Tag: Financial Crimes
Nigeria Police flaunts achievements in fight against financial, cybercrimes
The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi who revealed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja said the…
Damning report: 70% of financial crimes in Nigeria traceable to banking sector – EFCC boss
The EFCC boss also called on Audit Executives in banks across the country to be more vigilant and assertive in…
Ohakim denies arrest by EFCC
A former Governor of Nigeria’s Imo state, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, has denied being arrested or detained by the Economic and…
Pastor Faces Trial Over Visa Scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, 12 November, 2012, arraigned Pastor Henry Uhunmwagho, 33, before Justice P.I.…
In Sympathy With Ribadu
By Chido Onumah I sympathize with Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, ex-Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and more…
Forgotten Cases Of Looting
High profile corruption cases filed over five years ago are still at plea stages, even as the accused persons have…
How Judges Weaken Anti-Corruption Laws
By Ojelimafe Anthony On 4 October, 2012, Justice Abubakar Umar of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT,…
EFCC Arrests Fraudster Over Admission Scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday 24th September, 2012, arrested Mr. Adebisi Adeniyi James, 32, for fraudulently…
Unfair Trial Of Corruption Cases
By Ojelimafe Anthony Adamu Abubakar who was arrested on 19 March, 2012, at Darazo market in Bauchi State, Nigeria, while…
Expose Corrupt Judges
News of the investigation of five judges, including two state chief judges, of corruption by the Economic and Financial Crimes…
Weak EFCC And Endemic Corruption
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, seems to have lost steam and revelations by an insider that there is…
SUBSIDY FRAUD TRIAL: Lawyers Slam Adoke, EFCC
The sudden withdrawal of the criminal charges filed against two oil companies and their directors by the Economic and Financial…
SUBSIDY FRAUD: FG Drops Charges Against 2 Oil Marketers
The criminal charge filed against two oil marketers, Integrated Resources Limited, Pinacle Oil and Gas and two of their directors,…
MONEY LAUNDERING: Ikuforiji Knows Fate Thursday
By Akin Kuponiyi A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, southwest Nigeria will tomorrow decide whether the 20-count criminal charge…
EFCC Withdraws Fraud Charge Against Abiola’s Son
By Henry Ojelu A Lagos State High Court in Ikeja Monday discharged and acquitted Deji Abiola, son of the late…
Bank Manager Docked Over N42m Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned Mr. Michael Adewole, Branch Manager of Oceanic International Bank Plc, now…
N60B Bank Fraud: Group Seeks Trial of Kogi PDP Stalwart
A civil society group, Forum for Zero Tolerance to Financial Crimes, on Wednesday in Abuja called on the Chairman of…
Don’t Scrap Or Merge EFCC —Shettima
The Governor of Borno State, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, has joined other well-meaning Nigerians in calling for the strengthening of the…
You Have A Case To Answer —Court Tells Akingbola
A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja Wednesday ruled that the embattled former Managing Director of defunct Intercontinental Bank, Erastus…
ESTACODE SCAM: Hembe, Ifeanyi Move To Abort Trial
An Abuja High Court on Monday, adjourned till 2 July to deliver ruling on two separate applications filed by the…
Criminal Cases For Speedy Trial, CJN Promises As He Swears In 12 Judges
Proceedings in criminal cases file by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC,…
Facts, Lies Of American Hospital Project
New facts emerge on the brewing crisis over the proposed American Hospital project in Abuja, as allegations of forgery fly…
Navy Hands Over Seized Vessel To EFCC
The Nigerian Navy in Lagos has handed over to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) the vessel, MT Takoradi,…
EFCC arraigns bizman Wilson Opuwei over alleged $550,000 fraud
A 40-year old businessman, Wilson Opuwei, was on Tuesday arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for allegedly…
Lawyer Arraigned Over N36m Theft
A legal practitioner, Mr. Odi Okereke Ajike has been arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission , EFCC, before…
Anti-Graft War: EFCC, NEITI Forge Closer Ties
In a quest to strengthen the war against corrupt practices and ensure greater transparency and accountability in the oil, gas…
EFCC Takes Over Illegal Oil Bunkering Vessel
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday took possession of a suspected illegal oil bunkering vessel from the…
Bribery: Trial Of Reps Stalled
The arraignment of the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the dissolved House of Representatives Committee on Capital Markets and Institutions,…
JAMB Seeks EFCC’s Assistance To Curb Exam Malpractices
The Registrar and Chief Executive, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Prof. ’Dibu Ojerinde, on Wednesday, called on the Economic…
EFCC Arraigns Congolese Over Currency Trafficking
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned a 42- year old Congolese, Seleto Papy before a Federal High…