EFCC alerts public on new fraudulent promo scam
Comfort Isaac The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has alerted the public on the rising fraudulent scheme in Nigeria. It noted that the scam comes under the guise of…
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Appeal court upholds EFCC’s power to investigate tax evasion
Comfort Isaac The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division has upheld the power of the of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to investigate and prosecute cases of tax evasion…
Alleged N110.4bn Fraud: Yahaya Bello loses bid for overseas medical trip
Comfort Isaac Justice Maryanne Anineh of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on Thursday, July 17, 2025, struck out an application by the former Kogi State governor,…
EFCC to appeal Fayose’s acquittal for alleged N6.9B fraud
Comfort Isaac The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has announced plans to appeal the judgement acquitting and discharging a former Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayo Fayose from an…
EFCC arrests six suspected internet fraudsters in Uyo
Comfort Isaac The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, says its operatives have arrested six persons for alleged Internet fraud in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. This was contained in a…
Fraudulent politicians now hide their loot in crypto-currencies- EFCC boss, Olukoyede reveals
Comfort Isaac The Executive Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede has disclosed attempts by corrupt politicians to hide stolen funds in crypto-currencies to evade investigation by…
EFCC boss tasks NASS on enactment of law against unexplained wealth
Comfort Isaac The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede has urged the National Assembly to enact a law against unexplained wealth. He noted that such…
Bigibet promoter, firm arraigned for alleged N855m investment fraud
Comfort Isaac Adepoju Emmanuel Abiodun, promoter of Bigibet and his company , Nobelsteed Nigerian Limited have been arraigned before Justice O.A.Okunuga of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja,…
CBEX Scam: EFCC arraigns two for alleged investment fraud
Comfort Isaac The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, July 7, 2025 arraigned Awerusuo Otorudo and Chukwuebuka Ehirim before Justice Muhammed Umar of the Federal High Court sitting…
Reps move to establish agency for National Assembly assets management
Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives has begun legislative processes to establish a dedicated agency responsible for managing the infrastructure and properties of the National Assembly. The proposed law, currently…
Counsel to senate warns Natasha against proposed Tuesday resumption
Comfort Isaac Counsel representing the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Paul Daudu, (SAN) has cautioned the suspended lawmaker representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, against going ahead…
Eight Chinese bag jail term for cyber terrorism, internet fraud
Comfort Isaac A total of eight Chinese nationals have been sentenced to one year jail over their involvement in Cyber terrorism and internet fraud by the Federal High Court sitting…
How Hadi Sirika allegedly shared N2.7b aviation contracts among family members
By Comfort Isaac The Twelfth Prosecution Witness, PW12, Christopher Adekunle Odofin in the ongoing trial of the former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Abubakar Sirika, has told the FCT High Court,…
Senator Natasha docked before Federal High Court Abuja on Cybercrime Charges
Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Apoti-Uduaghan was on Monday docked at the Federal High Court in Abuja on alleged Cybercrime against the President of the Senate, Godswill Obot Akpabio and former…
Court jails Mama Boko Haram, two others for N11m contract fraud
Comfort Isaac Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri has convicted and sentenced Aisha Alkali Wakil popularly known as mama boko haram, Tahiru Saidu Daura…
EFCC arrests 19 suspected internet fraudsters in Akwa Ibom, Cross River
Comfort Isaac The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, says it has arrested 19 suspected internet fraudsters in both Akwa Ibom and Cross River States. EFCC Spokesperson, Dele Oyewale disclosed…
EFCC arraigns Emefiele for unlawful possession of 753 housing units, N7.8bn fraud
By Comfort Isaac Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, June 16, 2025, arraigned a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Ifeanyi Emefiele, before Justice…
Sun Trust Bank CEO, ED arraigned over alleged $12m fraud
Comfort Isaac The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Friday, June 13, 2025 arraigned the duo of Halima Buba and Innocent Mbagwu before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal…
Benue gov accuses top politicians, NASS members of sponsoring banditry
Isaac Samuel Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has raised alarm over what he described as the direct complicity of top Nigerian politicians in fueling insecurity in the country,…
EFCC arrests three suspected internet fraudsters in Uyo
Comfort Isaac The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, said its operatives at the Uyo Zonal Directorate have arrested three persons for alleged Internet fraud. The EFCC’s Spokesperson, Dele Oyewale,…
Suspected employment fraudster hands over self to EFCC
Comfort Isaac A middle aged man identified as Idris Adamu, has submitted himself to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for prosecution. Adamu who walked into the Gombe Zonal…
Courts jail 11 Internet Fraudsters in Uyo, Calabar
Comfort Isaac The Uyo Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC says it on Wednesday secured the conviction and sentence of eleven internet fraudsters before Justices Maurine…
Victims of Ponzi Investments Schemes to lose their money to FG
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has warned that victims of Ponzi investment schemes and other forms of unregistered and unregulated investments would lose their money to the federal government…
Police bust criminal hideouts, arrest suspected cultists, recover firearms
Comfort Isaac Akwa Ibom State Police command says its operatives have busted a criminal hideout in Ibesikpo Asutan local government area of the state and arrested some suspected cultists. The…
EFCC secures conviction of Kano Tiktoker, Murja Kunya for Naira Abuse
Comfort Isaac. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, says it has secured the conviction and sentence of a social media influencer, Murja Ibrahim Kunya, arraigned before Justice Simone Amobeda…
EFCC hands over 753 recovered housing units to Ministry of housing
Comfort Isaac The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC said it has handed over 753 units of houses recovered by the Commission at Plot 109 Cadastral Zone C09, Lokogoma District,…
N275 million Fraud at Ubotex: EFCC arrests Auditor, Cashier
Comfort Isaac Operatives of the Uyo Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested one Sylvanus Edet Akpan, Auditor of Ubotex Limited, Uyo and Akaninyene Enefiok…
Alleged N3.1b Fraud: EFCC Presents Ninth and Final Witness against Ex-gov Suswam
Comfort Isaac The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Wednesday, May 14, 2025 presented the Ninth and last Prosecution Witness, PW9, Ape Sunday against the former governor of Benue…
Court fixes June 27 to deliver judgement on Natasha’s suit against Akpabio, Senate
Comfort Isaac The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has fixed June 27, 2025, to deliver judgment in a suit instituted against the National Assembly by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan challenging…
Court jails 9 over internet fraud in Akwa Ibom
Comfort Isaac Justices Ijeoma Ojukwu and Rosemary Oghoghorie Dugbo of the Federal High Court Calabar have convicted and sentenced nine fraudsters to jail. The convicts are: Nsofor Charles Ochiabutor, Aneikan…
EFCC arrests 17 suspected internet fraudsters in Uyo
Comfort Isaac The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has apprehended 17 suspected internet fraudsters in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The EFCC Spokesperson Dele Oyewale disclosed this in a statement…
Alleged N1.38bn fraud: EFCC presents first witness against ex-Psquare manager
By Comfort Isaac The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday, April 14, 2025, presented its first prosecution witness,…