Alleged N4bn Fraud: Court Fixes Nov 25 for Obiano’s Trial
Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, July 24, 2025 fixed November 25, 2025 for the trial of former Anambra State governor, Willie Obiano. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is prosecuting Obiano on a nine- count charge bordering on…
EFCC Takes Sensitization Campaign on Virtual Assets, Money Laundering to CBN
Operatives of the Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, July 24, sensitized officers of Central Bank of Nigeria, Benin Branch on virtual assets, anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism. The sensitization…
Court Convicts Ex-NHIS Boss, Femi Thomas, BDC Operator for $2,198,900.00 Fraud in Lagos
Justice Ayokunle Faji of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Thursday, July, 24, 2025, convicted the duo of Dr. Olufemi Martins Thomas, a former Executive Secretary, National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS, and one Kabiru Sidi, a Bureau De Change Operator, for $2,19…
Five Internet Fraudsters Bag Jail Terms in Calabar
Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River State has convicted and sentenced five internet fraudsters to six months jail terms each. They were jailed on Tuesday July 22, 2025, after pleading guilty to separate charges bordering on criminal imp…
Court Jails One for Internet Fraud in Kaduna
Justice R.M Aikawa of the Federal High Court, sitting in Kaduna has convicted and sentenced one Musa Yakubu to jail for fraud. He was prosecuted by the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a one-count charge, bordering on impersonatio…
INEC Commends EFCC on Curbing Electoral Fraud
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on its efforts geared towards curbing electoral fraud in Nigeria. This commendation was given in Gombe, Gombe State by the Resident Electoral Commissioner of INEC…
EFCC Commences Investigation of Suspect for Undeclared $14,567, £1030, CA$40 at Lagos Airport …also investigation of parcel containing ZW 101 tn, VND 41,640,000
Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos have commenced investigation of one Phil-Olumba Ifunaya Sheila arrested by the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, for allegedly failing to declare the sums of $14,567 ( Fourteen Th…
Appeal Court Affirms EFCC’s Power on Tax Evasion
Justice Balkisu Bello Aliyu of the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has affirmed the power of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to investigate and prosecute cases of tax evasion and other tax-related issues. She gave the ruling in Abuja in a unanimous judgment o…
EFCC Arrests 25 Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Kano
Operatives of the Kano Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested twenty-four (24) suspected internet fraudsters in a sting operation on Monday, July 21, 2025. They were arrested opposite Bayero University Kano (BUK) New Site, following…
Kwara Courts Jail 11 for Internet Fraud
The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentence of 11 fraudsters before Justices Mahmud Abdulgafar and Abimbola Awogboro of the Kwara State and the Federal High Courts, respectively, sitting in Ilorin. Th…
Alleged 3.1b Fraud: You have a case to answer, Court tells Gabriel Suswam
Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday, July 23, 2025 dismissed a No -case Submission made by former Benue State Governor, Gabriel Suswam, ordering him to commence his defence. Suswam, alongside his then Commissioner of Finance, Omodachi Okolob…
Court Jails Two Internet Fraudsters in Lagos
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, July 22, 2025, secured the conviction and sentence of two internet fraudsters, Emmanuel Nwanze and Omogbe Aroghene Justice, before Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court sit…
Kebbi Court Jails Two Motor Dealers for Money Laundering
Justice Emmanuel Gakko of the Federal High Court sitting in Kebbi, Kebbi State, on Tuesday July 22, 2025 convicted and sentenced two motor dealers : Mamuda Aliyu and Hamza Muhammad Mahuta to various jail terms for money laundering. They were jailed upon their arraignment and tria…
Kaduna Court Jails Four for Fraud
The Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has secured the conviction and sentence of Sadi Zangina, Ahmed Buhari, Khalifa Muazu Aliyu and Olasode Abdulganiu before Justice R.M.Aikawa of the Federal High Court, sitting in Kaduna for fraud. T…
Alleged ₦178m Fraud: How Bishop Jonas Lured Victims into Fraudulent Scheme- Witness
The First Prosecution Witness, PW1, Sulaiman Kwalla, in the trial of Bishop Katung Jonas and Okewole Dayo, chairman and secretary of Covenant Fadama Multi-purpose Cooperative Society, Jos, Plateau State, respectively, on Tuesday, July 22, 2025, told Justice Sharon T. Ishaya of th…
EFCC Presents More Witnesses in Ex-Kwara Gov Ahmed’s Alleged N5.78bn Fraud Trial
The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, July 22, 2025 presented more witnesses to prove a case of alleged N5,78billion involving the immediate past Governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed, and his former Commissioner for F…
EFCC Arrests 17 Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Nasarawa
Operatives of the Abuja Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday, July 17, 2025 arrested 17 suspected internet fraudsters in Abuja. They were apprehended at Mararaba area of Nasarawa state following credible intelligence about their suspected i…
EFCC Arraigns Oil Magnate, Company for Alleged N63m Fraud
The Abuja Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, July 21, 2025 arraigned one Philip Ifejimalu Eze and his company Orimiri Oil and Gas before Justice A.H. Musa of the Fedr FCT High Court Apo-Abuja on a one count charge. The charge reads…
Court Orders Final Forfeiture of $222,729.86USDT Recovered from Chinese in Lagos
Justice Alexander Owoeye of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday, July 21, 2025, ordered the final forfeiture of digital assets to the tune of $222,729. 86 USDT( Two Hundred and Twenty Two Thousand, Seven Hundred and Twenty Nine Dollars, Eighty Six cents) rec…
Court Jails Two for Cybercrime in Lagos
Justice Alexanda Owoeye of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday, July 21, 2025, convicted and sentenced the duo of Damelda Damilola Sodiq and Samuel Paul Osayande to one year imprisonment each for cybercrime. They were arrested recently in the Ipaja Command a…
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