Court Jails Man for N678,000 Fraud in Uyo
Justice Achibong Achibong of the Akwa Ibom State High Court, Uyo, on Tuesday, December 3, 2019, convicted and sentenced ThankGod Nwabuwe to one year imprisonment on a two-count charge of obtaining money by false pretence, preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes…
Alleged N2bn Biometric Fraud: Witnesses Narrate How Oronsanye Diverted Public Funds
Prosecution witness (PW16) Mr Salami Kareem Adesoka, in trial of the former Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, HoS, Mr. Steve Oronsanye, on Wednesday, December 4, 2019, narrated before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, how in 2015, he was instructed…
EFCC Docks Accountant for N9m Fraud in Kaduna
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, December 2, 2019 arraigned one Ibrahim Suleiman, 34, before Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court, Kaduna. The defendant was arraigned on a one-count charge of criminal breach of trust and abuse of offi…
EFCC Arraigns Businessman for N6m Fraud in Kaduna
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, December 2, 2019 arraigned one Sadiq Mustapha, a 33-year-old businessman before Justice Mallong Peter of the Federal High Court, Kaduna. He was arraigned by the Kaduna Zonal Office of the Commission on a two-count cha…
N33bn Fraud: Witness Reveals How N18bn Was Paid Into Mompha’s Account
A prosecution witness, Peter Ademola Adegoke, a Compliance Officer with a new generation bank on Friday, November 29, 2019, told Justice Abdullai M. Liman of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos how the sum of N18bn was paid into the account of a company, Ismalob Global…
Prioritize Integrity, Hard work in your Messages, Magu Urges Religious Leaders
The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has charged religious leaders in the country to direct their messages more on the need for Nigerians to embrace integrity and hard work, noting that such messages are necessary to catalyze N…
N2bn Fraud: Maina Used Sister's Name to Run Secret Bank Account- Witness
Mairo Abdulahi Bashir, a business manager with United Bank for Africa, UBA, and first prosecution witness, (PW1), in the ongoing trial of Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman, Pension Reform Task Team before Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, November…
Ex-Banker Jailed Six Years, To Restitute N11m To Former Employer
A former employee of the Ayete Microfinance Bank Limited in Oyo State, Sunday Fadayomi, was on Friday, November 29, 2019, sentenced to six years in prison without an option of fine for stealing a total of sum of N11,000,000 (Eleven Million Naira) from the bank while working there…
EFCC Busts 'Yahoo Academy' in Akwa Ibom
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, in the early hours of Thursday November 28, 2019, arrested 23 Internet fraud suspects at a building which is being used as training outpost for potential cyber criminals on Essien Essien Street, Ikot Ibiok village,…
EFCC Grills Ex-Lagos Scholarship Board Boss, Stephen Oshinowo, Two Others For Alleged N150m Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, has commenced investigation into the allegations of over N150m( One Hundred and Fifty Million Naira) fraud involving Stephen Oshinowo, a former Executive Secretary, Lagos State Scholarship Board, Shobaloju Ak…
Magu Bags Excellence Award
The Oodua Youth Parliament, OYP, on Thursday November 28, 2019 presented the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, with an award of excellence, in recognition of his contributions in the fight against corruption, especially cyber cri…
Students Charged to Earn Decent Living Through Legitimate Means
Students across the country have been charged to strive to earn decent livelihood through legitimate means. The head of the Kaduna office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mailafia Yakubu gave the advice when he played host to students of Dialogue College, Ka…
Witness Reveals How ECOWAS Staff Laundered Money Through Him
Third prosecution witness (PW3), Adedeji Jide Adelabu, a bureau de change operator, on Thursday, November 28, 2019 told Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja, how Mohammed Dangana, a staff of the Economic Community of West African States, (ECOWAS), instructed him to…
Court Remands Mompha’s Accomplices in Prison for Alleged $7, 069, 000, €80,000 Internet Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, on Thursday, November 28, 2019 arraigned the duo of Kayode Phillip and Hamza Koudeih before Justice Muslim S. Hassan of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on a 25-count charge bordering on conspi…
Man Bags Seven Years without Option of Fine for N10m Oil Fraud in Rivers
Justice Adamu Turaki Mohammed of the Federal High Court Port Harcourt, Rivers State has sentenced one Johnson Abraham Ukiwe to seven years imprisonment without option of fine for dealing on petroleum products without licence and obtaining money under false pretence to the tune of…
EFCC Docks Man for Cheating, Criminal Breach of Trust
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arraigned one Dennis Joke Emuekevwo before Justice Mariya.M.Ismaila of the Niger State High Court, Suleja on a two-count charge of criminal breach of trust and cheating to the tune of N557,000 (Five Hundred and Fifty Seven…
Alleged N1.35Billion Fraud: EFCC Presents more Evidence on How Lamido Diverted State Funds
Michael Wetkas, prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of former Jigawa State, governor, Sule Lamido, on Wednesday, November, 27, 2019, presented more details of fund transfers, through bank cheques and e-payments in favour of a company, Dantata and Sawoe, ostensibly for the ex…
After Trial-Within-Trial, Court Admits EFCC Evidence Against Omokore
The trial of the Chairman of Atlantic Energy Brass Development, Jide Omokore, continued on Wednesday, November, 27, 2019 with the trial judge, Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of Federal High Court, Abuja, ruling in favour of the prosecution in a trial-within-trial to determine the admissib…
N2bn Pension Fraud: How Maina, Son Made Huge Cash Withdrawals- Witness
The trial of Abdurrasheed Maina, former chairman of Pension Reform Task Team and his son, Faisal, continued on Wednesday, November 27, 2019 before Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja with the first prosecution witness (PW1), Mairo Abdulahi Bashir, a branch manager…
EFCC Arraigns Fake " Ibrahim Magu" in Port Harcourt
The Port Harcourt's Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, November 27, 2019 arraigned a fake ‘IBRAHIM MAGU’ who has been using the name of the EFCC boss to harass and blackmail senior officiials of the Niger Delta Development Commission…
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