An FCT High Court on Thursday ordered Okwo Mark to clean the premises of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for three days for internet fraud. Mark was docked by the EFCC for pretending to be Stella Coleman, an American citizen, working as an FBI agent. He pleaded...
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By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has warned content creators, movies and skit producers who use EFCC-branded Jackets, symbols, insignia and other accoutrements without authorization. The EFCC spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, stated this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja. Mr. Uwujaren...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has called for fully-integrated and multiple approaches in combating the scourge of economic and financial crimes and other acts of corruption.The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has called for fully-integrated and multiple approaches in combating the scourge of economic and...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday grilled the immediate past governor of Benue, Mr Samuel Ortom, for nine hours before he was later released. Ortom arrived at the premises of the commission’s Zonal Headquarters, Makurdi, at 10 a.m. and left there at about 7 :00 p.m....
Within a fortnight in power, President Bola Tinubu may have set the tone and tempo for what promises to be a dizzying presidency. Right from the inauguration ground at Eagle Square, he could not suppress his anxiety to be in power and in control at the same time. Most...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Justice Sale Musa Shuaibu of the Federal High Court, Kaduna on Thursday, June 15, 2023, convicted a former member of the House of Representatives, Mansur Ali Mashi on eight counts of conspiracy and obtaining by false pretenses. Mashi, who represented Mashi Dutsi federal constituency,...
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested one Balogun Olawale, a staff of Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, Ogun State, alongside forty-seven (47) others for their alleged involvement in internet fraud. A statement on Friday...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – Justice E. A. Obile of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has convicted and sentenced Felix Chiwendu to two years imprisonment for illegally operating a Bureau De Change business without a requisite license. The offence contravenes Section 57 (1) of Banks and other...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja on Thursday, again suspended the planned arraignment of a former Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah and others on alleged N7.9 billion fraud charges, citing security reasons, According to the judge, the court will not continue...
Mr Mike Akpara, the Special Adviser to the Governor of Abia on Finance, has described the claim by former Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of leaving N24 bilion in the state government coffers as false. Akpara made this known on Thursday during a press conference at the Government House, Umuahia. The...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has been urged to remove Mr. Mahmood Yakubu as the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The former President of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, made the call in a statement on Wednesday by his media aide,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has said that poverty and unemployment are no justification for involvement in computer-related frauds. Mr. Bawa said poverty should not be an excuse for criminality just as unemployment should not be...
The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), in its bid to check the increasing incidence of fraudulent withdrawals and use of pre-registered SIM cards to open wallet accounts, has met with representatives of telecommunications and financial technology companies (fintechs). Its Spokesperson, Wilsom Uwujaren, said in a statement in Abuja,...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested Fifty Six (56) suspected internet fraudsters in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The EFCC spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday. Mr. Uwujaren...
EFCC Football Club of Abuja on Saturday beat visiting Mighty Jets FC of Jos in a 2022/2023 Nigeria National League (NNL) Northern Conference Group A1 Match Day 10 fixture. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the win put EFCC FC in second place with 16 points while...
By HARUNA AHMED, Katsina – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, June 8, 2023, arraigned the duo of Saadu Maiwada and Sani Lawal BK before Justice Musa Danladi of the Katsina State High Court on a five-count charge of conspiracy and criminal breach of trust. The...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for its good works in fighting economic and financial crimes. The Association gave the commendation on Thursday, when the chairman of the Abuja branch, Afam O. Okeke, led a delegation...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Justice O. A.Okunuga of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, on Thursday, June 8, 2023, adjourned till June 28, 2023 “for hearing” in the alleged fraud trial involving one Sennaike Opeoluwa. Opeoluwa, alongside his firm, Sennaike Consulting Limited, was arraigned by the...
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 52 suspected internet fraudsters in Ogun State. The EFCC disclosed this in a statement on Friday via its official Twitter handle @officialEFCC It identified the suspects to include:...
A civil society group, Justice and Equity Forum, has urged President Bola Tinubu not allow interested individuals to interfere in the ongoing investigation of former Ekiti Governor, Kayode Fayemi by the anti-graft Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged money laundering. The forum made the call in a...