Tag: efcc
Bumper harvest: EFCC, FBI recover $169,850; N92m
The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has disclosed that the collaborative operations between…
Whistleblower in trouble for giving false information to EFCC
A whistleblower, Umoh Edem, on Tuesday appeared in an Ikeja High Court, for allegedly giving false N700 million pension and…
Court orders permanent forfeiture of Diezani’s $40m jewellery, customised iPhone
The former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke has lost the bid to retrieve her jewellery and a customised…
EFCC postpones auction of seized trucks in Port Harcourt
The Economic and Financial crimes Commission, EFCC, has announced that the auctioning of forfeited Trucks/Vehicles and Petroleum Products earlier scheduled…
Benue : EFCC arrests 48 suspects for various offences
The Makurdi Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) between January and August 2019 arrested about 48…
Photo: EFCC releases names of 58 suspected oil thieves
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Port Harcourt’s Zonal Office, has commenced investigation of 58 suspected oil thieves; four…
Jide Oni Yahoo Yahoo Professor not from OAU: Spokesman
Charles Jide-Oni, who was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for fraud, is not a professor at the…
EFCC smashes Kano Ponzi scheme offering 50% return on investment
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested two persons alleged to be running a Ponzi Scheme in Kano…
EFCC arrests another FBI-wanted cybercrime suspect in Kaduna
The Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, Sokoto Zonal Office has arrested another FBI-wanted internet fraudster identified as Emmanuel Adedeji…
60 year-old ‘Professor’ Jide Oni charged with fraud
A sixty-year-old man, Charles Jide-Oni, who claimed to be a professor and lecturer at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife,…
EFCC secures interim forfeiture of Okorocha’s assets
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission announced today that it has secured an interim forfeiture order over some assets owned…
Ekiti University undergrad Ojo Ayomide jailed for internet fraud
An undergraduate of Ekiti State University Ojo Olanrewaju Ayomide has been convicted for internet fraud and sentenced to three months…
EFCC nabs 6 Facebook scammers targeting US women
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Uyo Zonal Office revealed faces of six suspected internet fraudsters, who specialized in…
2 cyberfraud suspects on FBI list of 77 in EFCC net
The Abuja Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it has arrested two of the 77…
CBN, Greatest ally but there are challenges – EFCC boss Magu
The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has described the Central Bank of Nigeria,…
EFCC debunks apology to lawyer in N20m scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has no reason to apologize to one Sulyman Abaya, a lawyer being investigated in…
EFCC arrests Darlington, recovers ‘documents, pornographic videos’
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, has arrested one Darlington John Irmahia, for alleged internet fraud.
Galaxy boss in fresh N95.5m scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arraigned Babagana Abba Dalori and his Company, Galaxy Transportation and Construction Services,…
EFCC arrests female fraudster worth N656m, 133 other Yahoo Yahoo boys
The Benin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it arrested no fewer than 133 internet…
How EFCC arrested female fraudster on FBI list, 133 others
The Edo State Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), said it has arrested a suspected female…
EFCC recovers $690,400, N550m from fraudsters
The Kano Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has recovered the sum of $690,400 and 550,692,362…
Diezani’s $40m jewellery: Court rules on final forfeiture next week
Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on Monday, September 2, adjourned till September 10…
I’ll not interfere with EFCC operations – President Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged not to interfere with the operations of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as…
EFCC smashes N2b Ponzi scheme in Port Harcourt, owner on the run
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Port Harcourt’s Zonal Office have arrested 19 staff of a fake…
Who do ‘Magu boys’ work for? EFCC or an Emperor?
A scathing detraction to professionalism in Nigeria is the customisation of public offices. Institutions are built around personalities rather than…
EFCC arrests 12 apprentice Yahoo Yahoo boys
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested 12 suspected Internet fraudsters in Lagos, probably still learning the ropes as…
EFCC arrests FBI-wanted internet fraudster
The Acting Chairman of the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ibrahim Magu said Oyediran Joseph, one the most wanted…
N1.6bn fraud: EFCC appeals acquittal of Jonathan’s aide
Economic and Financial Crime Commission EFCC has made good its threat to appeal the judgement delivered by a Federal High…
Busted: EFCC arrests another 20 ‘Yahoo Boys’ in Imo
Officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested another 20 suspected internet fraudsters, popularly known as 'Yahoo…
Kalu’s N7.2bn fraud allegation: Why EFCC is after me – Ex-director
A former Director of Finance in the Abia State Government House, Mr. Jones Udeogu, on Thursday told a Federal High…