President Bola Tinubu has commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for its performance in the fight against corruption, saying the agency has lived up to the confidence reposed in it through its achievements in investigations, convictions and asset recovery. The President gave the commendation on Friday during...
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Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday, September 29, 2026, secured the final forfeiture of 431 mobile phones to the Federal Government. The mobile phones were linked to Chinese cyber-fraud operators who had previously been convicted by the court. Justice Dehinde Dipeolu of the...
The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed November 19, 2026, to deliver judgment in the legal battle over the All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial primary for Kogi Central. Justice Inyang Ekwo announced the date after lawyers representing all parties adopted their final written addresses, bringing the hearing to...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU, have commenced a three-day stocktake to assess the country’s preparedness for the Mutual Evaluation Exercise of the Financial Action Task Force, FATF, on anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing , scheduled to take place in 2027....
Nigeria Police Force, through INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB), Abuja, has arraigned three suspects, George Ali, Anthony Ali and Simon Ali, before the Federal High Court, Abuja, over allegations of criminal conspiracy, criminal breach of trust and obtaining by false pretences involving the sum of USD 100,000. Force Public...
Trial of the Accountant-General of Bauchi State, Sirajo Muhammed Jaja continued on Monday, September 21, 2026 at the Federal High Court in Abuja presided over by Justice Obiora Egwuatu with a witness revealing how Jaja diverted state funds to a private company. Jaja is facing prosecution by the Economic...
Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), have arrested one Basil Iwoba Ochili, Managing Director, Debasilio Construction and Estate Development Limited, for allegedly using the company for fraudulent activities, including obtaining by false pretence to the tune of N128, 000, 000. 00...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu “to direct the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, the National Cash Transfer Office (NCTO) and the National Social Safety Nets Coordinating Office (NASSCO) to urgently account for over ₦78.8 billion in public funds reportedly diverted,...
Paul Ibe, media adviser to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has criticised the continued detention of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, alleging that security and anti-graft agencies are being deployed against opposition figures ahead of the 2027 general election. In a statement shared on his social media platform...
Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), on Wednesday, August 26, 2026, facilitated the extradition of the duo of Mudashiru Afeez Olawale and Adebola Festus Adekunle to the United States of America, U.S., to face prosecution for allegedly sexually extorting two teenage boys in...
Department of State Services, (DSS) and the Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA) are investigating intelligence reports that certain top officials of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) are working with some foreign interests to undermine national security. A security source disclosed that the DSS and the NIA intercepted highly disturbing communication between the said NFF officials and some foreign nationals capable of causing security problems for Nigeria. Asked if the investigation was linked the N17bn intervention fund released for salaries and bonuses of players at the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), the source responded that it was beyond that, stressing that issues of financial impropriety are handled by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Said the source, “It is true that President Bola Tinubu in 2024 approved N17 billion as a special intervention fund to help NFF clear outstanding payments owed to Nigeria’s national teams. However, that falls within the purview of the EFCC, not the DSS and NIA.” “The mandate of the DSS is on dealing with domestic threats to national security. The NIA deals with external threats. So, when you hear that the DSS and NIA are jointly investigating a matter, it has got to be very serious, especially when the persons involved are saddled with the responsibility of managing an important body like the NFF,” he stated. However, the NFF has recently come under the scrutiny of many football fans who regretted that football teams have suffered neglect over funding, resulting in Super Eagles missing consecutive FIFA World Cups, and the historic failure of the Super Falcons to qualify for the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Brazil. The Super Falcons lost 1-0 to Cameroon in the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) quarter-finals, which ended their title defense and missed automatic World Cup qualification, subsequently facing a playoff path involving South Africa. South Africa’s Banyana Banyana defeated Nigeria’s Super Falcons 2–1 in the Women’s World Cup qualification playoff. Nigeria has played in every single FIFA Women’s World Cup since the tournament began in 1991, making this the first time they failed to qualify. The executive committee of the NFF headed by Ibrahim Gusau is under intense pressure to resign following the spate of alleged hi failures and also following the resignation of more than half of its members. “That at least half of NFF executive have or are contemplating resignation, may not be unconnected with the fear of DSS and NIA probe, fuelling fears on the possibility of holding the NFF board election scheduled for September 27 in Lafia, Nasarawa State,” declared the insider.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has opened a new funding pathway for the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, NELFUND, directing that all cleared and unencumbered funds recovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, be channelled to the Fund to strengthen its long-term financial sustainability and expand access to tertiary...
Ibadan Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), on Wednesday, August 19, 2026 arraigned the trio of Emmanuel Serah Motunrayo, Awotunde Olugbenga and Idowu Olugbemi Sunday before Justices Olusola Adetujoye and Olusola Adetujoye of the Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State. Motunrayo alongside...
Justice A. Aluko of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, convicted and sentenced two persons to six months imprisonment respectively for offences bordering on unlawful trading of naira notes. The convicts; Mutairu Omowunmi Tawa and Faith Chukwujeku were separately arraigned by the Lagos Zonal Directorate...
Kano Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has commenced investigation of a suspect, Haruna Yusuf and multiple undeclared foreign currencies, $73,000( Seventy Three United States Dollar) £15,957 ( Fifteen Thousand, Nine Hundred and Fifty Seven Pound Sterling) & 827,800 Saudi Riyal intercepted by the Nigeria...
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has pledged its solidarity with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the fight against corruption, with the body declaring that Nigerian workers stand firmly behind the Commission’s mandate. The pledge was made on Thursday when a delegation of the NLC, led by its...
Acting Zonal Director of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Kano Directorate, Assistant Commander of the EFCC, ACE1 Friday S. Ebelo, on Monday, August 10, 2026 paid a courtesy visit to the Regional Administrator of the Nigeria Revenue Service, NRS, Dr. Ismail Abdullahi, at the Service’s Kano office....
Operatives of the Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have arrested one Nuhu Dahiru for impersonation and obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of N3,000,000.00 (Three Million Naira). The suspect was arrested in Tashan Bama, along Bama Road, Maiduguri, Borno State, following credible...
The Coalition of Civil Society Organizations on Human Rights, Democracy and Good Governance in Nigeria has applauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his intervention in the controversy surrounding the freezing of the Osun State Government’s accounts, describing the President’s reported directive to unfreeze the accounts as a timely step...
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, has dissociated himself from a report circulating on social media where his person has directly or indirectly been linked to the success or otherwise of Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State, the candidate of the Accord Party in the August 15, 2026 governorship election....