The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, February 27, 2026 arraigned Chief Mike Agbedor Abu Ozekhome, SAN, Ponfa Useni and General Jeremiah Useni (now deceased) before Justice C.N.…
The Kano Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, February 5 , 2026 arraigned a former Vice chancellor of the Federal University Dutsinma, Professor Armayau…
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has raised an alarm about negligence and compromise of banks and Fintechs in two major fraudulent schemes that have cost victims a total sum…
by Reuben Abati “The knee on his neck” reminds us of the case of the American citizen, George Floyd who was murdered in Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 25, 2020 by…
Former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, who is being investigated by the EFCC has accused the commission’s Chairman of being driven by personal vendetta…
The Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Thursday, November 13, 2025 arraigned one Obinna Nwaobi, a former Head of Operations at Access Bank Nigeria…
Comfort Isaac The Director General, DG, of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, Captain Chris Najomo has raised the alarm over the rising cases of fraudulent activities in the aviation…
Comfort Isaac The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Uyo Zonal Directorate has handed over the sum of One Hundred Million Naira (N100,000,000) draft to the Federal Ministry of Solid…
Comfort Isaac The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has announced plans to arraign 23 out of the 93 suspected internet fraudsters arrested at a hotel within the precincts of…
Comfort Isaac The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has described as self-serving, diversionary, narrow and idle, the allegation by the opposition African Democratic Congress, ADC, that the Commission embarks…
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…
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…
by Reuben Abati Last Friday, July 18, the incumbent Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede was in Lagos to hold a sensitization programme on Naira…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Isaac Samuel The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has faulted the National Assembly for failing to forward audit and oversight reports on Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to the…
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…
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,…
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…
Comfort Isaac The former speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Moses Thomas Sule and 14 other former members of the Assembly have been arrested by the operatives of…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
By Comfort Isaac EFCC has finally given reasons for the arrest of Martins Innocent Otse, popularly known as Very Dark Man, VDM. EFCC Spokesperson, Dele Oyewale in a statement on…
Comfort Isaac Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has directed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to facilitate the release of a business woman,…
Detectives from the EFCC on Tuesday arrested businesswoman Aisha Achimugu at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Achimugu was arrested around 5am shortly after her return from London. Achimugu had…
Patrick Ekpoh The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has pledged that the National Assembly will give the necessary legislative backing for the review of outdated laws to promote police reforms and…
Comfort Isaac The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, said it has begun the investigation of $86,500 (Eighty-Six Thousand Five Hundred United States Dollars), 305,150( Three Hundred and five, One…
Comfort Isaac The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has encouraged Christians to reflect on the lessons of Easter season and rededicate themselves…
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…
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,…
