Tag: efcc
EFCC arrests Kind Thankgod, one other for romance scam
Two suspected Internet fraudsters, Ochuko Okikifo, 24, and Kind ThankGod, 34, were on Wednesday August 28, 2019 arrested in Sapele,…
Ex-Jonathan’s aide, Dudafa acquitted of N1.6bn laundering charge
The aide of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Waparimo-Owei Dudafa and a staff of Heritage Bank, Iwejuo Joseph charged for laundering…
EFCC arrests 4 over Obasanjo’s $16b power projects
Two top officials of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC), the company which supervised execution of the $16 billion…
Busted: EFCC arrests three lawyers over N20m fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ilorin Zonal Office, has arrested three legal practitioners for allegedly defrauding a Pastor,…
N223m found in bank account of Ekiti internet fraud kingpin
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said it has traced N223million in illicit transactions in the bank account of the…
Outrage over Assembly, EFCC’s probe of Ambode
The ongoing probe of the immediate past Governor of Lagos, Akinwunmi Ambode by the Lagos State House of Assembly and…
EFCC, FBI recover $314,000, N373m from internet fraudsters
The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has disclosed that the collaboration between the…
Count me out of N7.2bn fraud allegation – Orji Kalu
Former Governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, has denied allegations that he stole N7.2 billion while at the…
EFCC quizzes Navy Commander over fraud
The Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC), on Monday, arrested the Executive Director of…
EFCC opens up on role of Abba Kyari in Oyo-Ita’s investigation
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, says Chief of Staff to the President, Alhaji Abba Kyari did not influence…
Busted: 33 suspected internet fraudsters arrested in Imo hideout
In continuation of its war against Yahoo Yahoo Boys and internet scams, the Economic and Financial Crimes arrested 33 suspected…
Atiku confirms N50m paid to Obasanjo Library, says it’s donation
Former vice-president Atiku Abubakar has confirmed that some money was indeed given to the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, a transaction…
EFCC traces Atiku’s laundered money to Obasanjo Library
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has extended to Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, its investigation of the laundered 150…
N150m Bursary Fraud: EFCC grills Kwara Board Chairperson, 5 others
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ilorin Zonal Office has begun investigations into allegation of N150 million bursary fraud…
CACOL faults EFCC’s raid on Ambode’s residence
The Executive Chairman, Centre for Anti-corruption and Open Leadership (CACOL), Mr. Debo Adeniran, has faulted the action of the Economic…
Dasukigate: Oshodin gets N250m bail
Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday granted bail to Mrs. Isabella Mimie Oshodin who…
EFCC arrests cyber criminal, two others in Benin
A suspect of cyber fraud, Oseghale Collins, was on Tuesday arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,…
My house was not raided by EFCC- Ambode’s ex-Chief of Staff
The immediate past Chief of Staff to the former Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Samuel Olukunle Ojo, has debunked reports…
Video: Hoodlums chase EFCC out of Ambode’s residence in Epe
Hoodlums have chased out officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, out of the residence of the immediate…
N9.9bn probe: No cause for alarm over EFCC’s search of my houses – Ambode
Former governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Tuesday urged his supporters and the general public to remain calm and…
We did not raid Ambode’s Residence – EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has denied raiding the residence of the immediate past Governor of Lagos State,…
N9.9bn fraud: EFCC raids Ambode’s house
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have raided the residence of the immediate past Governor of Lagos…
Isabella Oshodin charged with N22.9b money laundering, in fresh Dasukigate case
Dasukigate is back in the news as Mrs. Isabella Oshodin and Bob Oshodin Organisation Ltd were charged on Monday with…
Maurice Iwu leaves prison after meeting N1bn bail condition
Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Maurice Iwu has been released from Ikoyi Prison where he…
Let Obasanjo face the music
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has welcomed “the reported probe by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of…
Nine oil thieves sent to jail in Rivers
Justice A.T. Mohammed of the Federal High Court, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has convicted and sentenced nine oil thieves…
N9.9bn scam: EFCC storms Lagos Treasury Office
As the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, intensified probe into the N9.9bn fraud rocking the administration of former Governor…
Fate that befell 6 ‘Yahoo Boys’ will teach you a lesson
For six Yahoo Boys in Abuja, Friday, 10 August, 2019 will ever linger in their memory. That was the day…
JUST IN: EFCC docks Atiku’s lawyer Giwa-Osagie for money laundering
Uyiekpen Giwa-Osagie, lawyer to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has been charged with money laundering by the Economic and Financial…
Court grants Maurice Iwu N1bn bail
The Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, on Friday granted former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission,…