Alleged $6bn Fraud: EFCC Opposes Agunloye`s Application for Overseas Medical Trip
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Monday, July 1, 2024 opposed the application of the former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye to travel abroad for medical check-up. Agunloye is facing prosecution by the EFCC before Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Fede…
Alleged Money Laundering: Witness Reveals How N35bn Was Found in Mompha’s Accounts
The sixth prosecution witness, PW6, Idi Musa, in the trial of Ismaila Mustapha, (a.k.a Mompha) an investigator with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, July 1, 2024, told Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos how th…
Regional Hotel Operation EFCC Raises Disciplinary Team against Errant Officers
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has raised a Disciplinary Team to look into the case of two errant officers of the Commission who allegedly assaulted a female staff of Regional Hotel, Ojo, Lagos. The officers were si…
N25.7bn fraud: Supreme Court Upholds Six Year Conviction of Ex- Bank PHB, MD Atuche
The Supreme Court of Nigeria, on Friday, June 28, 2024 upheld the conviction and six-year sentence of the former Managing Director of the now defunct Bank PHB, Francis Atuche by the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division over a N25.7 billion fraud In a unanimous judgment by a five-membe…
Anti-graft War: Olukoyede Charges Students To Embrace Corruption-Free Lifestyle
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede has charged youths and students across the country to embrace corruption-free lifestyles so as to have a firm place to stand to pursue their ambitions He made the call on Wednesday, June 2…
EFCC Arrests 27 Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Benin City
Operatives of the Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday June 26, 2024 arrested 27 suspected internet fraudsters at different locations within Benin City. The suspects were arrested following actionable intelligence on their su…
Court Jails Two for Impersonation in Kaduna
Justice R.M. Aikawa of the Federal High Court, sitting in Kaduna has convicted and sentenced the duo of Onah Henry Chinonso (a.k.a Sandra Morales) and Puklong Michael Longhom (a.k.a Robertech) to prison for internet fraud. The convicts were prosecuted by the Kaduna Zonal Command…
Court Jails NIS Employee in Gombe, One other in Bauchi
Justices H.H Kereng and Muazu Abubakar of the Gombe State High Court, Gombe and Bauchi State High Court, Bauchi have convicted and sentenced Dabiet Onyemi Gilbert and Saleh Haruna to different jail terms for fraud. Gilbert, an employee of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) was…
EFCC Arrests 117 Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Lagos
Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 117 suspected internet fraudsters in Lagos. The suspects were arrested at Regional Hotel, Iyana- Ishasi, Lagos in a sting operation, following verified intelligence about th…
Olukoyede Decries $88.6billion Lost to Illicit Financial Flows Annually in Africa
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Olanipekun Olukoyede, has disclosed that a whopping $88.6billion is lost to illicit financial flows in Africa annually. He stated this in Tunis, Tunisia on Thursday, June 27, 2024 while delivering a keyno…
Alleged N80.2bn Fraud: EFCC Raises Contempt Charges against Yahaya Bello’s Counsel
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has raised contempt charges against two defence counsel in the N80.2billion alleged money laundering charges against a former governor of Kogi State, Mr. Yahaya Bello. Bello is facing prosecution alongside his nephew, Ali Bello, Dauda…
Regional Hotel Operation: Olukoyede Orders Arrest of Officers Involved in Unprofessional Conduct
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has ordered the arrest of two officers of the Commission allegedly involved in the manhandling of a female staff of Regional Hotel, Ojo, Lagos. The officers were sighted in a viral vid…
Court Jails Five for Internet Fraud in Kaduna
Justices R.M Aikawa and A. Isiaka on Wednesday, June 26, 2024 convicted and sentenced five internet fraudsters to prison in Kaduna. Justice Aikawa of the Federal High Court Kaduna sentenced and convicted the trio of Molwat Terah Sati, Zumshak Paul Wankof and Chidi Tochukwu Emmanu…
Unilorin VC Hails EFCC on Impact of Anti-Graft War
The Vice Chancellor, University of Ilorin, Professor Wahab Olasupo Egbewole, SAN, has praised the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for its sustained war against graft, economic and financial crimes which he said had impacted positively on the image of the country.…
How We Supplied Obiano Cash from State’s Security Votes- Witnesses
The trial of Willie Obiano, former governor of Anambra State, continued on Wednesday, June 26, 2024 before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja with two prosecution witnesses disclosing how they supplied Obiano cash in both naira and dollars through his proxies. U…
Alleged Sale of Property under Forfeiture: EFCC Presents First Witness Against Serial Fraudster
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, presented its first prosecution witness, PW1, Odofin Adekunle Christopher, an investigator with the EFCC, against one Abayomi Kamaldeen Alaka, an alleged serial fraudster, before Justice Mojisola Dad…
Kwara Courts Jail Ten for Internet Fraud
The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentence of ten fraudsters to various jail terms. They were all jailed for internet fraud. On Monday, June 24, 2024, Justice Evelyn Anyadike of the Federal High Cour…
Olukoyede Charges Students to Maintain Good Ethical Conduct and Shun Internet Fraud
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, has charged youths across the country to maintain good ethical conduct and behaviour by shunning internet fraud and corruption for their better and brighter future. The EFCC boss made the…
Obiano’s Alleged N4b Fraud: Security Votes were Diverted to Private Companies-Witness
The First Prosecution Witness, Tochukwu Aloysius Nnadi and Second Prosecution Witness, Mrs Chinwe Patricia Ebunam in the trial of ex-Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano on Tuesday, 25, 2024 told Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja that funds in the state’s secu…
EFCC Charges Students to Imbibe Culture of Integrity
The acting Zonal Director of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Michael T. Wetkas, has urged Nigerian students to imbibe the culture of integrity and shun internet fraud. Wetkas gave the charge onTuesday, , June 25, 2024, while addressi…
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