EFCC Promises to Stem Tide of Rice Smuggling
Members of the Rice Producers Association of Nigeria, RPAN, led by its Vice President, Mr. Paul Eluhaiwe, visited the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, headquarters on Wednesday, April 17, 2019. The five-man team came to seek the Commission’s intervention towards st…
Man Remanded In Prison over N2.8 million Dud Cheque
The Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, April 17, 2019, arraigned one Saviour Inyang before Justice Okon A. Okon of the State High Court, sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, on a one count charge bordering on issuance of dud cheque.…
Join in the Fight against Corruption, Magu Urges Nigerians
The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu on Wednesday, April 17, 2019 called on Nigerians to shun all forms of corruption and to join hands with the Commission in the fight against corruption. Magu gave the charge through Mailafia Ya…
Alleged N1.4bn Fraud: Court Adjourns NBA President, Paul Usoro’s Trial To May 10
Justice Ridwan Aikawa of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday, April 17, 2019, adjourned the ongoing trial of the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Paul Usoro, SAN, over an alleged N1.4bn fraud charge to May 10, 2019. Usoro was first arraigne…
Two Jailed For Cybercrime, Impersonation
Two persons – Arewa Adekunle (aka Barrister Tania Rivera) and Kadiri Yusuf Kayode – were on Tuesday, April 16, 2019, found guilty and sentenced to jail terms in offences filed against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office. The duo respect…
Malabu: Court Orders Arrest of Dan Etete, Mohammed Adoke, Others
Justice D.Z. Senchi, of a Federal Capital Territory, (FCT) High Court, sitting in Jabi has granted the prayers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, for a warrant of arrest against Dan Etete, a former Minister of Petroleum, and Mohammed Adoke, a former Minister of Just…
Subsidy Scam: Witness Tells Court How Company Supplied 6.7m Litres and Claimed 19m Litres from FG
A prosecution witness, Chidi Nweke told an FCT High Court, sitting in Apo, Abuja how Adegbite Adetoye and Ponle Abiodun, two directors of Origin Oil and Gas Limited, lied and defrauded the Federal government to the tune of over N735 million in subsidy scam. At the resumed hearing…
Electoral Corruption, Worst Form of Corruption- EFCC
The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu has described electoral corruption as the worst form of corruption as it undermines the will of the people and invests power in illegitimate hands. According to Magu, a government that pays it…
Court Remands Internet Fraud Suspect in Prison
Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court 2, Ibadan, Oyo State has ordered that a suspected internet fraudster, Hassan Adesegun Adewale, be remanded in prison pending the determination of a case filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Iba…
Magu seeks Partnership against Corruption
The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, Ibrahim Magu has assured Non-Governmental Organisation, NGOs and Civil Society Organisations, CSO, of the Commission’s partnership in the fight against economic and financial crimes. Magu made the pledge on…
Why We Re-arrested Ofili-Ajumogobia-EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, April 16, 2019, re-arrested Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia to enable it to prefer a fresh criminal charge against her. The Commission re-arrested Ofili-Ajumogobia in line with the decision of the Appeal Court, Lagos D…
EFCC Arraigns Businessman for N36m Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Kaduna Zonal Office has arraigned one Olarewaju Yusuf on a five-count charge bodering on issuance of dud cheque, criminal breach of trust and cheating to the tune of N36 million. Yusuf who is the CEO of VICLIBO VENTURES was arrai…
N-Power Fraudster Bags One Year for Impersonation
Justice I.M. Sani of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has convicted and sentenced Sata Owugha Clinton and Bolounmubofa Blessing Soroh to one year imprisonment for impersonation and using the identity of a petitioner to enrol in the Federal Government…
Six Internet Fraudsters Bag Jail Term in Uyo
Justice S.A. Amobeda of the Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River State on Monday, April 15, 2019, convicted and sentenced Chigozie Bright, Kingsley Anyasor, Osinachi Samdavid, Oyasi Desmond, Benice Anosike and Martins Ekpemadu to six months in prison each, for inter…
EFCC Docks Businessman for N10m Fraud, ...Another for N5m Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Maiduguri Zonal Office, on Monday, April 15, 2019 arraigned Usman Ibrahim Idris alongside his company Influential Investment Company Limited before Justice Fadawu Umar of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri, on a one…
N2.2bn Fraud: How Fayose, Company Received N1.2bn-Witness
A prosecution witness, Sunday Oluseye Alade, in the ongoing trial of a former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, on Monday, April 15, 2019, told Justice Mojisola Olatoregun of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos how the defendant and his company had received a su…
EFCC Alerts the Public on New Tricks By Car Thieves
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has advised the general public to be vigilant in order not to fall victim to new tricks deployed by car thieves to dispossess unsuspecting Nigerians of their vehicles. The alert is borne out of the shocking discoveries made duri…
EFCC Arrests Seven Suspected Internet Fraudsters
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, has arrested seven suspected Internet fraudsters for offences bordering on conspiracy, possession of fraudulent documents, attempt to obtain money under false pretences and obtaining money under false pretenc…
Fake Loverboy Bags One Year for $15,000 Online Fraud
Abuja Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, April 12, 2019 secured the conviction of Ohiaeri Stanley Chukwudi for love scam. Chukwudi while posing as William Robert, residing in Texas, United States of America, lured Olivia, Jesse Marie an…
Servicom Tasks EFCC Staff on Service Delivery
The Servicom Unit of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has charged staff of its Gombe Zonal Office to be tireless in their duties. Giving the charge during a capacity building lecture, on April 12, 2019, Auwal Bello from Servicom, EFCC Headquarters, Abuja enjoine…
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