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…
EFCC Arraigns Two for Alleged N8.9m Investment Fraud in Awka
The Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arraigned the duo of Samuel Inalegwu Okpala and Ezelibe Emmanuel Nzube before Justice Bala Khalifa-Mohammed Usman of the Federal High court sitting in Awka, Anambra State, on a four-count charge…
Saleh Mamman’s Trial: Court to Deliver Judgment June 9
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja on Thursday, April 23, 2026 slated June 9, 2026 for judgment in the trial of the former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman for fraud. Mamman is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on…
Dasuki’s Trial: Defendants Made their Statements without Duress, Under Caution-Witness
The Third Prosecution Witness, PW3, Salihu Kadiri in the trial of the former National Security Adviser, NSA, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (retd) alongside Aminu Baba Kusa, Acacia Holdings Limited and Reliance Referral Hospital Limited on Wednesday, April 22, 2026 asserted in a trial-with…
Alleged N109bn Fraud: Defence Witness Admits Signing Ex-AGF Idris’ Statement
A defence witness in the ongoing trial of a former Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, on Tuesday admitted before Justice Yusuf Halilu of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Maitama, Abuja, that he signed the defendant’s statement dated May 17, 2022. Id…
President Federation Cup: Team EFCC Beats Fire Service FC 1-0
The football club of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, April 21,2026 defeated Fire Service FC 1-0, with a goal scored by Richard Adonis in the 54th minute during the Nationwide League, NLO 2026 season competition. Earlier on Monday, April 20, 2026 th…
Court Jails Man Five Years for Recruiting Boys into Yahoo School
The Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday April 20, 2026 secured the conviction and sentence of Goodluck Ejimiyare before Justice (Professor) C. A. Obiozor of the Federal High Court, sitting in Benin City. The convict was arraign…
EFCC Grills Suspected Fake Lawyer for Forged NBA Seal in Lagos
Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, Ikoyi, Lagos have commenced an investigation of a suspected fake lawyer, John Anoruo, for possession of a forged seal of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA. Anoruo, who operates a leg…
Malami: Judge Threatens Contempt, Warns Counsel Against Unruly Conduct
Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on Tuesday, April 21, 2026, warned counsel appearing before her against engaging in conduct capable of stalling proceedings, threatening to invoke the court’s contempt powers where necessary. The warning came dur…
Alleged N10b Kogi Fraud: Ali Bello’s New Counsel Stalls Trial
The trial of Ali Bello, nephew of the former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Adoza Bello before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, was stalled on Tuesday, April 21, 2026 following an adjournment at the request of his new counsel, Ahmed Raji, SAN, to…
Public Alert About Impersonators, Fake EFCC Sting Operations
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is constrained to alert the public about increasing waves of attack on its image by criminal characters parading themselves as officers of the Commission in different guises. Intelligence available to the Commission showed that…
Investment Fraud: Witnesses Tell Court How they were Scammed in Afriq Arbitrage System
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, April 16, 2026, presented Prosecution Witnesses 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 before Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court, FCT Abuja in the ongoing trial of Jesam Michael Ubi and Afriq Arbitrage System, AAS for…
Court Admits Nine Exhibits Against Malami and Family
A Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja and presided over by Justice Joyce Abdulmalik on Monday, April 20, 2026 admitted nine exhibits against a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, alongside his wife, Hajia Bashir Asabe,…
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