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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…
Probe Kwara govt. over N1bn curious loan, group tells EFCC
A group, Kwara Coalition for Good Governance and Accountability (Kwara-CGGA), has called for the probe of Kwara State Government for…
Eight suspects in EFCC net over online fraud
Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested eight suspected internet fraudsters…
Elections: Magu decries illicit financial flows, vote-buying
Mr Ibrahim Magu, acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has decried the increasing wave of illicit…
Court orders arrest of ex-DG NIA, Oke, wife
The Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday ordered the arrest of former National Intelligence Agency (NIA) Director-General, Ayo Oke…
Whistle Blowing: EFCC recovers N527bn, $53m, £123 – Magu
Mr Ibrahim Magu, Acting Executive Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says the commission recovered over N527 billion, 53…
N13bn Ikoyi tower: EFCC moves for bench warrant against ex-NIA boss, Oke and wife
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), is making moves to secure a bench warrant against the sacked Director General…
EFCC secures 40 convictions In January
Mr Tony Orilade, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) spokesman, says the commission recorded 40 convictions in January.
Why EFCC failed to arraign ex-NIA DG, Oke, wife
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday failed to arraign the sacked Director General of the National Intelligence…
EFCC files 10-count charges against ex-SGF, Babachir Lawal
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday filed fraud charges against former Secretary to the Government of the…
Oil theft: Navy hands over 19 suspects EFCC
The Nigerian Navy has handed over 19 suspects and two fiber boats laden with petroleum products to the Economic and…
$2.2m fraud: EFCC recalls witness in trial of ex-NHIS boss
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday recalled its first witness before a Federal High Court, Lagos, in…
You can’t arrest Fani-Kayode, Odumakin, court restrains EFCC, DSS, Police
An Abuja Federal High Court, has restrained the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), the Department of State Services (DSS)…
$217.7bn illegally taken out of Nigeria in 38 years – Magu
Nigeria has recorded illicit financial outflows of $217.7bn in 38 years, specifically between 1970 and 2008, the Economic and Financial…
Fani-Kayode, Odumakin drags EFCC, Police to court over planned arrest
Nigeria's former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode; and Yinka Odumakin, have sued the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and…
EFCC arrests man at Kano airport for failing to declare $207,000
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested one Sani Abdullahi, at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, over…
Court backs EFCC on seized $2.8m
A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has refused to vacate the interim forfeiture order granted on December 28, 2018…
Money laundering: EFCC Intercepts $2.8m at Enugu Airport
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Enugu Zonal Office, has intercepted 2.8 million dollars from two persons suspected to…
EFCC parades 10 suspected internet fraudsters in Rivers
The South-South Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) in Port Harcourt on Thursday paraded 10 persons…
N1.4bn fraud: CACOL urges EFCC to conclude Usoro’s trial
The Centre for Anti-Corruption n and Open Leadership (CACOL) has urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) not to…
Doyin Okupe to be arraigned by EFCC as he fails to return N120m
Former Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs under Goodluck Jonathan administration, Dr Doyin Okupe is to be…