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N124m Fraud: EFCC prays court to convict ex-NIHORT director, accountant
By Suleiman Shehu The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Friday prayed an Oyo State High Court sitting in…
Ex-Vice Chancellor Prof. Magaji Garba jailed for 35 years
Prof Magaji Garba was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on October 12, 2021, for the alleged…
EFCC arrests Abdullahi Adamu, one other over land racketeering in Abuja
A statement issued by EFCC's spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, on Friday said the suspects were arrested based on verified intelligence linking…
Nigeria’s SDGs Office not under probe – Management
OSSAP-SDGs emphatically asserted that the routine demand for information by the EFCC does not and cannot in any way amount…
EFCC to appeal dismissal of graft case against Babachir Lawal, others
Ruling on the no case submission made by the defendants on Friday, Justice Agbaza held that the Commission which presented…
The travails of fighting Corruption both in public and private institutions
We also know that he did not confiscate the properties concerned and used it for himself rather the properties were…
‘Some were arrested with over $6m’ – EFCC speaks on operations against BDC operators
EFCC said many of the over 6,000 registered BDCs do not belong to the Association of Bureau De Change Operators…
$9.6bn P&ID fraud: Court issues Bench Warrant on Nolan
Nolan, one of the directors of Goidel Resources Limited, a Designated Non-Financial Institution, DNFI, and another company, ICIL Limited, are…
EFCC smashes suspected currency speculator ‘Mustapha Naira’
Uwujaren stated that the suspect was picked up by operatives of the Commission on Saturday, November 12, 2022 at Wuse…
Why some BDC operators were arrested – EFCC
According to him, EFCC’s arrest of BDC operators and currency speculators in the parallel market was not indiscriminate but a…
Stash of cash: Matawalle invites EFCC to search property
Matawalle said that his administration had never paid workers’ salaries through table payment and could not afford to do so…
Behold Ekweremadu’s 40 properties court ordered to be forfeited (Photos)
The Commission had approached the court for an Order of interim forfeiture of the said Ekweremadu's properties which “are subject…
Money Laundering: Ex-Lagos Attorney-General, Sasore arraigned for N159m, $60,000
Sasore was arraigned alongside his company, Middlesex Investment Ltd, before Justice I.E. Ekwo of the Federal High Court Abuja, for…
Yahoo Boy who poses as American prostitute jailed in Abuja
The one count charge indicates that Adeyi committed the offence sometime in 2021 at Abuja when he “pretended to be…
Five jailed for ATM card fraud in Kano
Sani Awwal stole his father’s ATM card and SIM card and used the same to steal N100,000 from the bank…
EFCC smashes Kogi politician with N326m, $610,500 cash in Lagos
Atumeyi, who is seeking to represent Ankpa 11 Constituency in the Kogi State House of Assembly was arrested on Sunday,…
Alleged N109bn fraud: EFCC rearraigns AGF Idris, 3 others
They were first arraigned on July 22 before Justice Adeyemi Ajayi on a 13-count charge bordering on misappropriation to the…
Alleged N6.9bn fraud: Fayose trial stalled
Fayose was alleged to have received a cash payment of the sum of five million dollars, (about N1.8 billion) from…
Again, Court sentences Mama Boko Haram for fraud
The defendants were prosecuted on a-three count charge of conspiracy and cheating to the tune of N34, 593,000 (Thirty Four…
Court orders final forfeiture of Diezani’s Abuja homes, cars
The two properties are located at Plot 1854 Mohammed Mahashir Street, and No. 6, Aso Drive, in the highbrow Asokoro…
Osun election: 4 suspects docked for buying votes for Gov. Oyetola
According to EFCC, the suspects were arrested at different polling Units following credible intelligence that they were inducing voters with…
Court to hear ex-AGF Shasore’s case in December
Following his not-guilty plea, the EFCC Counsel, Bala Sanga, SAN, requested a trial date to prove the allegation against the…
Arraigned Ex-Lagos A-G Shasore gets N50m bail
He was arraigned before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke on a four-count charge bordering on money laundering.
Just In: EFCC arraigns former Attorney General Shasore
Shasore is accused of having committed money laundering to the tune of $100,000 without going through a financial institution.
EFCC releases names of 12 bankers accused of stealing customers fund in Enugu bank
The commission said preliminary investigations showed that the suspects allegedly stole funds from some dormant accounts in a branch of…
Alleged N36bn fraud: Turaki not acquitted – EFCC
The statement issued by EFCC’s spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren said this clarification became imperative in view of widespread media reports purporting…
Ex-banker Emeka Okafor jailed for stealing customer’s N2.5m
Okafor, according to the case filed against him in court by EFCC, committed the crimes while functioning as a Relationship…
EFCC re-arraigns father, son accused of N5.6bn fraud in Lagos
The defendants were re-arraigned on a 14-count amended information bordering on money laundering to the tune of N5, 697, 029,…
5bn fraud: Malami okays prosecution of Stella Oduah, others
Oduah, who currently represents Anambra North Senatorial District in the National Assembly, was expected to be arraigned by the EFCC…
Ex-Lagos AG, Sasore faces money laundering charge
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has filed a four-count charge of money laundering against Shasore, accusing him of…