EFCC Spokesman Emerges Government Spokesperson of the Year
The Head, Media and Publicity Unit of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Dele Oyewale, a Deputy Commander of the EFCC, has emerged Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, NIPR Outstanding Federal Government Spokesperson of the Year, 2025. The award ceremony,…
Photo News: EFCC Spokesperson, DCE Dele Oyewale, Presents his Outstanding Government Spokesperson of the Year Award to EFCC Chairman
Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede on Thursday, April 17, 2025 officially received the Commission's Spokesperson, Deputy Commander of the EFCC, DCE Dele Oyewale who presented his Award as Outstanding Government Spokesperson…
Olukoyede Charges Christians on Rededication to Anti- Graft Values at Easter
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede, rejoices with Christians across the country on the occasion of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ and charges them to use the lessons of the Easter season to rededicate themse…
Law Enforcement Agencies, Judiciary Pledge Support for EFCC
Heads of law enforcement agencies in Niger State as well as the state's judiciary have declared their willingness to share intelligence with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and give it every other support in its efforts to eliminate corruption, economic and fin…
EFCC Arrests 40 Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Niger State
Operatives of the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 40 suspected internet fraudsters in Bida and Minna Local Government Areas of Niger State. They were arrested following credible intelligence that linked them to suspect…
EFCC Arraigns Man for Non-declaration of £8,020, $704 at Airport
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, April 15, 2025, arraigned one Agudosi Christopher Okechukwu for alleged non- declaration of the sums of £8,020 (Eight Thousand and Twenty Pounds Sterling) and $704 ( Seven Hundred and…
EFCC Identifies Financial Crimes as Major Drivers of Violent Non-State Activities in Nigeria
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has identified financial crimes, governance gaps and weak accountability structures as key enablers of the operations of violent non-state actors in Nigeria, with grave implications for national security and economic development…
Africa’s Asset Recovery Forum Seeks Action against Stolen Assets
The African Asset Recovery Practitioners Forum, AARP, has charged African countries to join hands in forging a road map and actionable processes against resource theft and asset recovery on the continent. This charge was given at the ongoing inaugural meeting of the Forum in Nair…
EFCC Arrests 47 Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Benin City
Operatives of the Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, April 15, 2025 arrested 47 suspected internet fraudsters at different locations in Benin City, Edo State. The suspects were arrested following credible intelligence that l…
Court Jails Man Four Years for Refusal to Accept Naira As Legal Tender
Justice Alexander Owoeye of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Tuesday, April 15, 2025, convicted and sentenced one Uzondu Precious Chimaobi to four years imprisonment for his refusal to accept the Naira as a legal tender. Chimaobi was arraigned by the Lagos Zonal…
Alleged N1.38bn Fraud: EFCC Presents First Witness, Peter Okoye against Ex-P-Square Manager
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday, April 14, 2025, presented its first prosecution witness, PW1, Peter Obumuneme Okoye, against Jude Chigozie Okoye, elder brother and former Manager of Paul a…
Lagos Court Jails Two for Possession of Fraudulent Documents, Impersonation
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Okotie Eboh, Ikoyi, Lagos, on Thursday, April 10, 2025, secured the conviction and sentence of two internet fraudsters to one year imprisonment each before Justice Abike Fadipe of the Lagos State…
EFCC Arraigns Chinese for Giving False information in Lagos
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday, April 14, 2025, arraigned a Chinese, Liu Beixiang, before Justice Ayokule Faji of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. The defendant is standing…
EFCC Arrests 17 Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Uyo
Operatives of the Uyo Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 17 suspected internet fraudsters in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The suspects are: Osita Emmanuel (25 years), Saint Johnson, (20 years), Peter Lucky (26 years), Samuel Asuquo, (2…
Court Jails Nine Internet Fraudsters in Benin City
The Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, between March 27 to April 11, 2025 secured the conviction and sentence of nine internet fraudsters before Justice A.N. Erhabor of Edo State High Court, sitting in Benin City, Edo State. The convict…
Alleged N5.78bn Fraud: Another Witness Confirms Ex-Governor Ahmed’s Kwara UBEC Loan
The Sixth Prosecution Witness, PW6, Suleiman Oluwadare Ishola in the ongoing trial of the former governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed, and his former Commissioner for Finance, Ademola Banu, has corroborated the testimonies of earlier witnesses that the Ahmed’s administration…
Courts Jail Five for Fraud in Kaduna
The Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has secured the conviction and sentence of five internet fraudsters before Justices R.M.Aikawa of the Federal High Court, sitting in Kaduna and D.H Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court, sitting in Kaduna…
EFCC Arraigns Man for Alleged Possession of Counterfeit $4,350 in Lagos
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, on Thursday, April 10, 2025, arraigned one Moshood Mustapha Olanrewaju on a four-count charge bordering on alleged currency counterfeiting before Justice Yellin Bogoro of the Federal High Court si…
Internet Fraudster Surrenders Voluntarily to EFCC in Benin
An internet fraudster on Monday April 8, 2025 surrendered himself to the Acting Zonal Director of the Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Assistant Commander of the EFCC, ACEI Effam Okim The 28-year-old fraudster who hails from Oredo Loc…
Alleged N5.78bn Fraud: Ex-Governor Ahmed did not Repay N1bn SUBEB Loan-Witness
The Fourth Prosecution Witness, PW4, Lanre Daibu, in the trial of former governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed and his Finance Commissioner, Ademola Banu on Thursday, April 10, 2025 told Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court, Ilorin that Banu directed the re…
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