Alleged N5bn Fraud: You have a case to answer, Court tells Ex-Gombe Gov, Goje
Justice Babatunde Quadri of a Federal High Court, Jos, Plateau State has ruled that a former governor of Gombe State, Senator Danjuma Goje, has a case to answer on counts eight and nine of the 21-count charge preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,…
EFCC Arrests 11 Suspected Internet Fraudsters
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, have arrested 11 suspected internet fraudsters for offences bordering on conspiracy, possession of fraudulent documents and attempt to obtain money under false pretence. The suspects are: Ganiyu…
Man in Prison Custody for N113.4m Oil Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Kaduna Zonal Office, on Thursday March 21, 2019 arraigned one Nurudeen Musa Abdullahi before Justice P. Mallong of the Federal High Court, sitting in Kaduna on a two-count charge bordering on conspiracy and obtaining money by fa…
Witness Reveals How Fayose Bought Lagos Properties for N190m, $175,000
A prosecution witness, O. Kennedy, in the on-going trial of a former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, on Wednesday, March 20, 2019, told Justice Mojisola Olatoregun of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos State how the former governor bought properties in Lagos…
Magu Re-emphasizes Inclusion of Anti-corruption Studies In Tertiary Education
The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has re-emphasized the need to include anti-corruption studies in the curricula of institutions of higher learning in the country. “The Commission has been engaging the National University Com…
N450m Fraud: EFCC Presents Witnesses Against Bulama, Four Others
The Economic and financial Crimes Commission today, March 20 2019, assembled three witnesses in the trial of former minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Abdul Bulama before Justice Hammada Dashen of a Federal High Court, sitting in Damaturu, Yobe state. Bulama is facing prosec…
Two Bag Six Months Jail Term for $18,000 Fraud
Justice Sherifah Solebo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has convicted and sentenced Elijah Kuti and Ibrahim Ado Yerima to six months in prison for an $18,000 (Eighteen Thousand Dollar Fraud) fraud. The defendants were arraigned on Wednesday, March 20, 2019,…
EFCC Seeks Tougher Stance Against Oil Theft
The acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibrahim Magu has called for more concerted efforts aimed at combating the menace of illegal oil bunkering and oil theft in the South- South. Magu spoke through the Port Harcourt's Zonal Head of the Commiss…
Poly Student, Two Others Jailed Four Months for Internet Fraud
Justice P.I. Ajoku of the Federal High Court, Ibadan on Wednesday, March 20, 2019, convicted three persons, including an undergraduate in a Southwest-based Polytechnic, who were prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The convicts bagged four months jail…
Man Bags One Year Jail Term For Internet Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, on Wednesday, March 20, 2019 secured the conviction and sentencing of one Andrew Aigbedion, an internet fraudster from the Special Offence Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos state and presided over by Justice Sher…
Comply with Money Laundering Act, EFCC Urges DNFIs
The Kaduna Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, March 20, 2019 held a sensitization exercise for operators of Designated Non-Financial Institutions, DNFIs on the need to adhere strictly to the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act. Speaki…
N466m Polaris Bank Fraud: Court to Rule on Jurisdiction, Mar 29
Justice P. Mallong of the Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna has fixed March 29, 2019 to rule on an application filed by Rabiu Aliko Lawal, seeking for the transfer of his N466, 000, 000 (Six Hundred and Sisty Six Million Naira) fraud case to a State High Court. Lawal, who is t…
Vessel, 12 Crew Members in EFCC Custody For Illegal Oil Bunkering
A team of operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, led by the Uyo Zonal Head, Mr. Abdulkarim Chukkol, today, Tuesday, March 19, 2019, at the Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base FOB at Ibaka Town in Oron, Akwa Ibom State, took delivery of a vessel, MV SWO…
EFCC Arraigns Man over N1.7Million Visa Scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Uyo Zonal Office, on Tuesday, March 19, 2019, arraigned one Inwang James John, before Justice A. A. Okeke, of the Federal High Court, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, on a two-count charge bordering on conspiracy and obtaining by false pr…
How Ex-NHIS Boss, Femi Thomas, Evaded Tax- Witness
A prosecution witness, Olufemi Otulana, in the ongoing trial of a former Executive Secretary, National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS, Dr. Martins Oluwafemi Thomas, on Tuesday, March 19, 2019, told Justice A.O. Faji of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos how the defenda…
Employment Scam: EFCC Witness Testifies Against Custom's Boss Impersonator
The trial of Azeez Yakubu Afolayan, who impersonated the Comptroller General of the Nigerian Customs Service, Col. Hameed Ali (retd) to engage in employment scam, continued on March 19, 2019 with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ilorin Zonal Office, presenting…
Fake American Soldier Nabbed by EFCC, Bags One Year Jail Term
Justice S.U. Bature of a Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, sitting in Maitama Abuja, has sentenced Osahon Scott, who posed as a United States military officer to perpetrate online fraud, to one year in prison. Scott was arraigned on March 12, 2019, before Justice Umar Ba…
Delegates from Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission Visits EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abuja Zonal Office, today March 19, 2019 received delegates from the Zimbabwe Anti-corruption Commission at the Zonal Office, Wuse 2 Abuja. The delegation which was led by the organisation’s Manager Legal Advice, Charity Matumbi…
EFCC Docks Vote-Buyers in Gombe
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Gombe Zonal Office, on March 19, 2019 arraigned Alhaji Amadu Garkuwa and Ibrahim Abdul, before Justice Abubakar Jauro of the state’s High Court, sitting in Gombe, on a one-count charge bordering bribery. They were arrested on Fe…
Shun Crime, Magu Charges Students
The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu has again charged Nigerian students and youths to shun all forms of economic and financial crimes. The charge was made today, March 19, 2019 during a sensitization talk at Igbinedion Education…
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