Tag: efcc
EFCC makes big statement: 3,785 Yahoo Boys, others jailed in 2022
The conviction secured by the Commission in 2022 is the highest by the EFCC since inception, and sustains an upward…
Suspected Nigerian fraudster Osasogie smashed for duping German €17,000 fraud
A statement issued by EFCC's spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren on Friday said the 21-year-old was arrested recently by the Commission following…
Kogi probe: Agbakoba drags EFCC to Supreme Court
According to Agbakoba, how a state spends its money should not be the business of the EFCC
EFCC auctions seven forfeited cars in Ilorin
The auctioned vehicles are Lexus IS350 2007 model, Toyota Venza 2010 model, White coloured Mercedes Benz 2007 model, Gold Porche…
Kogi: EFCC fires back at Agbakoba, says commission has power to probe States finances
Agbakoba had cast aspersion on the commission’s commitment to rule of law and its investigation of the finances of the…
Bank takes RMAFC, EFCC to court over tax liabilities
The Bank, in an amended Statement of Claim filed before the court by its lawyer, Chukwuka Ikwuazom, SAN, is contending…
Kogi govt opens up on arraignment of Gov. Bello’s nephew for 10bn fraud
Bello and Sulaiman are accused of fraudulently withdrawing a sum of N10, 270,556,800 (Ten Billion, Two Hundred and Seventy Million,…
EFCC recovers N134.3bn, $121m in 10 months–Bawa
“And we have to carry out an audit from our EFCC recovery account; and we paid into that account N120…
Just In: EFCC docks Ali, Gov. Yahaya Bello’s nephew for N10bn Fraud
EFCC accused Bello and Sulaiman of fraudulently withdrawing a sum of N10, 270 billion from the Kogi State treasury, which…
Court orders forfeiture of Raymond’s iPhone, cars, N8m
Following John's guilty plea and his extra-judicial statements, the prosecution reviewed the facts of the case, tendered the statements of…
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…