Tag: Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
EFCC can prosecute Fayose as sitting governor – Falana
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana has declared that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) can investigate and prosecute the…
EFCC Arraigns 3 For N220m Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, arraigned the trio of Dayo Jimoh, Victor Ochola and Obaje Musa…
EFCC arraigns Nyako’s aide, others for fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday arraigned Ja’afaru Maliki, an aide to former governor of Adamawa State,…
N2bn Fraud: Court adjourns Oronsaye’s case to June 28
The case of a N2 billion fraud brought against a former Head of Service, HoS, to the Federation, Stephen Oronsaye,…
EFCC arrests Ex-Gov. Akpabio over alleged fraud
A former Governor of Akwa Ibom State and incumbent Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio, was on Friday arrested by the…
EFCC recovers N4.3bn from Oil Subsidy Suspects- Lamorde
Ibrahim Lamorde, Executive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today disclosed that the Commission has recovered N4.3billion…
EFCC has executed 773 convictions since inception – Lamorde
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said it had secured more than 773 convictions and recovered billions of…
Court Adjourns Ex-Gov’s Son’s Case
An FCT High Court has adjourned hearing in case filed by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, against Mustapha Audu,…
N4.5m Dud Cheque: Suspect Faults EFCC
A suspect, Kabiru Mohammed who was on Tuesday arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC for issuing a…
Corruption: President Jonathan Must Wake Up
Malam Nuhu Ribadu, former chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, tells AYORINDE OLUOKUN and FEMI IPAYE that President Goodluck Jonathan…
Ohakim denies arrest by EFCC
A former Governor of Nigeria’s Imo state, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, has denied being arrested or detained by the Economic and…
Two nabbed for impersonating EFCC officials
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arrested two suspects, Tanimu Abubakar (also known as Ibrahim) and Mohammed Yaba…
Fraud: Court Remands Kaduna Deputy Speaker
Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna has ordered that the Deputy Speaker of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Dr.…
EFCC Nabs Courier With $130,000
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, December 19, 2012, arrested one Bash Abdu at the…
VISA Scammer Jailed 16 Years
Justice Adebunkola Banjoko of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, on November 21, 2012, convicted Femi Maurice who was arraigned…
Man Jailed For Fraud, Impersonation
Justice Call Garba of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, on December 7, 2012, sentenced Fidelis Teseer Tule, who was…
Nigeria’s Ex-LG Boss In Police Net Over Fake Projects
Officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Monday arrested Alhaji Umar Ibrahim-Rabagaddama, the immediate-past Chairman of the…
Currency Trafficking On The Rise
The frequency at which currency is being trafficked these days through our airports is disheartening and a sad reminder that…
Lagos Civil Servant Docked Over Alleged N18.3m Land Fraud
Mrs. Omolara Onamade, a female staff of Lagos State Lands Bureau, was on Monday docked at a Lagos High Court…
Ahmadu Ali’s Son Re-arraigned Over N4.4b Subsidy Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday re-arraigned Mamman Ali, son of a former People’s Democratic Party (PDP)…
Prosecutor’s Absence Stalls Lagos Speaker’s Trial Again
The trial of Mr. Sabit Adeyemi Ikuforiji, the Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, and his personal aide, Alade Atoyebi,…
Money Laundering: Ikuforiji’s Trial Stalled
The trial of the Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Sabit Adeyemi Ikuforiji and his aide, Alade Atoyebi, was this…
FinBank Directors Manipulated Shares -Witness
Head of Compliance and Enforcement Department with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Anafi Buba Mohammed today told…
Court Orders Bizman To Forfeit N102m To FG
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, southwest Nigeria Tuesday ordered officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,…
Man Caught With N1b At Airport Docked
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today took Abubakar Sheriff Tijani, 25, the man arrested with N1.1billion at Murtala…
Court Closes Akingbola’s Defence
Justice Habeeb Abiru of the Ikeja High Court today ordered the embattled former Managing Director of Intercontinental Bank Plc, (now Access Bank…
EFCC Fails To Arraign Man Caught With N1b
Abubakar Sheriff, Tijani, the 25-year old man who was arrested while trying to smuggle $7 million (about N1.1 billion) out…
10 Suspected Oil Subsidy Thieves Remanded
An Ikeja High Court presided over by Justice Habeeb Abiru, this morning ordered that the 10 new fuel subsidy thieves…
Former Bank PHB boss used embezzled N45m to pay church tithes – EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has accused a former managing director of Bank PHB, Mr Francis Atuche, of…
Scramble For Nigeria’s $15m ‘Bribe’
By Sola Odunfa Somewhere in the vaults of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, a bag containing $15m has lain…