Olukoyede Congratulates EFCC’s Prosecutors newly Elevated as Senior Advocates
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has congratulated his Special Adviser and Head, Chairman's Legal Team, Abba Mohammed and Head, Special Duties 2, Ekele Iheanacho on their elevation to the rank of Senior Advocate of Ni…
EFCC Arrests 21 Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Yola
Operatives of the Gombe Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 21( twenty one) suspected internet fraudsters in Yola, Adamawa state. They were arrested on Tuesday, September 24 , 2024 at different locations around Modobo Adamawa Uni…
Independence Celebration: Olukoyede Charges Nigerians on Renewed Commitment in Fight against Corruption
As Nigerians are basking in the euphoria of the nation’s 64th Independence Anniversary, Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has called for more commitment to the fight against economic and financial crimes and other acts of…
Independence Celebration: Olukoyede Charges Nigerians on Renewed Commitment in Fight against Corruption
As Nigerians are basking in the euphoria of the nation’s 64th Independence Anniversary, Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has called for more commitment to the fight against economic and financial crimes and other acts of…
EFCC Arrests 24 Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Benin City
Operatives of the Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday September 30, 2024 arrested 24 suspected internet fraudsters at different locations within Benin City. The suspects were arrested following actionable intelligence of their…
EFCC Arraigns Ex-Taraba State Governor, Perm Sec for Alleged N27b Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, September 30, 2024, arraigned former governor of Taraba State, Darius Dickson Ishaku and former permanent secretary, Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in the state, Bello Yero, before Justice S. C Or…
Money Laundering Charges against Bobrisky were Dropped Lawfully- EFCC
A Prosecutor with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Bilikisu Bala on Monday, September 30, 2024, told a Joint Committee of the House of Representatives investigating allegations of corruption against some officers of the Commission, and the Nigeria Correctional S…
EFCC Arrests 13 Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Sokoto
Operatives of the Sokoto Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested thirteen(13) suspected internet fraudsters in Sokoto, Sokoto State. They were arrested on Saturday, September 28, 2024 at Gidan Yaro and Dandima areas of Sokoto based o…
Alleged 3.1bn Fraud: How I delivered $15.8m Cash to Suswan in his Residence-Witness
Abubakar Umar, the Sixth Prosecution Witness,PW6, in the trial of former governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam has narrated before the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja and presided over by Justice Peter Lifu how in 2014, he converted the sum of N3.1 billion, wired to him by S…
Olukoyede Seeks more Commitment to AML/CFT Implementation
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede has described Designated Non-financial Businesses and Professionals, (DNFBPs) as all-comers ground and most vulnerable to abuse by criminals and called for more commitment to the implement…
Alleged N3b Fraud: How Money Flowed from Kogi State Government to my Accounts-BDC Operator
Jamilu Abdullahi, an Abuja-based Bureau de Change operator and third prosecution witness in the trial of Ali Bello, on Thursday, September 26, 2024, gave a narrative of the financial transactions between him and the Kogi State government under former governor, Yahaya Bello before…
Anti-graft War: EFCC, DSS Strengthen Collaboration
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the Department of State Security, DSS, have resolved to strengthen their collaboration, particularly in the area of intelligence, in a bid to tackle the menace of economic and financial crimes and corruption in the country.…
Court Jails Two for Internet Fraud in Kaduna
Justice Hauwa'u Bubari of the Federal High Court, sitting in Kaduna has convicted and sentenced the duo of Audu Ishida and Elisha Smith to six years imprisonment for fraud. They were prosecuted by the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC o…
Alleged N33.8bn Fraud: Witness Narrates how Saleh Mamman Ordered Multiple Cash Transfers into13 Unauthorized Entities
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, September 25, 2024 commenced the trial of Ex-Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, for an alleged N33.8billion fraud with the presentation of its first witness. Mamman was arraigned on Thursday, July 11, 2024 on 12 -cou…
Yahaya Bello Must Have his Day in Court
It is public knowledge that a former governor of Kogi State, Mr. Yahaya Bello had made several unsuccessful attempts to throw spanners in his ongoing trial through some irresponsible and utterly rascally efforts. The appropriate place of surrender would be before Justice Emeka Nw…
EFCC Tackles Yahaya Bello’s Non-Appearance in Court for Arraignment
Lead prosecution counsel in the trial of former governor of Kogi State Yahaya Adoza Bello, Kemi Pinheiro SAN, on Wednesday, September 25, 2024 told Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja that the recent appearance of Bello at the parking lots of t…
Olukoyede Orders Investigation of N15million Bobrisky’s Allegations against EFCC Officers
Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has ordered immediate investigation of alleged bribery allegations imputed to some officers of the Commission by Idris Okuneye(a.ka.a Bobrisky) in a viral video circulating across the coun…
Alleged $6b Mambila Project Fraud: Witness Narrates how N5.2m was Allegedly Wired to Agunloye
Adewale Agunbiade, a prosecuting witness in the trial of former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye on Monday, September 23, 2024 narrated before Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, sitting in Apo, Abuja, how the defendant allegedly receive…
Alleged £1million Fraud: Police Witness Reveals How Suspects Were Apprehended In Ikorodu
The third prosecution witness, PW3, in the ongoing trial of seven suspects over an alleged £1m fraud, Giwa Wasiu, an Assistant Superintendent of the Police, ASP has told Justice R.A. Osodi of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos how the defendants were apprehended i…
Credit Corp Applauds Tinubu on N50 billion Fund
The Managing Director of the Nigerian Consumer Credit Corporation( Credit Corp), Mr. Uzoma Nwagba, has applauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for releasing N50 billion from the Recovery Account of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Nwagba described the Presidential dire…
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