Car Dealer Remanded in Prison for N1.25m Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Kaduna Zonal Office has arraigned one Musa Usman Zakari, before Justice Mohammed Tukur of the Kaduna State High Court on a one-count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust. The EFCC had received a petition from one Ruth Pa…
EFCC Re-strategizes for Efficiency
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has promised to implement the findings of a strategic development plan that will serve as a blueprint of the Commission's activities in the next four years. Secretary of the Commission, Olanipekun Olukoyede, who spoke on behalf o…
Intelligence is EFCC’S Prized Weapon against Corruption-Magu
The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Ibrahim Magu, on Monday, June 17, 2019 disclosed that the secret behind the successes recorded by the EFCC in the fight against corruption was the attention the Commission pays intelligence gathering. Magu…
Money Laundering: Court issues Bench Warrant on Senator Albert Bassey
Justice A. A. Okeke of the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, on Monday, June 17, 2019, granted an application made by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for the arrest of a serving Senator, Albert Bassey popularly known as OBA, compelling him to…
N18.7m Fraud: Man Arraigned, Remanded in Prison Custody
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, June 17, 2019, arraigned one suspected fraudster, Nasiru Sanni, before Justice Sherifat Solebo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on a one-count charge bordering on fraudulent conversion to the tun…
Man Goes to Jail for N1.640m Fraud
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Maiduguri Zonal Office, on Monday, May 17, 2019, secured the conviction of one Mohammed Mohammed before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, sitting in Maiduguri, the state capital. Mohammed was prosecuted by the EF…
Alleged N450m fraud: Absence of Belgore’s Co-defendant Stalls Trial
Justice Rilwan Aikawa of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday, June 17, 2019, adjourned to Wednesday, June 19, 2019 for further hearing in the ongoing trial of Muhammed Belgore, SAN, a governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2011 K…
Internet Fraudster Bags Six Months Jail Term
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Benin Zonal Office today, June 17, 2019 secured the conviction of one Akhigbe Gabriel before Justice M.G. Umar of the Federal High Court sitting in Benin City, Edo State. Gabriel was convicted on a three count charge of imperson…
Man Arraigned For Obtaining Property through False Pretense
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office, on Monday, June 17, 2019 arraigned one Paul Afolabi before Justice Patricia Ajoku of the Federal High Court, Ibadan Judicial Division. He was arraigned on a four-count charge bordering on obtaining property…
Alleged N6.3bn Fraud: Court Rules on Admissibility of EFCC’s Evidence against Jang, June 27
Justice Daniel Longji of a Plateau State High Court, sitting in Jos, has fixed June 27, 2019 to rule on the admissibility of documents sought to be tendered against a former governor of the state, Jonah Jang, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission…
Rogue Oil Dealers, Two Yahoo Boys End in Jail
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Uyo Zonal Office, has secured the conviction of four illegal petroleum product dealers at the Federal High Court, Calabar, presided over by Justice S. A. Amobeda. The quartet pleaded guilty to a two-count charge brought against…
EFCC Takes Custody of Vessel, 13 Suspected Oil Thieves
The Nigerian Navy, through the Forward Operating Base, Bonny, Rivers State, on Thursday, June 13, 2019 handed over a vessel, MV DE BLESSING and 13 suspects allegedly involved in illegal oil bunkering to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Port Harcourt Zonal Office…
EFCC Takes Custody of Vessel, 13 Suspected Oil Thieves
The Nigerian Navy, through the Forward Operating Base, Bonny, Rivers State, on Thursday, June 13, 2019 handed over a vessel, MV DE BLESSING and 13 suspects allegedly involved in illegal oil bunkering to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Port Harcourt Zonal Office…
EFCC Nabs Senator Lawal Shuaibu’s Impersonator
The Abuja Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Friday, June 14, 2019, arrested a suspected fraudster, Mohammed Sani, who poses as Senator Lawal Shuaibu, Deputy National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC to extort money from unsuspecti…
Magu Charges Youths on Corruption Fight, Calls for Value Reorientation
The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has charged students and members of National Youth Service Corps, NYSC to join hands with the Commission and other anti-corruption agencies in the country in the fight against economic and fi…
N30m Fraud: EFCC Arraigns Herbalist who Impersonates Baru, Adesina
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, Ilorin Zonal Office has arraigned a 31-year-old herbalist, Jamiu Isiaka on a four-count charge in a Kwara State High Court, before Justice M. Abdulgafar for impersonating the group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petro…
Court Remands Fake EFCC’S Employment Officer in Prison Custody
Justice J.K. Omotosho of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has remanded Bisong James Oyen, a fake employment officer of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in prison custody. Oyen was arraigned by the EFCC, Port Harcourt’s Zonal Office…
N2.8bn Fraud: Court Admits More Evidence against Ex-NAMA MD, Abdulsalam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, June 13, 2019, tendered more evidence against Ibrahim Abdulsalam, a former Managing Director of the National Airspace Management Agency, NAMA, who is being prosecuted before Justice Babs Kuewumi of the Federal High…
EFCC to Clampdown on Illegal Use of POS Machines
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is set to start a clampdown on the fraudulent use of Point Of Sale, POS Machines in the country. This was disclosed by the Makurdi Zonal Head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Johnson Babalola, in an interac…
Money Laundering: Trial of Kwara Govt Officials to Resume in Sept
Justice Babangana Ashigar of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, has adjourned the trial of the four officials of the Kwara State Government, accused of money laundering by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to September 25, 2019,…
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