Tag: efcc
Ighalo, 10 others sent to prison for internet fraud
Justice Adamu Turaki Mohammed of the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has convicted and sentenced Destiny Ighalo…
Bizman Adeyemi arrested over dud cheques for N800m EcoBank loan
By Abankula A Lagos businessman, Adeleke Adeyemi has been arrested by Lagos Zone of the EFCC for issuing dud cheques…
Bawa urges EFCC staff to maintain its core values
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa has charged staff of the Commission to adhere to…
Kaduna man Daneji charged with N53m fertilizer scam granted bail
A Kaduna man, Ibrahim Zailani Daneji who was arraigned on a 15-count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust to…
‘Name ex-governors, senators who owned $6bn Dubai Assets’
Former Senator, Shehu Sani has charged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC, to name former governors, senators and ministers who…
EFCC Ilorin gets new Zonal Head
Chief Detective Superintendent Usman Muktar has assumed duty as the new Zonal Head, Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and…
Dud cheque Pastor Oluokun blows N50m on mausoleum
A self-acclaimed Pastor Ayodeji Ibrahim Oluokun blew about N50million in paying for a burial vault in Lagos, which he used…
EFCC, NSCDC to partner closely
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), is committed to partner more closely with the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence…
EFCC arrests Queen Jonathan queen of internet scams
Queen Jonathan, the queen of internet scams has been arrested by the operatives of the Benin Zonal Office of the…
EFCC boss, Bawa vows never to compromise on corruption
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has said he will never compromise on corruption
POS fraudster jailed in Uyo
The Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday, March 26, 2021, secured the conviction…
EFCC releases list of internet fraudsters busted in Delta
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Benin Zonal Office in the wee hours of Friday, March 26, 2021,…
1 Nigerien, 5 Nigerians convicted over fake $570,000
The Kaduna Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has secured the conviction of members of a…
Fake Army officer bags 8 years imprisonment for fraud
Justice Agatha Okeke of the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, on Wednesday, sentenced one Henry Mfon…
EFCC arraigns Anthony Nicholas for fraud
The Lagos Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday, arraigned a suspected internet fraudster, Anthony…
Ex-Gov. Suswam collected $15.8m from BDC operator
A witness in the trial a former governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam has narrated how he handed over $15.8m…
Trial of Adeyemi Ikuforiji suffers another adjournment
The trial of Adeyemi Ikuforiji former speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly has been adjourned again.
LAUTECH student Adebowale Taiwo jailed for $104K romance scam
Adebowale Taiwo Abiola, a 500-level student of Ladoke Akintola University has been sentenced to one year imprisonment for romance scam.
Port Harcourt woman Blessing Adunun escapes jail with N100K fine
Blessing Adunun, a Port Harcourt resident, has been sentenced to two years imprisonment for stealing N238,000. But she will not…
Nigerian Okenwa a.k.a American Weirt Rodriguz jailed
Nigerian Chibueze Okenwa, a.k.a Weirt Rodriguez, a fake American military officer has got his comeuppance in Port Harcourt.
Bawa warns fake whistleblowers: Stop sending EFCC on wild goose chase
Abdulrasheed Bawa, EFCC chairman expressed concern about fake whistleblowers who mislead the agency through false information
Ex-UDUTH accountant remanded over N249M Scam
A Sokoto State High Court, sitting in Sokoto, today remanded Lukuman Sani Waziri, a former accountant with the Finance Department…
3 fake whistleblowers arraigned in Abuja
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested and arraigned three men who gave false information.
EFCC arraigns two “Yahoo boys” in Ibadan
EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Office, on Thursday, March 18, 2021, arraigned two persons, Aremu Ridwan Kunle and Adegboyega Adisa Adebayo before…
How Sule Lamido collected kickbacks from Dantata, others: Witness
How ex- governor Sule Lamido defrauded Jigawa via kickbacks received for phantom contracts, has been graphically shown an Abuja court
Court jails 5 for internet fraud in Ibadan
Justice Patricia Ajoku of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Wednesday, March 17, 2021, convicted five…
3 internet fraudsters jailed in Enugu
Justice I.N Buba of the Federal High Court, Enugu, on Monday, March 15, 2021, convicted and sentenced two internet fraudsters,…
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Fact Check: Was Bawa wrong in asking bankers make asset declaration?
Abdulrasheed Bawa, chairman of the EFCC gave bankers a warning shot about his agenda, compelling asset declaration in tune with…
Ibadan scammer Hammed who calls himself white woman Jessica Mercy
Nigerian scammers can go to any length to assume false identity online, like Ajibola Hammed, based in Ibadan, Oyo state.
68 year-old Oluwadare James sent to Oyo prison over N25m fraud
A 68 year-old man, Ezekiel Oluwadare James will spend the next one week at the Nigerian Correctional Facility, Abolongo, Oyo.