Tag: efcc
First video-link testimony in Nigerian court to be or not? Decision today
A Federal High Court in Abuja will rule today on an application by the EFCC to allow a principal witness…
Offa Poly teacher Abdulwasiu remanded in jail for employment scam
Mustapha Ilyas Abdulwasiu, an accounting lecturer with the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara State has been remanded in Mandala Correctional Centre…
Kaduna councillor Madami arrested by EFCC
A councillor representing Kakuri Hausa Ward in Kaduna South Local Government of Kaduna State, Theophilus Madami has been arrested by…
Mompha Latest: EFCC arrests ‘voodoo-loving’ Lebanese accomplice
A suspected Lebanese accomplice of Ismaila Mustapha, a.k.a Mompha, the suspected 'Yahoo Yahoo big boy', has been arrested in Lagos…
Maitama Property messy deal lands developer in trouble
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC at the weekend arraigned one Joseph Idakho alongside his company, Zamtrac Management and…
End of road for five daring scammers using EFCC boss Magu’s name
Four members of a daring syndicate of internet ‘fraudsters’ have been arrested after they defrauded a 60 year-old American lady…
EFCC smashes 419 gang that scammed Maths professor
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has cracked down on a gang of fraudsters who specialise in exploiting personal…
Nigeria’s cyber fraudsters use ‘juju’ charms on victims, 3 jailed in Abeokuta
Juju charms are now part of the tools cybercriminals now use to target their preys as the operatives of the…
N702m Fraud: Court rules on Okupe’s no case submission Dec. 12
Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed December 12, 2019 to rule on an application, by…
Maurice Iwu re-arraigned over N1.23bn fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday re-arraigned a former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC,…
Fayose’s N1.2bn was transported with 2 aircraft – Banker
A former head of Zenith Bank branch in Akure, Ondo State, Sunday Alade, told the Federal High Court in Lagos…
EFCC amends internet fraud charge against Chinonso Okoroji
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has re-arraigned Okoroji Chinonso Stanley on an amended charge before Justice Giwa Ogunbanjo…
Anti-corruption war: NASS will support EFCC, ICPC – Lawan
President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday that the National Assembly would provide the necessary support to anti-graft…
NASS will support EFCC, ICPC in fight against corruption – Lawan
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, said on Tuesday that the National Assembly will provide the necessary support to the…
Nigerians react to arrest of Mompha suspected ‘Yahoo Yahoo Big Boy’
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has confirmed the arrest of Nigerian rich boy based in Dubai Ismaila Mustapha,…
EFCC arrests Mompha suspected ‘Yahoo Yahoo Big Boy’
The EFCC has announced the arrest of a popular Social Media celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha a.k.a Mompha for an alleged involvement…
Busted: Four Abuja internet scammers taken into EFCC custody
The Cyber Crime Section of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abuja Zonal office, have arrested four suspected internet…
EFCC jails Prince Ekhator busted over $500K internet heist
Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja on October 21, 2019, sentenced and convicted one Ekhator Prince (a.k.a…
EFCC misled judge in ordering forfeiture of my Ikoyi houses – Saraki
The immediate past Senate President, Bukola Saraki says the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, misled Justice Mohammed Liman of…
Court orders forfeiture of Saraki’s 2 Ikoyi Properties
A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on Monday ordered the temporary forfeiture of two properties located in Ikoyi…
Wicked souls: EFCC catches 26 tainting palm oil with chemical
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) Gombe Zonal office has handed over 26 suspects arrested for production and sale…
N108m SMEDAN Fraud: EFCC Presents 4th witness against Masari
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has presented a fourth Prosecution Witness (PW4) in the ongoing trial of the…
EFCC docks ECOWAS staff Dangana over N587m fraud
A staff of the Economic Community of West African States, Muhammad Dangana was charged Friday with criminal diversion of funds,…
EFCC harvests nine suspects, with lady in fresh ‘Yahoo Yahoo’ raid in Enugu
Nine suspected cyber fraudsters, along with a woman, were arrested afresh in Enugu on Friday by operatives of the Economic…
Two sent to prison in Rivers for illegal dealings in oil
A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has sentenced Michael Adamu to two years imprisonment for dealing…
MAPOLY student Ogunremi jailed
A Higher National Diploma (HND) Mechanical Engineering student of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), Ojere in Ogun State, Olalekan Oladapo…
Man who stole N.8m from ATM arrested by EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Makurdi zonal office, on Tuesday arraigned one Akintunde Ogunrinde (a.k.a Kekere) on a…
Three in prison for impersonating EFCC, ICPC officials
A State High Court in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, presided over by Justice Archibong Archibong on Tuesday remanded the trio…
$2m money laundering: EFCC re-arraigns Atiku’s lawyer
The Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday re-arraigned Uyiekpen Giwa-Osagie, lawyer to the presidential candidate of the Peoples…
EFCC releases list of three arrested job scammers
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Kano Zonal Office, have arrested three persons suspected of perpetrating an…