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…
Olukoyede Charges Tax Practitioners on Appropriate Tax Assessment, Clearance
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede on Friday, September 20, 2024, tasked tax practitioners under the aegis of Federal Capital Territory Tax Practitioners Association on appropriate tax assessment and clearance. He gave the…
EFCC Deploys Operatives against Voters’ Inducement in Edo Election
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have been deployed to all local government areas in Edo State to tackle voters’ inducement in the Saturday, September 21, 2024 governorship elections. Commenting on this, Executive Chairman of the Economic and Fina…
Lagos Court Jails Businessman Four Years for Issuance of False Documents
Justice R. A. Osodi of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Friday, September 20, 2024, convicted and sentenced a businessman, Bernard Okechukwu Nzenwa, to four years and 11 months imprisonment over issuance of false documents. Nzenwa, alongside his company, Ome…
EFCC Hands over Recovered Monetary Asset to Spanish Ambassador
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede on Friday, September 20, 2024 handed over €5100 (Five Thousand, One Hundred Euros) proceeds of crime to the Spanish Ambassador to Nigeria, His Excellency, Juan Ignacio Sell. The sum was re…
EFCC Hands over Recovered Monetary Asset to Spanish Ambassador
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede on Friday, September 20, 2024 handed over €5100 (Five Thousand, One Hundred Euros) proceeds of crime to the Spanish Ambassador to Nigeria, His Excellency, Juan Ignacio Sell. The sum was re…
EFCC Arrests 10 Suspected Internet Fraudster in Abuja
The operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Wednesday, September 18, 2024 arrested 10 suspected internet fraudsters in Abuja. The suspects were arrested in a pre-dawn operation at the River Park Estate in Lugbe area of the Federal Capital Territory, Ab…
EFCC Arraigns Five for N25m Fraud in Maiduguri
The Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, September 19, 2024, arraigned Hamza Dauda Umar, Abdulrahman Goni, and Abdulmutalib Abdullahi before Justice Muhammad Maina of the Borno State High Court, sitting in Maiduguri, for…
EFCC, NDPC Partner on Data Protection
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and the Nigeria Data Protection Commission, (NDPC) have agreed to forge partnership and collaboration towards effecting cyber data protection in the country. This agreement was brokered in Abuja on Wednesday, September 18, 2024 w…
EFCC Arrests 29 Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Abuja
Operatives of the Abuja Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, September 18, 2024 arrested 29 suspected internet fraudsters. They were arrested at several locations in the Gwagwalada area of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT follow…
Licenced Miners Seek EFCC's Intervention against Illegal Miners in Port Harcourt
Licenced miners in Rivers State under the aegis of Miners Association of Nigeria, Port Harcourt Branch have called for the intervention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC to curb the nefarious activities of their illegal counterparts and alleged extortion by of…
Olukoyede Seeks Enhanced Ethics in Accounting Profession
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has charged accountants across the country to show greater regard for the ethics of their profession and observance of the country’s financial regulations. He gave the charge in Abuja…
Yahaya Bello not in EFCC Custody
Media reports today, Wednesday, September 18, 2024 that a former Governor of Kogi State, Mr. Yahaya Bello is in the holding facility of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is incorrect. The Commission wishes to state that Bello is not in its custody. Bello, alread…
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