Tag: Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC)
Instagram comedian Pankeeroy released from EFCC custody
Popular Instagram comedian and social media influencer Nwagbo Oliver Chidera also known as Pankeeroy, has been released from the custody…
Mohammed Umar, Niger politician in EFCC custody for employment scam
Mohammed Umar, a Bida, Niger State based politician and businessman, has been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial…
‘Yahoo boy’ bags two years imprisonment in Port Harcourt
An internet fraudster also known as Yahoo Boy, Uzoma Franklyn Izuchukwu has been sentenced to two years imprisonment for impersonating…
Court jails six for internet fraud
Justice Mohammed Abubakar of the Federal High Court sitting in Abeokuta has convicted six internet fraudsters in Abeokuta, Ogun State,…
Dutch couple, company arraigned for $330,000 oil vessel fraud
A Dutch couple, Peiter Borremans and Nkechi Borremans alongside Lagon Trade Limited have been arraigned before Justice E.A Obile of…
Factory worker lands in jail over Customs job scam
A Chinese company worker, Olukoya Emmanuel Adeyemi has been arraigned before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Ibadan,…
Court orders ‘Yahoo Boys’ to refund $6,100 to victims
Justice Mohammed Abubakar of a Federal High Court sitting in Abeokuta, Ogun State has ordered four convicted internet fraudsters to…
Just In: Senate confirms Bawa as EFCC chairman
The Senate has confirmed the nomination for the appointment of Abdulrasheed Bawa as the chairman of the Economic and Financial…
EFCC arrests seven “Yahoo Yahoo” boys in Ibadan
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Office, have arrested seven young men for alleged involvement…
Two docked for N3m land scam in Gombe
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Gombe Zonal office today arraigned the duo of Karah Emphriem and Abdullah Adamu…
Notorious Ponzi Scheme operator arraigned in Uyo
An alleged notorious Ponzi Scheme operator, Umanah Umanah has been arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC before…
2 Kwara lecturers Opashola, Ademola arrested with 28 Yahoo Yahoo boys
Two lecturers of the Kwara State College of Health Technology, Offa ( Kwara Tech) have been arrested, along with 28…
EFCC releases list of nine suspected Internet fraudsters in Minna
The Abuja Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) has arrested nine suspected internet fraudsters in Minna,…
EFCC unveils four UNIPORT undergraduate scammers in $111,500 Internet fraud
Operatives of the Port Harcourt zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC have arrested four students of…
EFCC warns UNILORIN students off ‘yahoo yahoo’
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), appealed to Nigerian youths, particularly students, to distance themselves from criminal tendencies capable…