$91,000 Fraud: Court Jails Man Nine Years for Stealing, Issuing Dud Cheques in Lagos
Justice Ismail Ijelu of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has convicted and sentenced one Obinna Kingsley Anijiofor to nine years imprisonment for offences bordering on stealing and the issuance of dud cheques. Anijiofor was arraigned on February 10, 2025, by the Lagos…
Alleged ₦110.4bn Kogi Fraud: Witness Details Multiple Cash Withdrawals from Kogi Govt Accounts
The trial of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello, continued on Wednesday, November 12, 2025, before Justice Maryanne Anineh of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, FCT High Court, Maitama, Abuja, with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, presenting…
N33.2b Dasukigate: How Multi-million Naira was Funneled from ONSA’s Operations Account to Private Firms, Companies-Witness
The First Prosecution Witness, PW1 in the trial of former National Security Adviser, NSA, Sambo Dasuki on Tuesday, November 11, 2025 narrated before Justice C.O. Agbaza of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, Maitama, Abuja, how funds, running into multi-million naira w…
Yahaya Bello: Witness Narrates how Cash was Moved in and out of Kogi LG Statutory Accounts
The trial of former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello, continued on Tuesday, November 11, 2025, before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, with prosecution witness making lengthy revelations on cash movements in and out of the Statutory Account of…
Alleged ₦80.2bn Fraud: Court Adjourns Yahaya Bello’s Trial Till Nov 11
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, sitting in Maitama, Abuja, on Monday, November 10, 2025, adjourned the trial of former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello, till Tuesday, November 11, 2025, for continuation of trial. Bello is being prosecuted by the EFCC before…
EFCC Declares Timipre Sylva Wanted
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has declared a former Minister of Petroleum Resources and former Governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva wanted. Sylva is wanted in connection with an alleged case of conspiracy and dishonest conversion of $14,859,257( Fourteen…
EFCC Arrests Three Suspected Vote Buyers in Anambra
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested three suspected vote buyers in various parts of Anambra. The suspects are Emeka Ilokasia arrested at Ward 2, Njikoka Local government, Anambra; Nwachuwu Loretta, arrested at Ward 2(008), Awkuzu, Oyi l…
PRESS STATEMENT: Incidence at Periwinkle Estate & Citizen Endurance Udeke
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, feels obliged to clear the air on circumstances leading to the passing of citizen Endurance Udeke, a resident of apartment W6a, Periwinkle Estate, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos. Operatives of the Commission were in the Estate to carry ou…
Embrace Integrity as Future Leaders, Olukoyede Charges Students
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, has charged students across the country to choose the path of integrity in order to excel as future leaders. He gave the charge on Thursday, November 6, 2025 in a sensitization lecture fo…
EFCC Hands over Recovered N42.5m to 70-yr-old Widow Victim in Kaduna
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has handed over a bank draft of N42,500,000 (Forty-two Million, Five Hundred Thousand Naira) in favour of one Mrs. Margret Taye Odofin, a 70-year-old widow and retiree, recovered from her fraudulent account and investment office…
Anti-Graft War: Olukoyede Seeks Stronger Synergy with Media, CSOs in South-East
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has called for stronger ties with the media and civil society organizations, CSOs, in the Southeast in tackling economic and financial crimes and other acts of corruption. He made this…
EFCC, NIS Join Forces against Cross-Border Financial Crimes in Kano
The Comptroller, Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, Kano State Command, Mr. Tahir A. Lawal, has called for stronger collaboration between the EFCC and NIS in order to strengthen the efforts of the two Agencies to tackle cross-border financial services. He made the disclosure in Ka…
EFCC Parleys Customs, Aviation Security in Kano
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has expressed the Commission's unwavering commitment to strengthening its strategic partnership with the Nigeria Customs Service , NCS, and Aviation Security in the ongoing fight agai…
EFCC Arraigns CEO, Company for Multiple Fraud in Kaduna
The Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arraigned one Bashir Bello Ibrahim, a former Kaduna State government's contractor and Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of Formal Act Legacy Limited before Justice R. M. Aikawa of the Federal High…
₦8bn Fraud: Court Sentences Man to Three Years’ Imprisonment in Lagos
Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Wednesday, November 5, 2025, convicted and sentenced one Samuel Ihechukwu Asiegbu to three years’ imprisonment without an option of fine for his role in an ₦8.56 billion fraud involving one of the fir…
EFCC Arraigns Man for N1.020b Forex Fraud in Kaduna
The Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Wednesday, November 5, 2025, arraigned one Captain Nuhu Haruna before Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court, sitting in Kaduna State for foreign exchange fraud. He was arraigned on…
Tread Path of Integrity, Shun Cybercrime, Olukoyede Tells Youths
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede has charged Nigerian youths to tread the path of integrity and steer clear of cyber fraud and other social vices. He made the call in Abaji, Federal Capital Territory, FCT, at the Youth Ag…
EFCC to INEC – Ensure Credible, Free and Fair Elections
The Acting Zonal Director of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Uyo Zonal Directorate, Assistant Commander of the EFCC, ACE I Oshodi Johnson, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to take the lead in tracking and curbing corrupt practi…
EFCC, ARMY in Renewed Synergy against Illegal Mining in Uyo
The Commander, 2 Brigade, Nigeria Army, Uyo Military Cantonment, Akwa Ibom State, Brigadier General Nnabueze E. Okoloagu, has commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for its relentless efforts in tackling economic and financial crimes across the country. He…
Fighting Corruption is Fighting for Your Future - Olukoyede
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has charged students across the country to be serious about the fight against corruption, stressing that through such efforts, they will succeed in fighting for their future. He gave…
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