No Amount of Media Campaign against Magu’ll Stop your Prosecution, EFCC tells Saraki ...ongoing Investigation against Ex-Senate President, others on course
The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been drawn to the false claim made by the former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, who in the face of ongoing investigation against him here in Nigeria, seems to have chosen outside the shores of Nigeria…
Diezani Bribe: INEC Deputy Director Bags Six Years, another Bags Seven Years
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Kano zonal office on Friday, June 28, 2019 secured the conviction of a Deputy Director of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Auwal Jibrin and one Garba Ismaila, before Justice Yusuf Birnin-Kudu of the Jigawa Sta…
RTEAN, EFCC Partner against Corruption in Ilorin
The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu has stressed the need to implement preventive measures in the fight against corruption, describing such measures as the best way to stamp corrupt practices out of the society. He made the asse…
Court Jails Businessman for N6m Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Maiduguri zonal office, has on Friday, June 28, 2019 secured the conviction and sentencing of one Mustapha Baba Kura before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri on a one count charge bordering on cheat…
Alleged Money Laundering: Court Dismisses Ofili-Ajumogobia's Objection
Justice Rilwan Aikawa of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, June 28, 2019, dismissed the preliminary objection filed by Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia,challenging her trial before the court. Ofili-Ajumogobia alongside Godwin Obla, SAN, were re-arraigned on…
Harvest of Convictions: Five Internet Fraudsters Jailed in Lagos
It was a day of reckoning for Lagos based internet fraudsters on Friday, June 28, 2019, as four different judges rained convictions of varying sentences to five of them in various jurisdictions of the Lagos High Courts. Among the three persons Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Spec…
Court Adjourns Okupe’s N702m Fraud Trial to Oct 3
Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has adjourned the trial of Doyin Okupe, a former Senior Special Assistant on Media to a former president, Goodluck Jonathan, to October 3, 2019. Okupe, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Comm…
N2.9B Fraud: Witness Tells Court How Mba, Former NBC DG defied FG Directive on TSA
A principal witness, Abubakar Aliyu Madaki, in the ongoing trial of the former Director-General of National Broadcasting Commission, Emeka Mba and four others, on Friday, June 28, 2019, told the court before Justice Mojisola Giwa-Ogunbanjo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, how th…
EFCC Gets Final Forfeiture Order on N49m
Justice S.M. Shuaibu of the Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna, on Friday, June 28, 2019 ordered the final forfeiture of the sum of N49,000,000 (Forty Nine Million Naira) to the Federal Government of Nigeria. The money was intercepted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commis…
EFCC Arrests Eight Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Edo
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Benin Zonal Office on Friday, June 28, 2019 arrested eight suspected internet fraudsters at their hideout in Ukpenu Community Ekpoma, Edo State. The suspects were arrested in an early morning raid sequel to intelli…
Female Fraudster Bags Eight months Imprisonment
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Benin Zonal Office today, June 28, 2019 secured the conviction of Isaac Christiana Nkemdirim before Justice M.G. Umar of the Federal High Court sitting in Benin City, Edo State. Nkemdirim was convicted on a one count charge of o…
EFCC Secures Two Convictions In Abeokuta
The Ibadan zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, June 28, 2019 secured the conviction of two internet fraudsters - Abdulazeez Abdulgafar Opeoluwa (a.k.a. Aquia Pennington) and Bakare Azeez Adegbola. The duo were convicted of impersonation…
Six Jailed For Internet Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Office, on Thursday, June 27, 2019 secured the conviction of six internet fraudsters in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The convicts are Ibrahim Adenekan, Akinniyi Bankole Ojumu, Amoo Hammeed Olamide, Oshoala Abay…
Businessman Bags Five Years for N12. 4m Fraud, another Bags One Month
Justice Chudi Nwankwor of an Anambra State High Court, sitting in Ogidi, has sentenced a 39-year-old businessman, Ugwunwa Ikenna Stanislaus, to five years in prison without an option of fine for offences bordering on advance fee fraud. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission…
Court Overrules Defence, Admits More Evidence against Ex-Plateau Gov, Jang
Justice Daniel Longji of a Plateau State High Court, sitting in Jos, on June 27, 2019 admitted more evidence against a former Plateau State governor, Jonah Jang, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for an alleged N6.2 billion fraud. At t…
Court Jails Yahoo Yahoo Kingpin, One Other in Calabar
Justice Simon Amobeda of the Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River State, on Thursday, June 26, 2019, sentenced a notorious yahoo yahoo kingpin, Akpojivi Onoriode, who was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a one-count charge borderin…
EFCC Arraigns Man for Forgery
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, June 27, 2019, arraigned one, Francis Ndidi Onuegbu, before Justice Abubakar Idris Kutigi, of the Federal High court, Gwagwalada, Abuja. Onuegbu is accused alongside one Oluwatosin Olowu (now at large), by the EFCC,…
EFCC Files Fresh Charges against Ex-NEMA Director Over Alleged N54.5m Fraud
Justice Jude Okeke of a Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on Thursday, June 27, 2019, adjourned till October 3, the continuation of trial of the former acting Director, Special Duties, of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Umesi Emenike Joh…
Man Bags Six Months for Internet Fraud in Ilorin
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ilorin Zonal Office on Thursday, June 27, 2019 secured the conviction of one Abdullahi Salihu who was charged for offences bordering on internet fraud before Justice Babangana Ashigar of a Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin, K…
Court Jails Oil Thief One Year
Justice A.T Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has convicted and sentenced Mallami Babayo to one year imprisonment for conspiracy and illegal dealing in petroleum products. Babayo was arraigned on Wednesday, June 26, 2019 by the Economic and…
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