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…
NSCDC Hands Over Fake Crypto Currency Investment Suspect to EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Friday, 30 January 2026, received a suspected operator of a fake crypto-currency investment platform, Polyfarm . The suspect, Bamu Gift Wandji was arrested by the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in Gwagwalada…
₦80.2bn Fraud: Court Insists on Receipts Before Admitting CTCs
The trial of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello continued on Wednesday, February 4, 2026, before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, with the cross-examination of Prosecution Witness Seven (PW7). Bello is being prosecuted by the Economic and…
EFCC Arrests Kannywood Star, Samha Inuwa for Alleged Naira Mutilation
The Kano Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, February 3, 2026 arrested a Kannywood Star, Samha Inuwa over alleged Naira mutilation. Inuwa was arrested following a viral video circulated on social media platforms where she was seen…
Court Fixes April 30 for Ruling on Final Forfeiture of Property Owned by Former Acting AGF
Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court, sitting in Maitama, Abuja has fixed April 30, 2026 for ruling on the application filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for final forfeiture of a property owned by the former Acting Accountant General of the F…
EFCC Arraigns Fake Investor for Defrauding Americans $525,276 in Uyo
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Uyo Zonal Directorate on Thursday January 29, 2026, arraigned Victor Ekpong Thompson before Justice Maureen Adaobi of the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo for allegedly defrauding some Americans the sum of $525. 276 (Five Hundr…
Alleged N868.4m Fraud: Court Fixes February 10 for Ex-Acting AGF Cross-examination
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja on February 2, 2026 fixed February 10, 2026 for the cross examination of a former acting Accountant General of the Federation, Chukwunyere Anamekwe Nwabuoku. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is pr…
EFCC Arrests 10 Suspects, Trucks for Suspected Illegal Mining Activities in Kwara
Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested ten individuals suspected of involvement in illegal mining activities along the Ilorin - Ogbomosho axis. They were arrested on Sunday, February 1, 2026, following credi…
Emefiele: $2.045m Cash, Title Documents Recovered from Lawyer Belonged to Emefiele- Witness
The 12th Prosecution Witness, PW12, David Oyesina Jaiyeoba in the trial of former Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN's governor, Godwin Emefiele, on Friday, January 30, 2026, told the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Abuja, presided over by Justice Hamza Muazu that the sum o…
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