Tag: Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
How Alfa impersonated Femi Adesina, GMD NNPC
The trial of a self-styled herbalist, Alfa Jamiu Isiaka, who allegedly impersonated the Special Adviser to the President on Media…
Two internet fraudsters bag jail terms in Ilorin
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), Ilorin Zonal office, has secured the convictions of two serial internet fraudsters.
EFCC records 11 convictions in one day
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) Ibadan zonal office, has secured eleven convictions in Oyo and Osun State respectively.
3 Nigerians in court for counterfeiting dollars
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), Abuja Zone on Wednesday, arraigned three suspects for allegedly counterfeiting seven $100 notes…
Alleged NBC N2.9b Fraud: Defendant Loses in Application against EFCC
Justice Giwa Ogunbanjo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday threw out the application of Patrick Are, second defendant…
Court convicts fake cooperatives promoter in Uyo
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Uyo Zonal office on Tuesday secured the conviction of one Edidiong Udokpoh for…
Employment scam lands Comptroller of Prisons, Mohammed Sani in court
Abubakar Mohammed Sani, a serving Deputy Comptroller of Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS, was on Friday arraigned by the Economic and…
Bank Manager Bassey bags five years jail term for stealing N27m
Justice Adie A. Onyebueke of the Cross River State High Court, Akamkpa, has sentenced one Augustine Effiong Bassey to five…
Witness exposes Faisal Maina in court
A third prosecution witness, Rouqayya Ibrahim has exposed the contradictory statements of Faisal Maina, son of Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman,…
EFCC warns Akwa Ibom officials against fraud
DCDS Edeh A. Uchenna, the Head of Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has warned…
OSSAP-SDGs, EFCC collaborate to combat corruption
By Perpetua Onuegbu The Office of the Senior Special Assistant to President on Sustainable Development Goals (OSSAP-SDGs) is collaborating with…
N450m Fraud: EFCC appeals acquittal of Bulama, others
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has appealed the discharge and acquittal of former minister of Science and Technology,…
EFCC docks man over fake Peugeot auction fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Kaduna Zonal Office, arraigned one Yohanna Adamu for cheating and obtaining money by…
Obasa released by EFCC: Opens up on purported detention
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa has returned home from the office of the Economic and…
Lagos Speaker Obasa in EFCC’s custody over fraud allegations
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa is in custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,…
Alleged fraud: EFCC presents first witness in trial of Adeherself
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday continued the trial of a self-acclaimed social media influencer, Rukayat Adedamola…
EFCC investigates 11 suspected oil bunkerers in Port Harcourt
The Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Economic And Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has commenced investigation of 11 suspected oil…
EFCC quizzes eight suspected oil thieves, vessel In Port Harcourt
The Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Economic And Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has commenced investigation of eight suspectedly oil…
$6m scam: Suspected internet kingpin on FBI’s watchlist Felix Okpoh surrenders
Suspected internet fraudster on watchlist of the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), Felix Osilama Okpoh has surrendered himself to the…
EFCC re-arraigns lovers Alice, Alloush for alleged N17.5m Charcoal fraud
The Ibadan zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday re-arraigned Alice Peace John, alongside her…
EFCC arrests two music producers, 4 others in Uyo
Operatives of the Uyo zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested two music producers and…
Twin Yahoo-Yahoo brothers land in EFCC net
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ilorin Zonal Office, has arrested twin brothers: Kehinde and Taiye Adebayo over their…
Sokoto land fraudster, Malami bags three years imprisonment
Justice Muhammad Muhammad of the Sokoto State High Court, Sokoto, has sentenced Aminu Malami to three years imprisonment for land…
14 Internet fraudsters busted in Anambra
No fewer than 14 suspected internet fraudsters have been arrested in different part of Awka in Anambra State by operatives…
Busted: 15 Internet fraudsters arrested in Lagos
No fewer than 15 suspected Internet fraudsters have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in Lagos.
Court jails two Lebanese, orders forfeiture of $ 890,000
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Port Harcourt zonal office on Thursday secured the conviction of Chamseddine Waell Mohammed…
Two Lebanese arrested attempting to smuggle $890,000 out of Nigeria
Two Lebanese, Dina Jihad Khali and Chamseddine Waell Mohmmed, have been arrested for attempting to smuggle $890,000 out of Nigeria,…
3 Corps members, 19 undergraduates, 10 others arrested for Internet Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibadan Zonal Office, on Tuesday arrested 32 "Yahoo boys" for alleged involvement in internet…
Man bags six months jail term
A sitting at the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri, on Wednesday, committed one Bashir Ali to six months in prison…
EFCC re-arraigns Adoke, Abubakar for money laundering
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abuja Zone, on Tuesday, re-arraigned former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of…