By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of Ibadan Zonal Command has arrested 44 suspected internet fraudsters (popularly know as Yahoo boys) in Oyo State. The EFCC in a statement via its Twitter handle, said the suspected fraudsters were arrested in Apete and Bodija...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Technical Unit of Governance and Anti-Corruption Reforms (TUGAR) has reaffirmed its commitment to support The Centre for Media Policy and Accountability (CMPA) in the implementation of Nigeria Anti-Corruption Performance Public Reporting (NAPPR) Project 2023. It noted that more stakeholders in the country have...
The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), says it has deployed 100 armed operatives to combat vote buying in Kano, Katsina and Jigawa during Saturday’s supplementary elections in the states. The Kano Zonal Commander of EFCC, Mr Farouk Dogondaji, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has urged Non-profit Organisations (NPOs) in the Northeast to work with the commission to tackle terrorism financing and money laundering in the region. The NPOs have been engaged in various humanitarian causes following the devastation caused by years of insurgency and terrorism...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 11 suspected internet fraudsters in Jere and Maiduguri Local Government Areas of Borno. The EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja. Mr. Uwujaren said the suspects, who...
The House of Representatives has urged the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to put on hold the release of N15 billion counterpart funding of humanitarian intervention by the Federal Government. This followed the adoption of an urgent motion of public importance by Rep. Unyime Idem (PDP-Akwa-Ibom) on the floor...
The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) on Thursday in Abuja charged students of tertiary institutions to steer clear of internet fraud to accelerate national development. Its spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, quoted the Executive Chairman of the EFCC, Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, as giving the charge at the inauguration of...
The Area Comptroller, Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Kwara Command, Mr Kehinde Ilesanmi, has pledged to partner with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in tackling corruption and the rising tide of smuggling in the area. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Wilson Uwujaren, the EFCC...
The Nigeria Customs Service, Seme Area Command, has handed over seized six million dollars (N2.76 billion) to the officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Seme, Lagos State. The Area Controller of the command, Comptroller Dera Nnadi, disclosed this on Tuesday at a media briefing on...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has sought a permanent forfeiture to the Federal Government of large sums of cash linked to Mr Moses Jitoboh, former Aides-De-Camp (ADC) to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan. The EFCC, through its lawyer, Chris Mshelia, is making the application before Justice Emeka Nwite of...
The trial of the former Lagos Attorney-General, Olasupo Shasore, charged with alleged 200,000 dollars corrupt offers before an Ikeja Special Offences Court suffered a set back due to discrepancies in the proof of service. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had on Oct.21, 2022, arraigned the former Shasore on a...
An Ikeja Special Offences Court has dismissed the application filed by a property firm, Kasmal property Ltd and four others against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The land which measured 50.080 hectares situated in Ogombo village in Eti-Osa local government, Lagos. Other firms whose applications were dismissed alongside Kasmal were:...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The 36 State Governors under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) have resolved to meet with all the economic and financial agencies in the country to discuss issues surrounding their states’ security votes. The governors disclosed this in a statement issued on...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Justice Abubakar Mahmud Talba of the Appeal Court Sokoto Division on Friday sentenced two Chinese nationals, Mr Meng Wei Kun and Mr Xu Kuai to 3 years jail terms each having been found guilty of count 1 and 2 out of the 3 charges...
A Bureau De Change operator, Mr Musa Mohammed, on Thursday testified against the Chairman of Natural Oil and Gas Suppliers Association of Nigeria (NOGASA), Philips Fatuyi, charged with N43.5 million fraud. Fatuyi is standing trial alongside his company, Oceanview Oil and Gas Ltd., on a two-count charge bordering on...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja- The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) has arrested 23 internet fraudster suspects in Enugu State. The EFCC spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, who confirmed the arrest in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday, said the suspects were apprehended around Monark, Emene and Golf Course axis...
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State says he won’t leave office on May 29, 2023 to “run away” from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The governor and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s strongman said he has nothing to fear if the anti-graft agency comes to probe his administration....
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, arraigned two men, Taiwo Oluwadahunsola and Adebola Adetayo, before an Ikeja Special Offences Court for allegedly laundering the sum of N999 million. A company, Green Eagles Agribusiness Solution Limited, was also arraigned alongside the defendants on a 19-count-charge, bordering on money...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, indicated its intention to respond in a suit filed by Festus Keyamo against Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Feb. 25 poll. This was also as Oluwakemi Odogun, lawyer to the Independent Corrupt...
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested four top officials of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, PRNigeria has reported. PRNigeria gathered the NCAA officials were arrested over alleged N2 billion ‘Duty Tour Allowance’ (DTA) Fraud in the Agency. The suspects include Bilkisu Adamu Sani,...