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Orji Kalu opens defence in N7.6bn fraud case
A former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, on Monday opened his defence in an alleged N7.6 billion fraud…
Man arrested for hacking 100 Facebook accounts
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Port Harcourt's Zonal Office have arrested a notorious Facebook accounts hacker,…
EFCC docks man for serial frauds
The Abuja Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned one Charles Ufuoma Onodavberoh before Justice…
Immigration officer, 14 others arrested for passport racketeering
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal office, has arrested a Nigeria Immigration Service officer, Mr Adebimpe Kehinde,…
Court convicts businessman, company for N30m fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Maiduguri Zonal Office on Thursday secured the conviction of Usman Ibrahim Idris alongside…
EFCC goes after ex-Kwara State officials, seizes passports over N22b Paris Cash
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC discloses that the commission has seized the passports of 34 top officials who…
EFCC submits Watch List of Individuals in Kwara to Immigration
The Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, July 17, 2019 submitted the particulars…
EFCC hands over seized building to VON
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday handed over a property located at Plot 1386, Uda Crescent, off…
Court jails four Yahoo Boys in Kaduna
The Kaduna Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday secured the conviction of four suspected…
EFCC disowns Twitter account in Magu’s name
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has discovered a fake Twitter account in the name of its Chairman, Mr.…
10 Internet Fraudsters jailed in Lagos
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentencing of 10 internet fraudsters in Lagos.
Africa’s stolen assets in Western world worth $50bn – EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, on Thursday disclosed that stolen assets of African continent in Western world worth…
EFCC nabs Ibadan fake herbalist, recovers exotic cars, buildings
An Ibadan based fake native doctor, Fatai Olalere Aliu, has been apprehended by the officials of the Economic and Financial…
Nasarawa Court sentences 5 ‘Yahoo boys’ to prison
Justice Simon Aboki of the Nasarawa State High court, sitting in Lafia, has sentenced five internet fraudsters better known as Yahoo…
EFCC docks Civil Engineer for Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ilorin Zonal Office on Tuesday arraigned a Civil Engineer, Hammed Lanre before a…
Internet Fraudster Bags Jail Term in Kaduna
The Kaduna Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of one Emuze Omosigho…
I will do my work with utmost integrity – Kyari
The new Group Managing Director (GMD), Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Malam Mele Kyari says the corporation will partner with…
Diezani stripped of $40m jewellery, gold-plated iPhone
Former oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke's jewellery and a customised golden iPhone have been temporarily forfeited to the Federal Government of…
Bureau de Change operator jailed over N17m fraud
A Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, sitting in Jabi, Thursday convicted Auwal Abdulrahman, a Bureau de Change operator and…
N21b fraud: Ex-Air Force chief Amosu, 2 others seek settlement with EFCC
Former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu and two others, who are facing prosecution by Economic and Financial…
EFCC asks court not to set aside arrest warrant on Adoke, Etete
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday asked Justice Danlami Senchi of the High Court of the Federal…
I’m innocent, I’m not in any media war with EFCC – Saraki
Nigeria's former Senate President, Bukola Saraki says he is innocent and that he is not engaging in media war with…
No Reprieve: Patience Jonathan finally loses N12 billion loot to Nigerian treasury
The Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday ordered the permanent seizure by the Nigerian government of $8.4 million and…
EFCC to Saraki: Campaign against Magu can’t stop your prosecution
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Sunday said no amount of media campaign against its Chairman, Mr Ibrahim…
Magu begged me for confirmation – Saraki
The immediate past President of Nigerian House of Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki has said the acting Chairman of the Economic…
Okupe gets medical leave from trial, case resumes Oct.
The trial of Dr. Doyin Okupe, a former Senior Special Assistant on Media to former president Goodluck Jonathan, has been…
EFCC gets final forfeiture order on N49m
Justice S.M. Shuaibu of the Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna, on Friday ordered the final forfeiture of the sum…
EFCC closes case in N702m fraud suit against Okupe
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Wednesday closed its case in a 59-count charge, bordering on money laundering,…
EFCC arraigns suspected fraudster over $12,000 romance scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Port Harcourt's Zonal Office has arraigned Aretuemhen Frank (a.k.a Williams Rodgers) before Justice…
Religion, key to winning fight against corruption – Magu
Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ibrahim Magu, has identified religion as key in the fight against…