How Agbele, Fayose’s Aide Coordinated Evacuation of N1.2bn cash- Witness
The trial of Abiodun Agbele, an aide to a former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, continued on March 28, 2019, with a prosecution witness narrating how he coordinated the movement of the N1.2bn slush fund, in the build-up to the Ekiti governorship election in 2014. Agbele…
EFCC Arraigns 51-year-old Consultant for N2.4m Visa Scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office has arraigned one Bashirudeen Babalola before Justice W.O. Akanbi of the Osun State High Court, sitting in Osogbo on a five-count charge of obtaining under false pretence and issuance of dud cheque. Babalola’…
Alleged $40m Fraud: Jonathan’s Cousin, Azibaola Knows Fate, May 27
Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of a Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed May 27, 2019 to rule on the $40 million fraud case brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, against Robert Azibaola, cousin to former president, Goodluck Jonathan. Azibaola and his company, One P…
N.8 Million Fraud: Money-Doubler Bags One Year Jail Term
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Uyo Zonal Office, has secured the conviction of a self-acclaimed money doubler, Joshua Omobasemota, on a 28-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence. He was found guilty of the charges after Justice A.A.Okeke…
EFCC Secures Conviction of Land Scammers in Gombe
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Gombe Zonal Office, has secured the conviction of Umar Ahmed and Habibu Sakairu for a land scam. They were arraigned before Justice Fatima Musa of a State High Court sitting in Gombe on a two-count charge bordering on conspiracy…
NIS Recruitment Scam: Court Adjourns Moro’s Trial to May 30
Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of a Federal High Court, Abuja has adjourned the trial of a former Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, to May 30 and 31, 2019 following logistics constraints experienced by the prosecution’s twelfth witness, PW12 slated to testify in court. Moro is being prosec…
EFCC Docks Man over N39m Land Scam
The Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned one Ofonime Monday Akpan before Justice A. A. Okeke of the Federal High Court, sitting in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital on a five-count charge, bordering on forgery and obtaining money by…
N9.7billion Fraud: AVM Dikko Was Converting N558.2m Monthly to Personal Use-Witness
The ongoing trial of former Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Mohammed Umar Dikko, before Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja for offences bordering on money laundering and procurement fraud to the tune of N9.7billion resumed today, March 28, 2019 w…
EFCC Nabs 8 Suspected Internet Fraudsters
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office, on Thursday, March 28, 2019, arrested eight suspected internet fraudsters at Olopomewa, Eleyele and Ajadi, Ologuneru areas of Ibadan, Oyo State. EFCC operatives picked-up the suspects following several month…
Gombe Councillor Bags Three Months for Vote-buying
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Gombe Zonal Office on March 28, 2019 secured the conviction of Ishiyaku Garba, Councillor of Bolari East, Gombe, who was arraigned before Justice Sa'ad Moh'd of a State High Court on a three-count charge bordering bribery. Acting…
Yahoo Boy Lands in Prison
Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of Kwara State High Court, sitting in Ilorin, the state capital, on Thursday, April 28, 2019 remanded one Wale Oladoja, a 32-year-old suspected internet fraudster in Mandala Prison, Ilorin. Oladoja is being prosecuted by the Ilorin Zonal Office of the Econ…
Court Jails Two for Internet Fraud
A Federal High Court, sitting in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital has convicted and sentenced two internet fraudsters, Sarafadeen Abibullahi and Tijani Babatunde (a.k.a Isabel Wood and a.k.a Sutter Hather Ann) to four months in prison respectively. The convicts were arrested on N…
Court Jails Two for Internet Fraud
A Federal High Court, sitting in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital has convicted and sentenced two internet fraudsters, Sarafadeen Abibullahi and Tijani Babatunde (a.k.a Isabel Wood and a.k.a Sutter Hather Ann) to four months in prison respectively. The convicts were arrested on N…
EFCC Nabs Man for N343.8m Investment Scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office has arrested one Ayodele Saheed Olaniyi, for defrauding unsuspecting investors in a phoney N343,880,000 (Three Hundred and Forty Three Million, Eight Hundred and Eighty Thousand Naira) investment scam. Olaniy…
Our Operations Are Strictly Guided By The Law – Magu
The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, has said that the anti-graft agency is being guided by the provisions of the Nigerian Constitution in all its operations. The EFCC boss made this known in Ibadan on Wednesday while responding to qu…
EFCC Docks Man for Land Scam, Forgery
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Kaduna Zonal Office has arraigned one Suleiman Ibrahim Ka'ida before Justice Mohammed Tukur of the state high court, sitting in Kaduna, the Kaduna State capital, on a four-count charge bordering on forgery and obtaining by false…
N12.8 Million Fraud: EFCC Deploys Technology In Court.
The South East Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Enugu on Wednesday, March 27, 2019 opened a new vista in its prosecutorial annals when it deployed technology in the prosecution of its case by calling a prosecution witness living in the United St…
Man Bags 97 Years Over N5.6m Fraud
Justice A.O. Otaluka of the FCT High Court, sitting in Apo on Wednesday, March 27, 2019, sentenced one Clement Joseph, a.k.a Dr Omale to 97 years prison term with no option of fine. He was first arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on March 7, 2017 on…
$9.8m fraud: Ex-NNPC GMD Andrew Yakubu Knows fate, April 4
Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, will on April 4, 2019 decide whether the former Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Andrew Yakubu, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commi…
EFCC Docks Man For Love Scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, on Wednesday, March 27, 2019, arraigned one Omotayo Tapere before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State on a two-count charge bordering on possession of document con…
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