Police, Eloho E. Ekpoziakpho, on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, told a Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Maitama, Abuja, that investigations into the alleged fraudulent withdrawal of $6.23 million from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, revealed that the paym…
Alleged $6.23m Fraud: Jim Obazee, Okpoziakpo Witness against Emefiele Today
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