Tag: efcc
No escape for corrupt governors, EFCC vows to go for them after May 29
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has vowed that there will be no escape for corrupt governors as the…
EFCC, NHRC pledge better relationship in protection of human rights
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, have pledged to further strengthen their…
Lawyers demand Ubani’s release from EFCC custody
A group of concerned lawyers, under the aegis of Concern Friends and Associates of Monday Ubani, has called on the…
EFCC arrests 11 ‘Yahoo Boys’ in Ibadan
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office, on Wednesday arrested 11 suspected internet fraudsters, popularly known as…
Ubani collapses in EFCC custody, rushed to hospital
Formerly 2nd Vice-President of Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Monday Ubani was on Tuesday rushed to an undisclosed hospital in Abuja…
NCC resumes ”Do Not Disturb” directive
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says it has resumed the direction to Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) on Do-Not-Disturb (DND), after…
EFCC Academy to begin award of degree certificates soon — Spokesman
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says its academy in Karu, Abuja will soon be certified as the first…
Man in EFCC’s net over N343.8m phony investment scam
By Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan A 40-year old man, Ayodele Saheed Olaniyi, is currently cooling his heels in the custody of the…
EFCC nabs man for alleged N343m investment scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan Zonal Office, has arrested one Ayodele Olaniyi for allegedly defrauding unsuspecting investors…
Court sentenced ‘Yahoo boy’ to 1 month in prison for attempting to cheat
Justice Yusuf Halilu of an FCT High Court Maitama on Tuesday sentenced, Emmanuel Idemudia, an internet scammer, known as“yahoo–yahoo boy”,…
EFCC raids ‘Yahoo Boys’ hideout, recovers 5 exotic cars, laptops, others
Six suspected internet fraudsters were arrested in Ibadan on Tuesday, when operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,…
Suspected Visa racketeer in EFCC net, arraigned
A suspected visas racketeer, Yomi Samson, alias Becky Wellington, was on Monday, arraigned before Justice Joyce Abdumalik of the Federal…
Raid on Onnoghen’s farm: Our story – EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has explained its own side of the story after it was alleged that…
Onnoghen: EFCC raids farm, seizes documents
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been reported to have stormed on Saturday a farm in Nasarawa State,…
EFCC arraigns four internet fraud suspects in Ibadan
The Ibadan Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, arraigned four suspected internet fraudsters before…
EFCC arrests 24 suspects for internet fraud ,1 for vote buying
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Ilorin has arrested 24 suspects for internet fraud and one other for…
EFCC arraigns man for stealing
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office on Monday arraigned one Ibraheem Adeyemi before Justice Ladiran Akintola…
Nation building: Ribadu seeks more youth involvement
Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, a former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has advocated for more youths involvement…
Photo News: See bags of money meant for vote buying intercepted by EFCC
At North Bank Area, Makurdi, Benue State, EFCC operatives intercept bags of cash meant for vote-buying. In an attempt to…
EFCC storms Tinubu’s Polling Unit
Officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Saturday stormed the Polling Unit of the National Leader of…
Presidential poll: EFCC arrests 6 Kwara Commissioners for withdrawing N1bn
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested six Commissioners in the Kwara State Government for allegedly withdrawing N1…
EFCC arrests Okorocha’s AG for laundering N1.05bn to buy votes for son-in-law
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arrested the Accountant-General of Imo State, Uzoho Casmir, for allegedly helping Imo…
Fraud: Judge refuses to step down in Oyo PDP chieftains’ trial
Justice Muslim Hassan of a Federal High Court in Lagos, on Wednesday, refused to step down in an ongoing trial…
EFCC arrests impersonator of Hammed Ali, Customs’ boss
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested one Azeez Afolayan, for impersonating the Comptroller-General, Nigeria Customs Service, Retired…
EFCC releases Turaki, Atiku’s son-in-law
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Tanimu Turaki, has been released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission…
EFCC arrests Farounbi, former Ikeja NBA chairman
There was mild drama in Ikeja on Monday as operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrested Mr…
Why we arrested Atiku’s son-in-law – EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it had begun investigation of alleged money-laundering by the Finance Director of…
N1.4bn fraud: EFCC re-arraigns NBA President
The EFCC on Friday re-arraigned the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Paul Usoro, in a Federal High Court…
Polls: Beware! fake dollars in circulation, EFCC warns Nigerians
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has raised the alarm over the circulation of fake dollar notes ahead of…
EFCC vows to appeal court judgement on Maina
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it will appeal Tuesday’s judgement of a Federal High Court, sitting in…