Tag: Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
Rick Ross’ impostor, one other jailed in Ilorin
Investigation revealed that the 400Level Plant Biology student of University of Ilorin presented himself as an American Musician, Rick Ross,…
Accountant Kawu bags 10 years for forgery
Kawu designed and sold forged certificates of the Special Control Unit against Money Laundering (SCUML) to unsuspecting members of the…
Court jails Peter Ayeni for cyber fraud in Ilorin
Ayeni, 25, was accused of impersonating a white American female, Daina Patrick, to swindle unsuspecting victims.
EFCC displays 51,933 pages extracted from Fashola’s iPhone
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, displayed before a Federal High Court Lagos, virtual projection of a…
EFCC busts nine suspected ‘Yahoo Yahoo’ boys in Warri
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Benin Zonal Command have arrested nine suspected internet fraudsters in Warri,…
Nine ‘Yahoo Yahoo Boys’ jailed in Cross River
According to the commission’s spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, the convicts, were part of the 21 ‘yahoo yahoo boys’ arrested on Wednesday,…
EFCC arrests Umaru Dikko DG of Kaduna agency
Umaru Dikko and his staff were at a meeting around 10 am. when the EFCC came knocking at their office.
EFCC releases names of 26 internet fraudsters arrested in Asaba
No fewer than 26 internet fraud suspects were arrested in Asaba, Delta State by operatives of the Enugu Zonal Command…
SCOAN petitions EFCC over huge financial misappropriation
Members of the Synagogue Church of All Nation have petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over a huge…
EFCC docks Maiduguri man Irumekhai for criminal breach of trust
Irumekhai was docked after using the original title documents of property kept in his custody for safekeeping to secure a…
EFCC busts 402 suspected internet fraudsters in Lekki
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 402 internet fraudsters in Lekki area of Lagos in the last…
55 suspected Internet fraudsters busted in Enugu, Ebonyi
Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC have arrested 55 suspected internet fraudsters…
EFCC not a debt recovery agency – Bawa
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, has cautioned members of the public not…
EFCC arrests Lagos nightclub owners for fraud
Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested two suspects for alleged…
Orji Kalu vs EFCC: Court fixes judgment day
The Federal High Court Abuja, has fixed Sept. 20 for judgment in the suit by former Abia governor, Sen. Orji…
Five top Sokoto govt officials in N553.9m Pension scandal, docked by EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, arraigned five senior officials of the Sokoto State Primary Education Staff…
EFCC to partner Lottery Trust Fund in fighting fraud
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa on Tuesday, reiterated the Commission’s resolve to…
Facebook scammer Murtala bags 10 years in Sokoto
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Sokoto Zonal Office on Monday, secured the conviction of Murtala Abdullateef for attempting…
Nigerian Architect Oluwole, Ayoola jailed for impersonation
Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo of the Federal High Court sitting in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Monday June 21, 2021, convicted the…
Alleged $5m Fraud: EFCC presents more evidence against pilot, businessman
The trial of Victor Uadiale and Capt. Everest Nnaji before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in…
EFCC, KIRS, FIRS partner against tax fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC is to collaborate with the Kano State Internal Revenue Service and the Federal…
EFCC: Not compulsory all Nigerians should have bank accounts
Mr. Bawa Usman Kaltungo, Zonal Head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in Sokoto, said that it is…
EFCC boss Bawa, others take fresh oath of allegiance
Officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have taken fresh official oaths, pledging among others, to perform their…
Massive harvest: EFCC busts army deserter, 33 fraudsters in Osun
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Office, have arrested thirty-four people for suspected internet fraud.
EFCC arrests 7 suspected internet fraudsters in Port Harcourt
Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested seven suspected internet…
EFCC uncovers Fake Bawa’s LinkedIn Account, warns Nigerians
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has alerted the public of the existence of a fake LinkedIn account, supposedly belonging…
11 suspected illegal oil bunkerers busted in Port Harcourt
Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 11 suspected illegal…
Human organs’ trafficker Emeka arrested in Port Harcourt
Ukaeje John Emeka, the leader of a syndicate selling and buying human organs for trafficking to foreigners has been arrested…
EFCC arrests six suspected illegal Oil Bunkerers in Port Harcourt
Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested six suspected illegal…
30 suspected Yahoo-Yahoo Boys busted in Ilorin, 10 exotic cars recovered
Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 30 internet fraud suspects,…