Court Jails Fake Spiritualist for Internet Fraud in Ilorin
Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court, sitting in Ilorin on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, convicted and sentenced one Odeyemi Hammed Oluwaseun to one year imprisonment for internet fraud. The convict, a self-styled spiritualist was prosecuted by the Ilorin Zonal…
EFCC Has No Business with Edo Election Witness that has no Corruption Issue
The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been drawn to a trending video insinuating that Mr. Jonathan Okunbor, a suspect being investigated for an alleged N6billion fraud, was an election witness. The Commission wishes to state without any equivoca…
EFCC Seeks Anti-Corruption Courses in Tertiary Institutions
The Kano Zonal Director of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Commander of the EFCC, CE Ibrahim Shazali has called on institutions of higher learning across the country, to introduce anti-corruption courses as a core requirement for all first-year students, in or…
EFCC Seeks Anti-Corruption Courses in Tertiary Institutions
The Kano Zonal Director of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Commander of the EFCC, CE Ibrahim Shazali has called on institutions of higher learning across the country, to introduce anti-corruption courses as a core requirement for all first-year students, in or…
EFCC Arrests Seven Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Benin City
Operatives of the Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, January 14, 2025 arrested seven suspected internet fraudsters in Benin City, Edo State. The suspects were arrested based on credible intelligence on their alleged involvem…
EFCC Trains Officers of Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, January 13, 2025 commenced a four-day training of officers of the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission, LACC, at its Academy in Karu, Abuja. The training, which focuses on Financial Crimes and Investigative Report Writi…
EFCC Trains Officers of Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, January 13, 2025 commenced a four-day training of officers of the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission, LACC, at its Academy in Karu, Abuja. The training, which focuses on Financial Crimes and Investigative Report Writi…
Alleged N33.8bn Fraud: EFCC Presents Four More witnesses against Saleh Mamman
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, January 13, 2025 presented four more witnesses in the ongoing trial of former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja. Mamman is being prosecuted by the EFCC on a…
EFCC Arrests Five Katsina Internal Revenue Officials for Alleged N1.3billion Fraud
Operatives of the Kano Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested five officials of the Katsina State Board of Internal Revenue over alleged diversion of N1,294,337,676.53 (One Billion, Two Hundred and Ninety Four Million, Three Hundred and…
EFCC Arrests 105 Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Abuja
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, acting on intelligence on emerging internet crimes involving foreigners, on Thursday, January 9, 2025 broke another syndicate of fraudsters specializing in hotel review job scam, targeting mostly United Kingdom vic…
Billionaire Internet Fraudster Bags Two Years in Abuja
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of one Chima Hyginus Nkwocha, a.k.a "Young Billionaire," for cheating by impersonation and money laundering. He was jailed on Tuesday, December 31, 2024. Nkwocha was arraigned before Justice Emeka Nwit…
EFCC Detains 10 for Alleged Theft of Missing Items
In its continuing efforts to sweep the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, clean of corrupt tendencies, 10 officers of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, are being detained over investigation of some missing items involving…
EFCC Detains 10 for Alleged Theft of Missing Items
In its continuing efforts to sweep the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, clean of corrupt tendencies, 10 officers of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, are being detained over investigation of some missing items involving…
EFCC Dismisses 27 Officers for Fraudulent Activities, Misconduct
In its quest to enforce integrity and rid its fold of fraudulent elements, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, dismissed twenty seven (27) officers from its workforce in 2024. The officers were dismissed for various offences bordering on fraudulent activities and…
$1.4m Fraud: Appeal Court Upholds Conviction of Businessman
A three-man panel of the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, on Thursday, December 19, 2024, upheld the conviction and sentencing of a businessman, Kolawole Adedayo Erinle, to 12 years imprisonment for $1.4m fraud. Erinle and his company, Rinde-Remdex Nigeria Limited, were first arr…
REDAN Applauds EFCC’s Landmark Recovery of Properties
The Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria, REDAN, has commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for its strides in combating money laundering and recovery of 753 duplexes and other apartments in the Lokogoma District of Abuja. This commendation was giv…
Olukoyede Charges Staff on Greater Commitment to Anti- Graft Works
Let me use this opportunity to wish you all compliments of the season. No doubt, you have all shown great commitment to the task of fighting economic and financial crimes. Our mandate in this regard is clear and I earnestly appreciate you day- to-day adherence to its spirit and l…
EFCC Charges Nigerian Red Cross on Integrity
The Kano Zonal Director of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Commander of the EFCC, CE Ibrahim Shazali, has called upon members of the Nigerian Red Cross , Kano Branch, to exercise a high level of integrity in the management of their funds. This appeal aligns wi…
Money Laundering: EFCC Arraigns Businessman, Akindele Akintoye for $35m Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, December 24, 2024, arraigned a businessman, Akindele Akintoye before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on charges bordering on money laundering and contract fraud. Akintoye allegedly colle…
Christmas: Olukoyede Affirms Greater Prospects for Nigeria
As Nigerians join the rest of the world to celebrate Christmas, the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has expressed hopes of a greater and better Nigeria shorn of economic and financial crimes and other acts of corruption.…
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