EFCC Nabs Wonder Bank Operator in Sokoto
The Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, Sokoto Zonal office has arrested one Amina Kabo (a.k.a Firdausi Kabo) a manager at Olive Micro Finance Bank located at No. 26 Dubabe Plaza for alleged conspiracy, forgery and obtaining by false pretence to the tune of Eight Hundr…
Court Jails Two Fraudsters in Ilorin
The Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC) has secured the conviction of two persons before Justice Mahmood Abdulgafar of a Kwara State High Court, Ilorin on separate charges of internet fraud and related offences. The convicts, Okoro Raymond…
EFCC Arraigned Man For Diverting Company Payments into Personal Account
The Uyo Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, on Thursday December 5, 2019, arraigned one Patrick Bassey before Justice Okon Okon of the Akwa Ibom State High Court, Uyo on a four count charge bordering on forgery, illegal conversion and obtaining by f…
Sound Sultan Urges Entertainers to use their Platforms to Speak against Corruption, Internet Fraud
Nigerian music celebrity, Olanrenwaju Fasasi, popularly known as Sound Sultan, has urged actors in the Nigerian entertainment industry to contribute their quota in the fight against corruption and internet fraud by using their platforms to speak out against the twin evils. Sound…
EFCC Arraigns FUAM’s Ex-VC for N70.3m Fraud in Makurdi
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Makurdi Zonal Office, on Tuesday, December 3, 2019, arraigned the former vice chancellor, Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Benue State, Emmanuel Kucha, before Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon of the Federal High Court, Maku…
Fake 'Cleric' Arrested for N3million, $24,000 Fraud
The Kaduna Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested one Mallam Abdulrashid Imam for defrauding one Arc. Mohammed Dewu of N3million and $24,000 USD. Dewu had alleged in a petitioner that, sometime in October, 2019 the suspect fraudulently co…
EFCC Tasks Corps Members on Whistle Blowing
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has charged members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, to embrace the whistle blowing policy of the government as a practical way of exposing corrupt practices in their places of primary assignment. This charge was given…
Court Jails Orji Kalu, Bags 12 Years for N7.65bn Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, December 5, 2019, secured the conviction and sentencing of a former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, to 12 years imprisonment for a N7.65bn fraud before Justice Muhammed Idris sitting at the Federal High Cour…
Land Scam: I Paid N2.3m into Kwara TV GM's Account - Witness
The trial of the embattled General Manager of Kwara State Television Authority, Alhaji Abdulfatai Adewale Adebowale over alleged N4million ( four million naira) land fraud continued on Thursday December 5, 2019 with a prosecution witness, Sulyman Abdulkareem narrating how he paid…
Man Bags Seven Years Jail Term for N32m Fraud
Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos has convicted and sentenced one Oseni Iyere to seven years imprisonment for N32m fraud. The convict was arraigned on March 9, 2017 on a three-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence an…
2019 International Anti-corruption Day: EFCC Mobilises Public against Corruption
In commemoration of the 2019 International Anti-corruption Day and in recognition of the Multi Year theme: “United against Corruption”, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is organizing a Walk against Corruption on Monday, December 9, 2019. The walk is aimed at cr…
Corruption, Barrier to Sustainable Development- Magu
The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, on Wednesday December 4, 2019, identified corruption as an encumbrance that will continue to hinder sustainable development in the world, if left unchecked. Magu, who was represented by the C…
Court Sentences Three Internet Fraudsters To Prison
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office, on Tuesday, December 3, 2019, secured the conviction of Adetunji Abayomi Ademola (a.k.a Clara Mantione Musellman), Blessing Daniel Aladetutu and Adebowale Fadairo. Ademola stood before Justice K. Babs of the…
Court Sends Directors to Prison for N4bn Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Enugu Zonal office on December 2, 2019, secured the conviction of Kingsley Nwegwu and Joakin Nwegwu, both managing directors of ACJECGlobal Services Ltd. The Nwegwu brothers, who are siblings, were convicted by Justice M.L. Abub…
Man Bags Two Years in Makurdi for N230,000 Fraud
Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon of the Federal High Court, Makurdi, Benue State on Tuesday, December 3, 2019 sentenced 22-year-old Damilola Adeyemo to two years imprisonment for fraud with N50,000 (Fifty Thousand Naira) option of fine. In addition to the sentence, he restituted the sum…
EFCC Arraigns 'Mama Boko Haram,' one other in Maiduguri for Alleged N66m Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday, December 4, 2019 arraigned the duo of Tahiru Saidu Daura and Aisha Alkali Wakil before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri on a three-count charge of conspiracy and cheating to the tune…
Court Backs Magu as EFCC Chair
Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, Abuja on Wednesday, December 4, 2019 dismissed the suits challenging the stay of Ibrahim Mustapha Magu as Acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC. The suits were contesting the legality of Magu’s position a…
Alleged N1.4bn Fraud: How Usoro Was Paid N700m-Witness
Udom Idongesit, a prosecution witness in the case of an alleged N1.4 billion money laundering involving Paul Usoro, President, Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, on Wednesday, December 4, 2019, told Justice Rilwan Aikawa of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos how a sum of…
EFCC Storms Yahoo-Boys Den, Arrests Kingpin, 26 Others
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office, on Wednesday, December 4, 2019 busted a Lagos hotel believed to be a hideout for internet fraudsters. The target was one Rasaq Balogun, a suspected internet fraud kingpin, whose illicit activit…
Five Fraudsters Bag Jail Terms in FCT
Justice A.O. Musa of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Bwari, on Tuesday, December 3, 2019 convicted five Abuja-based internet fraudsters to different jail terms. They were prosecuted by Abuja Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The…
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