Tag: efcc
N714.6m fraud: EFCC presents two more witnesses against Turaki
Two witnesses of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Tuesday, January 26, 2021, testified in the ongoing trial…
EFCC identifies 30 Yahoo Yahoo suspects arrested in Lagos, Port Harcourt
Twenty-two people, also known as Yahoo Yahoo boys have been arrested in Sangotedo area of Lagos by the Lagos Zone…
Court throws out bribery charges against ex-Justice Mohammed Yunusa
An Ikeja Special Offenses Court has dismissed the corruption charges brought against Justice Mohammed Yunusa, a judge of the Federal…
Bayelsa lawyer George Turnah docked again over N2.9b fraud
Bayelsa Lawyer George Turnah, the Special Adviser to Dan Abia, the former managing director of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC,…
2 students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University docked for cybercrimes
Two students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, have been arraigned on separate one count charge of cybercrimes before Justice N.I…
Fraudster bags one year jail term in Uyo
A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River state has sentenced one Abasifreke Israel Eton to twelve months imprisonment…
Mama Boko Haram docked again for fraud
Aisha Alkali Wakil popularly known as ‘Mama Boko Haram’ has been docked again in Maiduguri on a fresh three count…
“There is no ongoing recruitment”: EFCC raises alarm
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Saturday alerted the public about fake EFCC Recruitment Form 2021 circulating on…
FUTO student Uwachukwu a.k.a Rodrigo charged with internet fraud
Michael Uwachukwu a.k.a Rodrigo, a student of Federal University of Technology, Owerri, has been docked by the EFCC in Port…
10 internet fraud suspects arrested in Lagos
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Office, have arrested 10 persons for their alleged involvement…
Kyari convicted for stealing by Maiduguri court
Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri has convicted one Mustapha Kyari on one count charge of…
EFCC nails 865 cases out of 1,305
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission , EFCC, nailed 865 of the 1,305 cases it took to court in 2020.
Chima Iweregbu FBI wanted romance scammer jailed
International romance scammer, Daniel Chima Iweregbu has been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment after he pleaded guilty in Lagos.
EFCC lists 32 internet fraudsters nabbed in Lekki Lagos in two raids
Thirty-two internet fraud suspects were arrested Monday by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, in two separate operations…
How Atiku moved $30m into Nigeria for 2019 election: Court papers
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar moved $30 million, about N13.5 billion into Nigeria in 2019 to prosecute his failed bid to…
Interpol honours EFCC with excellence award
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has received an award from Interpol's National Central Bureau, NCB, for its contributions…
N24m fraud: Two Lawyers jailed in Lagos
The Lagos Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentencing of two…
Sokoto SDG receives hospital equipment recovered by EFCC
The Sokoto Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, December 17, 2020, handed over 2011…
Undergraduate student nabbed over N850,000 investment scam
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Port Harcourt Zonal Office, have arrested an undergraduate, Nnamdi Henry Chimezulem…
Lawyer Obasa, four others charged with fraud in Ibadan
EFCC, on Wednesday arraigned an Ibadan based lawyer, Adesile Obasa, and four others on an 11-count charge of conspiracy, forgery,…
EFCC doesn’t have scam alert desk: Spokesman Uwujaren
EFCC has reacted to a misinformation trending on the social media of a Scam Alert which purportedly emanated from EFCC…
Alleged N3.3m fraud: 3 Sokoto medical workers jailed
Justice Bello Duwale of the Sokoto State High Court, sitting in Sokoto on 11 December 2020, convicted and sentenced three…
Off the hook: Court acquits ex-Minister Aminu Wali
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano on Friday discharged and acquitted a former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alhaji Aminu…
Offa Poly student Juwon sent to jail for fraud
A Kwara state High Court, sitting in Ilorin, on Thursday sentenced Oladipo Juwon, a 23-year-old HND 1 Student of Federal…
EFCC arraigns 2 lawyers for allegedly rigging NBA election
Akin Kuponiyi Two lawyers, Sarah Ajibola and John Demide, alleged to have rigged the August 2018 Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)…
Court adjourns Nadabo Energy Boss trial
Justice C.A. Balogun of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, on Wednesday, adjourned the trial of Nadabo Energy…
Alleged N2bn fraud: I have no case to answer – Maina
Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman, Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), on Wednesday, told the Federal High Court, Abuja, that he had…
Vote-buying: EFCC invites ex Bauchi HoS
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has invited Mr Abdon Gin, former Head of Service in Bauchi state to…
Oyo-Ita, others rattle EFCC in court
Former Head of Service of the Federation, Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita, on Tuesday, rattled the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),…
Ex-DG Bauchi Geographic Information Service arraigned for Land Fraud
The Gombe Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, November 30, 2020, arraigned the immediate…