Court Jails Kerosene Dealer Two Years For Oil Theft
A Federal High Court sitting in Port -Harcourt, Rivers State, has sentenced a Port Harcourt Kerosene dealer to two years imprisonment for dealing in illegal oil bunkering. The suspect, Mohammed Mustapha pleaded guilty to one-count charge bordering on illegal dealing in petroleum…
Court Orders Final Forfeiture of N1, 260, 000,000, $327,132.35, £167.85 , €157.90
Justice A. Obiozor of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos has ordered the final forfeiture of the sums of N1,260,000,000, $327,132.35, £167.85 and €157.90 recovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commision, EFCC, to the Federal Government. The order came followin…
N1.6m Pension Fraud: Court Convicts One, Prosecutes Another
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on November 14, 2018 secured the conviction of Mohammed Abdullahi, who was arraigned along with Hassan Gulu for a N1.6 million pension-related fraud. The two men were brought before Justice Aisha Bwari of the Niger State High Cou…
Alleged N5bn Fraud: Witness Reveals How Ex-Governor Used SURE-P Funds for Politics
A prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of the former Katsina State Governor, Ibrahim Shehu Shema, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, before Hon. Justice Hadiza Rabiu Shagari of the Federal High Court sitting in Katsina State, today revealed to the court ho…
Land Fraudster Remanded in Prison Custody
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Gombe Zonal Office on Tuesday, November 13th, 2018 arraigned one Muhammed Nazif Inuwa before Justice Hassan Dikko of Federal High Court, Bauchi, Bauchi State. He was arraigned, on a six count charge bordering Conspiracy, Forgery…
N243m INEC Fraud: Court Dismisses Application Challenging Jurisdiction
Justice Fadawu Umar of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri on November 13, 2018 dismissed an application filed by Kabir Bello and Musa Buba Amshi challenging the jurisdiction of the court to try them, and the power of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to prose…
EFCC Intercepts N211m Worth of Gold at Lagos Airport
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have intercepted gold worth about N211 million being illegally transport through the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos en route Dubai. Following intelligence report, the operatives on November 9, 2018 u…
EFCC Re-arraigns Ex-Air Chief, Amosu, Others For N21bn Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, November 13, 2018, re-arraigned a former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Adesina Amosu(retd.) and two others before Justice C. J. Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on an amended 13-count charge…
Pension Fraud: EFCC Secures Interim Forfeiture of N397m
Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of a Federal High Court, Abuja, has ordered the interim forfeiture to the Federal Government the sum of N357,206,311.15, $91,955.38 (N33, 411, 987.32) and £15,050 (N7, 040 , 841.5) stashed in two commercial banks, and which are believed to be proceeds of pen…
N7.6bn Fraud: Court Revokes Ex-Abia Gov, Kalu's Bail
Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday, November 12, 2018 revoked the bail granted a former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kali, for failure to appear in court to open his defence. Kalu is standing trial alongside his former Commiss…
EFCC Secures 703 convictions in 3 years- Magu
Ibrahim Magu, acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has revealed that the anti-graft agency has secured 703 convictions in the three years that he has been in charge of administering the affairs of the agency. Magu made this known at a press confe…
EFCC Arraigns Man over Internet Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Office Thursday, 10th November, 2018 arraigned one Oke Omoniyi Benjamin, 33, before Justice U. N. Agomo of the Federal High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State. He was arraigned on a six-count charge bordering o…
EFCC Partners Fire Service in Kaduna on Safety
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Kaduna office on November 7, 2018 had an interactive session with management and staff of the Kaduna State Fire Service on the need to continue to collaborate and adhere to fire safety measures. Director, Kaduna State Fire Servic…
EFCC Arraigns NDDC Director, Omatsuli, Another For N3.6bn Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, on Thursday, November 8, 2018 arraigned Tuoyo Omatsuli, a former Executive Director on Projects, Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, and one Francis Momoh before Justice Salisu Saidu of the Federal High…
Fraud: Senior Lawyer Jailed Seven years
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Maiduguri Zonal office on Thursday, November 8, 2018, secured the conviction of Ahmed Mai-aji, who was re-arraigned on a-three count charge before Justice Haruna Yusuf Mshelia of the State High Court, Maiduguri, Borno for the of…
Spiritualist Jailed 10 Years For Possession of Counterfiet Currency
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC today, November 8, 2018 secured the conviction of one Abubakar Ishaq a.k.a Mai-Rakuma who is a renowned spiritualist in Kano. He was convicted by Honourable Justice A. Lewis Allagoa of the Federal High Court sitting in Kano on a…
EFCC Arraigns Man For N4m Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC today 7th November, 2018 arraigned one Usman Mohammed before Justice Usman Na'abba of High Court, Kano State on one count charge bordering on diversion of funds and criminal breach of trust. The petitioner alleged that sometimes…
ACP, Three Others Arraigned Over N1.3 Billion Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, on Wednesday, November 7, 2018, arraigned four suspected fraudsters before Justice Sherifat Solebo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on a 14-count charge bordering on felony and stealing t…
EFCC Arraigns Man for N16m Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Maiduguri Zonal office, on Wednesday, November 7, 2018 arraigned Umar Ali Kaka, before Justice Fadawu Umar of the State High Court sitting in Maiduguri, Borno on a one-count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust and obtai…
EFCC Arraigns Surety Over Absence of Fraud Suspect
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on November 7, 2018 arraigned one Hassana Idris Danjuma, before Justice Salisu Garuba of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, Maitama, on a one-count charge bordering on obstruction of justice. Danjuma had sometimes in…
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