EFCC
10 Feb
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has vowed to prosecute corrupt public officers who enrich themselves. The EFCC chairman, Ola Olukoyede, made this declaration at the opening ceremony of a three-day workshop on Anti-corruption, Fiscal Responsibility, Transparency and Good Governance organised by the EFCC and the House Committee on Financial Crimes for state and…
7 Feb
The Niger Delta Liberators and Ex-Agitators Forum (NDLEF) has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to relieve his Special Adviser on Niger Delta Affairs and Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Chief Dennis Otuaro, of his duties to pave the way for an Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) probe. According to NDLEF, since the…
7 Feb
The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday, February 6, 2025, arraigned nine Chinese nationals and a company, Genting International Co. Ltd., before Justice C.J. Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. The anti-graft agency gave the names of the defendants as Su Dong Fu, Zheng…
7 Feb
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been described as a beacon of courage and direction in the fight against economic and financial crimes, and other acts of corruption.
6 Feb
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been given a 72-hour ultimatum to arrest Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai over alleged misuse of over N423 billion while at the helm in Kaduna State. The Northern Christians Accord (NCA) behind the call, in a statement on Thursday, noted that it was long overdue for the EFCC to…
5 Feb
Reno Omokri, a former presidential aide, has fiercely criticized Nasir El-Rufai, the former Governor of Kaduna State, for attacking National Security Adviser (NSA) Nuhu Ribadu over past statements about President Bola Tinubu’s alleged corruption. In a lengthy statement on Facebook titled ‘Nasir el-Rufai Is a Drowning Man Seeking To Take Malam Nuhu Ribadu Down With…
5 Feb
Justices Aisha Kumaliya and Amina Ibrahim of the Borno State High Court, sitting in Maiduguri, on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, convicted and sentenced two persons to three years’ imprisonment each for fraud. The convicts are Anaryu Akindaraju and Umar Alhaji Bukar, who were prosecuted by the Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes…
5 Feb
An Oyo State High Court has convicted and sentenced Olayiwola Oguntade, a former staff of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to five years in prison for fraud. Oguntade's case has been in court since 2020 when he was arraigned by the Ibadan Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on…
5 Feb
Eleven Chinese nationals have been arrested and prosecuted in court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over allegations of cyber fraud and identity fraud. The defendants, who were arraigned before a Federal High Court in Lagos, pleaded not guilty to the charges. The Chinese nationals were arrested in a raid by the EFCC,…
5 Feb
The Lagos State Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja has discharged and acquitted the former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, of forgery charge brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
5 Feb
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday, raided the headquarters of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) in Abuja over alleged fraud.
5 Feb
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday, arraigned another 11 Chinese nationals at the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, over alleged impersonation, fraud, and attempt to destabilise Nigeria's constitutional structure.
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