Alleged N868.4m Fraud: Former Acting AGF Admits Release of Funds to Private companies
A former Acting Accountant General of the Federation, Chukwunyere Anamekwe Nwabuoku on Tuesday, February 10, 2026 admitted before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, that he confessed in his statements at the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other…
PRESS STATEMENT: No Compromise in EFCC's Handling of Jesam Michael's Case
A sensational story carried by Sahara Reporters and entitled: "EFCC Prosecutor Steps Down Amid Pressure To Compromise High-Profile Fraud Case Against International Fraudster Jesam Michael", is, to say the least, totally fabricated, unprofessional and in bad taste. As an anti-corr…
Court Jails Two Chinese 46 Years Each for N3.4bn, $2.5m Cyberterrorism, Internet Fraud in Lagos
Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday, February 11, 2026, convicted and sentenced two Chinese: Huang Haoyu and An Hongxu, to 46 years’ imprisonment each for cyber terrorism and internet fraud. The convicts, alongside one Friday Aud…
ICAN Applauds Olukoyede on Impactful Results in Fight against Corruption
The President and Chairman of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, ICAN, Haruna Yahaya, has commended the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede on his remarkable strides in the fight against corruption. He gave t…
Subpoena Dispute Stalls Examination of Access Bank Witness in ₦110.4bn Kogi Fraud Trial
Arguments over the examination of a subpoenaed prosecution witness in the trial of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello, on Tuesday, February 10, 2026, stalled proceedings before Justice Maryanne Anineh of the Federal High Court, FCT, Abuja. Bello is standing trial alon…
Emefiele’s Alleged Unlawful Naira Redesign: Court Declines Adjournment by Defence Counsel Over Statement of MD, Nigerian Printing and Minting
The trial of the former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele before Justice Maryanne Anineh of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, FCT, High Court, Maitama, Abuja, continued on Tuesday, February 10, 2026 with the refusal of the court to grant a motion o…
Court Orders Final Forfeiture of N178,966,938, Properties, Vehicles Linked to Unlawful Activities in Lagos
Justice C.J. Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on Monday, February 10, 2026, ordered the final forfeiture of N178,966,938, multiple landed properties and vehicles reasonably suspected to be proceeds of unlawful activities to the Federal Government of Nigeria. The…
EFCC Presents First Witness Against Austrian Arrested For Undeclared $800,575, €651,505 At Lagos Airport
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, February 10, 2026, presented its first prosecution witness, PW1, Yusuf Suleiman, an officer with the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, in the trial of Kavlak Onal, an Austrian national a…
Court Delivers Judgment on Alleged N320m Mutu Nicholas’ Fraud March 23
Justice F. Giwa Ogunbanjo of the Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja on Monday, February 9, 2026 slated March 23, 2026 for delivery of judgment in the trial of Nicholas Mutu, a serving member of the Federal House of Representatives. Mutu is facing prosecution by the Economic and…
EFCC Arrests Woman over Alleged N165m Property Fraud
The Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arrested one Mrs Salt Adeaze Udoka for property fraud. Udoka, 48 is alleged to have collaborated with two others to obtain the sum of N165 million under the pretence of selling a landed property…
EFCC Arraigns Man for Alleged ₦37.4m Fraud in Lagos
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, February 9, 2026, arraigned one Otobor Geoffrey Onajefe on a two-count charge bordering an alleged conspiracy and stealing to the tune of ₦37,440,000.00 (Thirty-Seven Million, Four Hu…
EFCC Arraigns Two for Alleged N600m NNPC Job Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Monday, February 9, 2026 arraigned Gidado Ibrahim and Halimat Adenike Tejusho(at large) before Justice H. Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, Maitama, Abuja for an alleged N600m job scam. They were arraigne…
Alleged ₦10bn Kogi Fraud: EFCC Witness Narrates How Diverted Funds Were Used to Acquire Abuja Properties
A prosecution witness, PW17, an operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and Deputy Superintendent of the EFCC, DCE Ahmed Audu Abubakar, on Monday, February 9, 2026, narrated before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, how hundr…
EFCC Grills POS Operator, Sales Rep for Alleged Diversion of N70 Million
Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have commenced investigations of one Ibekwe Izuchukwu Emmanuel, a sales representative of Prince OJ Global Services Limited and Miracle Onyekachi Nnaji, a Point of Sale, POS operator…
Olukoyede Cautions REDAN against Exposures to Financial Crimes
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr Ola Olukoyede, has called on the Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria, REDAN and other stakeholders in the real estate sector to safeguard themselves against financial crimes by respecting e…
Alleged N738.6m Fraud: Judge Threatens to Revoke Maina’s Bail
The trial of Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, continued on Thursday, February 5, 2026 before Justice Abubakar Kutigi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Asokoro with the judge threatening to revoke the defendant’s bail for empl…
Alleged ₦80.2bn Kogi Fraud: How N46.5m was Transferred to American International School- Witness
The trial of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello, continued on Thursday, February 5, 2026, before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, with the Eight Prosecution Witness, PW8, Gabriel Ochoche, testifying how the sum of N46,505,000( Forty Six M…
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Comptroller-General, Nigeria Immigration Service, Kemi Nandap on a working visit to the Executive Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede at the EFCC's Corporate Affairs Headquarters, Jabi, Abuja on Thursday, February 5, 2026
Court Jails Orya, Ex-NEXIM Bank MD, 490 Years for N2.4b Bank Fraud
Justice F.E. Messiri of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Abuja on Thursday, February 5, 2026 convicted and sentenced a former Managing Director, Nigerian Export Import Bank, NEXIM to 490 years imprisonment for bank fraud. The convict was arraigned in 2021 by the Ec…
Ali Bello Alleged 10bn Fraud: Court Orders Police, DSS to Investigate Court Registrar, Defendant for Alleged Tampering with Evidence
Justice J. K. Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, On Thursday, February 5, 2026, ordered the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, and the Department of State Services, DSS to investigate his court Registrar, Nasiru Onimisi Zubairu as well as the 2nd defendant in an alleged…
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