Nigeria to Represent West African Anti-Graft Agencies in Egypt
The Network of Anti-Corruption Institutions in West Africa, NACIWA, has nominated Nigeria to represent the region at the 4th Annual General Meeting of the Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities in Africa, scheduled to hold in Egypt, in June 2019. Essohana Wiyalo of Togo, who…
Internet Fraud: Court Grants Naira Marley N2m Bail
Justice Nicholas I. Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Thursday, May 30, 2019, granted bail to a Nigerian artiste, Azeez Fashola, also known as Naira Marley, in the sum of N2, 000,000.00( Two Million Naira). Marley was arraigned by the Economic and Finan…
Two Plead Guilty to Internet Fraud in Ilorin
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ilorin Zonal Office on May 28, 2019 arraigned two suspected Internet fraudsters at a Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin. The suspects, Johnson Okuselu and Akande Saheed, were arraigned on two separate charges before Justic…
Kwara Feeling Positive Impacts of EFCC-Justice Salami
Former President of the Appeal Court, retired Justice Isa Ayo Salami on Tuesday, May 28, 2019, commended the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, Ibrahim Magu for establishing the Kwara Zonal Office of the Commission in Ilorin, the state capital.…
EFCC Commends World Bank, UNODC Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has commended the efforts of the Stolen Asset Recovery (STAR) Initiative of the World Bank and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and asks that it does more in recovering of assets. The commendation was made by Head…
N136m Fraud: Ex-NIMASA DG, Calistus Obi, to be Sentenced June 3
Justice Mojisola Olatoregun of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, has fixed June 3, 2019 to give sentence, following the conviction of a former acting Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Calistus Obi. Obi was on May 23,…
How I Spent Alleged N400m Loot- Metuh
Olisa Metuh, the former National Publicity Secretary of the People's Democratic Party, PDP, on Tuesday, May 28, 2019 told a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, how he spent an alleged N400 million traced to him as proceed of money laundering by the Economic and Financial Crimes…
N60 million Money Laundering: SSG Brother in EFCC Net
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Sokoto zonal office, on Tuesday, May 28, 2019 arrested one suspected politician with N60, 000, 000 (Sixty Million Naira) cash, following intelligent report of his suspicious money laundering activities. The suspect Murtala Muham…
Internet Scam: Court Jails Fake Marketer Six Months
Justice M. I Sanni of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has convicted and sentenced Joseph Ojo Balogun (a.k.a Robert Alu) and Balogun Abayomi to six months imprisonment for obtaining money under false pretence in some fraudulent online marketing deals…
Alleged N25bn Fraud: Court Adjourns Ex-Skye Bank Chair, Tunde Ayeni’s Trial to July 2
Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of a Federal High Court, Abuja has adjourned the trial of a former Chairman, Board of Directors, Skye Bank Plc (now Polaris Bank), Tunde Ayeni to July 2, 2019. Ayeni is facing a 10-count charge bordering on money laundering to the tune of N25,415,080,000 (Tw…
Court Rejects Plea Bargain, Jails Internet Fraudster One Year, Two Others Bag Five Months
Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Ibadan Judicial Division, on Monday May 27 rejected a plea bargain arrangement prepared to secure a light punishment for one Hassan Adesegun Adewale, who was found guilty of cybercrimes. Hassan, who was arraigned on a one-count…
Man Bags Three Years for N2m Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Gombe Zonal Office has secured the conviction of one Paschal Omorodion before Justice Muhammad Sambo of a Bauchi State High Court on a one-count charge bordering on theft. The EFCC had received a petition from one Ahmed Babankar…
EFCC Arrests Proprietor, Students of Yahoo Yahoo School
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Office, has arrested the proprietor of a Yahoo Yahoo training school in Lagos, Frank Chinedu. Chinedu, 22, was arrested alongside eight students of the unnamed training centre located at 14, Animashaun Street, Progre…
EFCC Docks Businessman for Alleged N151.5m Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, on Monday, May 27, 2019, arraigned one Olabisi Sulaimon Akanbi before Justice Rilwan Aikawa of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on a four-count charge bordering on money laundering and obtaining…
N2bn Money Laundering: Court Orders Police Commissioner to Arrest Ex-Gov Babangida Aliyu, Nasko
Justice Aminu Aliyu of the Federal High Court, Minna, on Monday, May 27, 2019, ordered the Commissioner of Police, Niger State Command, to arrest former Niger State Governor Muazu Babagida Aliyu and compel his appearance in court on June 13, 2019. The Judge also directed the CP t…
How We Moved N1.2 Billion for Fayose’s Aide--- Witness Tells Court
A former Head of Treasury at the Diamond Bank Plc., Lagos, Olaitan Fajuyitan, on Monday, May 27, 2019, told the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, presided over by Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, how his team internally processed the sum of N1.2bn (One Billion, Two Hundred Million Naira)…
Alleged N8bn Fraud: EFCC Re-Arraigns Skye Bank Chair, Ayeni; MD, Oguntayo
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on May 27, 2019 re-arraigned a former Chairman, Board of Directors, Skye Bank Plc (now Polaris Bank), and the former Managing Director, MD of the Bank, Timothy Ajani Oguntayo, before Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, of a Federal High Cour…
EFCC Arraigns Businessman for N1.2m Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Kaduna Zonal Office has arraigned one Adamu Idris Chado before Justice Mohammed Tukur of the Kaduna State High Court on a seven-count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust, forgery, stealing and obtaining by false pretenc…
$40m Fraud: EFCC to Appeal Acquittal of Azibaola
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, describes as unfortunate the acquittal of Robert Azibaola, a cousin to former president, Goodluck Jonathan, who was charged for $40 million fraud before Justice Nnamdi Dimgba. The EFCC expresses concern that despite the weight o…
Alleged N12.2bn Fraud: Patience Jonathan Knows Fate June 27
Justice Mojisola Olatoregun of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on has adjourned to June 27, 2019 to deliver judgment in an application filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, seeking the final forfeiture of the sums of $8,435,788.84 (about N3b…
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