Osun State Government has rejected claims by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) that about ₦11 billion was looted from the state’s accounts, describing the allegation as false and an attempt to justify what it called the unlawful freezing of government funds. In a statement issued on Wednesday...
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Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has appealed to residents of the state to remain steadfast ahead of the August 15 governorship election, urging them to reject any attempt to return the state to what he described as an era of hardship and unpaid wages. In a message shared on...
Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has expressed concern over the reported freezing of the Osun State Government’s bank accounts by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), describing the development as one capable of raising questions about the integrity of democratic institutions. In a statement posted...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has explained why it placed a Post No Debit (PND) order on the bank accounts of the Osun State Government, saying the action was taken to prevent the alleged diversion of public funds currently under investigation. In a statement posted on its official...
Coalition of pro-democracy organisations has condemned the reported freezing of bank accounts belonging to the Osun State Government by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), describing the move as a threat to democratic governance ahead of the August 15 governorship election. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the...
Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede has disclosed that policy reforms are the most result-oriented approach to fighting corruption, economic and financial crimes. He made the disclosure on Tuesday, August 4, 2026 when the managing director of the Consumer Credit Corporation, Creditcorps,...
Abuja Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arraigned Rhas Nigeria Limited and its director, Liwa Sarirddine before Justice A.H. Musa of the Federal Capital Territory High Court for fraud. They were arraigned on a one-count charge, bordering on alleged issuance of dud cheque to...
Commander of the 3 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Kano, Brigadier General S.A Jimoh, has commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), for its steadfast commitment to fighting corruption, describing the agency as the nation’s indispensable watchdog. Jimoh made the remarks on Wednesday, July 29, 2026 while paying...
Acting Zonal Director, Benin Zonal Directorate, Deputy Commander of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Sa’ad Hanafi Sa’ad, has handed over a bank draft of N42 million to Ebesunun Mathew Edonojie, being the sum recovered by operatives of the Commission from fraudsters that defrauded him. Edonojie, a businessman...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, arraigned Mahwash Benedict Luka and Bennicle Investment Nigeria Limited before Justice A.A. Fashola of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), High Court, Jabi, Abuja. They were arraigned on a two-count charge bordering alleged issuance of dishonoured cheques. Count one...
Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday, July 22, 2026, handed over the sum of N108 million to a company, Greenwich Planet Sun King Nigeria Limited, in Lagos. The money, handed over in bank drafts, formed part of the funds recovered by the Commission in...
Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, July 23, 2026 arraigned one Alhaji Muhammad Talake before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri. The defendant was arraigned on a two- count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence...
Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on Thursday, July 23, 2026 declined to deliver ruling on the application for bail condition variation filed by Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore leader, Bello Bodejo. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on July 9, 2026 arraigned Bodejo on...
Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ola Olukoyede has disclosed that though newly-emerging crimes are evolving in the nation’s financial space, the EFCC is sufficiently equipped to confront and conquer them. He made this known at the inaugural Town Hall meeting of EFCC’s Zero Tolerance...
The trial of a former Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido and his two sons, Aminu Lamido and Mustapha Lamido at the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, before Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu was again stalled on Tuesday, July 21, 2026 due to the absence of the lead defence counsel, Joe Agi, SAN. The...
The trial of the former Jigawa State governor and his two sons, Aminu Lamido and Mustapha Lamido at the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, before Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu was stalled on Monday, July 20, 2026 due to the absence of the lead defence counsel, Joe Agi, SAN. The Economic and...
Justice Alexandra Owoeye of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday, July 15, 2026, ordered the final forfeiture of 52 terrace and maisonette units located in the Lekki area of Lagos. The properties, located at Mercyville Estate, Covenant Way, off New Road, Ilasan, Lagos, were recovered...
Supreme Court on Friday, July 17, 2026 affirmed the final forfeiture of seven landed properties, the sum of $2,045,000 (Two Million, Forty-Five Thousand United States Dollars) and share certificates linked to a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, to the Federal Government of Nigeria. In...
Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court Abuja, on Thursday, July 16, 2026, adjourned the trial of the former Benue State governor, Gabriel Suswam till September 25, 2026, for adoption of final written addresses. Prosecution counsel, Rotimi Jacobs, SAN, at the start of the proceedings informed the court...
Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal Capital Territory, High Court, Apo, Abuja, on Thursday, July 16, 2026, adjourned the trial of Ojobo Joshua and Aliyu Hashim, till October 21, 2026. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), is prosecuting both defendants on amended four-count charge, bordering on impersonation, conspiracy...