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
Youth Congress Pledges Support for EFCC in Fight against Corruption in Port Harcourt
The Nigerian Youth Congress, NYC, Rivers State Chapter has pledged its support to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in its fight against economic and financial crimes and other acts of corruption. This pledge was made on Friday, April 24 2026 when the Chairman o…
Alleged $6bn Mambila Project Fraud: Witness Confirms Extract of Minute of FEC Meeting Emanated from SGF Office
The Fourth Prosecution Witness, Pw4, in the trial of the former Minister of Power, Olu Agunloye on Monday, April 27, 2026 confirmed to Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, Apo, Abuja that the extract of minute of Federal Executive Council mee…
Court Sets June 22 for Hearing on Couple’s Alleged N740m Investment Fraud
Justice Ekerete Akpan of the Federal High Court Abuja, on Monday, April 17, 2026, set June 22, July 1 and 2, 2026 for definite hearing in the trial of the Chief Executive Officer of Onome Global Market Resources Limited and Lexicon Multi-concept Media Limited, Osabohein Alex Olog…
Emefiele: Witness Narrates How $6.23 Million Was Moved from CBN Coffers to Fund Foreign Observers of 2023 Election
A witness, Chinedu Eneanya on Monday, April 27, 2026 told Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Maitama, Abuja, a total sum of $6.23 million was allegedly siphoned from the coffers of the Central Bank of Nigeria under the guise of funding foreign…
Olukoyede calls for Heightened Collaboration among Law Enforcement Agencies
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede has called for enhanced collaboration among law enforcement agencies for effective actualisation of their mandates. He made the call as senior officers of the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the EFCC emb…
Women Group Applauds Olukoyede, Seeks Collaboration in Fight against Corruption
The Founder, Women Community in Africa, WCA, Dr. Khadijah Abdullahi Iya has commended the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede for his focused and impactful efforts in tackling economic and financial crimes and other acts of…
Court Jails Fraudster 37 years for N29m Procurement Fraud in Damaturu
Justice Lawu Lawan of the Yobe State High Court, Damaturu on Thursday 23, April 2026 convicted and sentenced one Abubakar Sadiq Abubakar to 37 years imprisonment. The defendant was arraigned by the Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC…
Alleged ₦80.2bn Kogi Fraud: Witness Links Multiple Cash Deposits, Dollar Conversions to Yahaya Bello’s Associate
The trial of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello, continued on Thursday, April 23, 2026, before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, with a prosecution witness narrating how huge cash lodgments were converted to dollars and handed over to a ke…
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