EFCC
15 May 2023
EFCC has called for close partnership with the media in efforts being made to check corruption, especially money laundering.
12 May 2023
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has warned financial institutions and compliance officers to be diligent and avoid being complicit in financial practices.
12 May 2023
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has charged youths in Nigeria to embrace hard work and shun deceitful means of quick and instant wealth. Bawa said this during a sensitization lecture on the role of youths in curbing economic and financial crimes in the country at the National Youth…
12 May 2023
A Federal Capital Territory High Court has convicted eight internet fraudsters for impersonation. The fraudsters were apprehended and arraigned in court by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) operatives from the Abuja Zonal Command. EFCC said in a statement on Friday that the convicts were arraigned before Justices Chinyere Nwecheonu, A.A. Akobi, A.I. Kutigi, and…
12 May 2023
A suspected Internet fraudster, Precious Ojo, popularly known as Obago, has been arrested by operatives of Benin Zonal Commander of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in Oghara, Delta State.
12 May 2023
A FEDERAL High Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State, has ordered the state government to release its officials accused by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of misappropriating public funds for interrogation.
11 May 2023
A Federal High Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State, has ordered the Anambra State Government to release it's officials accused by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) of misappropriation of public funds. The court also dismissed a suit filed by the Anambra State Government challenging the EFCC's power to investigate its finances, describing it…
11 May 2023
A Federal High Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State, has dismissed a suit filed by the state government challenging the power of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate its finances. The state government asked the court to determine whether under the Federal System of Government, with the constitutional doctrine of Separation of…
11 May 2023
Operatives of the Benin Zonal Commander of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested Precious Ojo, aka obago, a suspected internet fraudster in Oghara, Delta State. The 26-year-old was arrested following a petition received from a United States of America citizen, on his fraudulent activities. The petitioner had alleged that the suspect impersonated…
11 May 2023
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) has arrested one Owoseni Gabriel, who posed as a woman to evade arrest, and 32 others for their alleged involvement in computer-related fraud. EFCC Spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, said this in a statement in Abuja. ”Gabriel was arrested alongside Salaudeen Hammed, Akinsanya Olamilekan, Olamofe Joshua, Akindele Saheed, Damilare Micheal,…
11 May 2023
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has quizzed the immediate-past Minister of Power, Sale Mamman, over alleged diversion of N22 billion.
9 May 2023
A Lagos Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja will, on June 14, 2023, continue the trial of a businessman, Bernard Nzenwa, over allegation of using false document levelled against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).