The Federal Government has filed a fresh 36-count amended charge against the embattled Director-General of the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC), Adeyemi Adeniyi, over allegations of forgery, false representation and fraud, including claims that he attempted to secure a ₦1.302 billion allocation for an alleged fictitious government agency....
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Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have commenced investigations into the activities of one Obinna Nwaobi, a former Head of Operations of a new generation bank for allegedly authorising the criminal diversion of the sum of N515, 000, 000. 00 (Five...
The Second prosecution Witness, PW2, in the trial of Ojoba Joshua and Aliyu Haskim, who are facing prosecution for allegedly impersonating the Personal Assistant to the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, on Thursday, November 5, 2026 told Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has uncovered an illegal oil refinery operated by Chinese in the Ogere area of Ogun State. The commission in a post on its X handle on Tuesday, said.the operation, conducted on Saturday, October 31, 2026, by operatives of the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2...
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ikoyi, Lagos on Monday, November 2, 2026, arraigned one Adonu Kingsley Ifeanyi and his company, ‘S Mobile Netzone Limited, before Justice J. Bogoro of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, for their alleged involvement in N12,556,837,842.00...
Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State on Monday, November 2, 2026 convicted and sentenced a couple, Harry Uyanwanne and Oluwakemi Odia (a.k.a Kristein Uyanwanne) to a fourteen year imprisonment each for N67,659,592 (Sixty-Seven Million, Six Hundred and Fifty-Nine Thousand, Five Hundred and...
Justice Dipeolu of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on October 30, 2026, convicted and sentenced one Hassan Usman Olamilekan for offences bordering on money laundering. Olamilekan was convicted following his arraignment by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on...
Justice A.O. Musa of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Abuja, has convicted and sentenced a staff member of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), Kinsley Eselebor, to 25 years’ imprisonment for obtaining money under false pretences and using forged documents to defraud a land buyer. The judge...
Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies (MINILS), Ilorin, Kwara State, has announced plans to name the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede a Fellow of the National Labour Institute (FNLI) in recognition of his achievements in the fight against economic and...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate 1, Ikoyi, on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, arraigned one Abraham Idowu Abiara before Justice Ismail Ijelu of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja for alleged $626,282 (Six Hundred and Twenty Six Thousand, Two Hundred and Eighty Two United...
Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ikoyi, on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, arraigned a Sierra Leonean, Favour Foday Kamara, for an alleged $190,324 fraud before Justice O. A. Okunuga of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. The petitioner, Henrietta Vandi,...
Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arraigned four alleged contract fraudsters before Justice Muhammad Maina of the Borno State High Court, sitting in Maiduguri. The defendants are; Ruth Emmanuel, Ibrahim Dogo Hyelni, Esther Loretta Gabari and Gbenga Makinde Obanewo. They were arraigned on...
The Sixth prosecution witness, PW6, Liyel Imoke, in the trial of a former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye, on Monday, October 19, 2026 told Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, sitting in Apo, Abuja that the Federal Executive Council, FEC did not approve...
The Department of State Services (DSS), has arrested Faisal Abdulrasheed Maina, fugitive son of the former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina. The agency has also handed him over to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Security sources revealed that Faisal who has been...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, October 15, 2026, arraigned the trio of Raymond Charles Yafetus, Auwal Ibrahim and Babangida Yahaya Ibrahim before Justice S. O. Ibrahim of the Federal High Court, Abuja for allegedly impersonating Nigerian blogger and influencer, Tunde Ednut. They were arraigned on a three...
A prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has told the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, Maitama, Abuja, that transactions amounting to ₦1.425 billion were carried out for the purchase of foreign currencies between December 15 and February 21, 2022. The witness,...
President Bola Tinubu has commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), for its record-breaking achievements in combating financial crimes, recovering illicit assets and strengthening Nigeria’s international financial standing and called for stronger collaboration among all stakeholders in the anti-corruption corridor. The President gave the applause in Abuja on...
Justice M.A. Onyetenu of the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has dismissed a suit filed by the State’s Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice in 2017, Uwemedimo Nwoko, challenging the statutory powers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), to investigate the financial activities...
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...
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...