Tag: efcc
Operation Rewired: EFCC officers get FBI certificates
No fewer than 44 officers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have been awarded with certificates of recognition…
EFCC releases list of five suspects over N1.8m Visa fraud
The Abuja Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday arraigned five suspected visa fraudsters before…
$1.2b Malabu Oil fraud: Court slams N50m bail on Adoke
An Abuja High Court in Gwagwalada on Thursday granted N50 million bail to embattled former Attorney General of the Federation…
Money laundering: How Bauchi Gov’s son opened accounts with Standard Chartered Bank
The fifth prosecution witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Idoko Akor Idoko, on Wednesday told the court…
EFCC arraigns NOUN undergraduate for Internet fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office, on Wednesday prosecuted one Ebenezer Tobiloba Okunlola on a three-count…
More troubles for Abueleven’s CEO as EFCC presents more evidence
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has presented another witness and more evidence before Justice Mallong Peter of the…
EFCC arrests 10 internet fraudsters in raid of Lagos Westwood Estate
In their latest crackdown on Nigeria's cybercriminals, operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, today…
JUST IN: Mother, son wanted by FBI, jailed for internet scam in Lagos
An internet scammer Damilola Ahmed Adeyeri and his mother, Alaba Kareem Adeyeri, have been convicted on a four-count charge of…
Shehu Sani arraigned, granted N10m bail
Embattled former Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani was on Monday arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,…
Imo rerun: EFCC invades election venue, quizzes PDP candidate
Officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Saturday invaded booth 003 Umucaram Amaraku in Isiala Mbano council…
Siblings buy multi-million naira building, cars, properties faking as EFCC agents
The Ibadan Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned two siblings, Olatunji Beyioku and Oluwayomi…
Undergraduate jailed 13 years in Ondo
A final year student of Business Administration in a private university located in Ondo State, Fisayo Adetoro, was on Thursday…
How Babachir Lawal awarded contracts to his companies: Witness
Aminu Ahmed, a principal procurement officer in the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation has told…
EFCC roasts TI over Nigeria’s corruption ranking
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has vehemently condemned in strong terms, the 2019 Corruption Perception Index, CPI recently…
End of the road: Fugitive oil thief bags 10 years Jail
An oil thief, Abednego Ogede, who was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and convicted in absentia…
EFCC arraigns Ogunlewe, other for money laundering
The Economics and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday arraigned one Akinola Ogunlewe alongside Babajide Soyode, before Justice A.R. Mohammed…
Adoke’s arraignment stalled over confusion from EFCC
The arraignment of former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke was on Wednesday, stalled at the FCT High Court…
Why AGF, EFCC, ICPC must fast-track prosecution of power sector corruption cases – SERAP
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr Abubakar…
EFCC vows to be ruthless on corrupt Nigerians
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has sent a threat to fraudsters in Nigeria, stressing that it would be…
Fashola sent to prison over alleged N20m fraud
A Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja has ordered the remand of a lawyer, Lere Fashola, in the custody…
How JAMB revenue officer, boss stole N36.5m – EFCC witness
An EFCC witness, Stanley Ani, on Tuesday told an FCT High Court, N36.5 million was not remitted to the Joint…
Saraki battles to reclaim properties from EFCC in court
Former Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, in an application filed before a Federal High Court in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, is…
Malabu scandal: Adoke, others go on trial today
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is expected to arraign a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of…
Assembly Clerk in detention over N220m fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is investigating Mr. Torese Agena, Clerk of the Benue State House of Assembly…
Massive crackdown: EFCC raids Ibadan club, arrests 89 ‘Yahoo-Boys’
The Ibadan zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested 89 suspected internet fraudsters at the…
Busted: EFCC seizes N45m fake notes, arrests syndicate
Operatives of the Abuja Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC have arrested Badamasi Sule and Muhammad…
Fans react as Lasisi Elenu mimics yahoo boys
Oap, actor and comic actor Lasisi Elenu, popular for his funny skits on Instagram, shared a video of how yahoo…
Wages of corruption: NDDC staff jailed 7 years
Justice A.T Mohammed of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, on Friday sentenced Tarila Ebizimor to seven years imprisonment for…
EFCC wins institution of the Decade award
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, was on Friday January 17, 2020, announced as the winner of THISDAY Newspaper's…
Abuja property developer remanded for arriving court late
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), High Court, Jabi, Abuja has revoked the bail he granted Maitama, Abuja property developer, Joseph…