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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has warned members of the public against falling victim of a new fraudulent promo scam. A press statement by the Commission’s Head Media …
EFCC alerts public on new promo scam Read More
A United Arab Emirate-based Nigerian gold merchant, Alhaji Rabiu Auwalu Tijjani, has alerted that the hard stance of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on him could rob Nigeria …
Anti-graft agency frustrating my gold refinery project in Nigeria – Investor Read More
Justice Balkisu Bello Aliyu of the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has affirmed the power of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate and prosecute cases of tax …
Appeal Court affirms EFCC’s power to prosecute cases of tax evasion Read More
Operatives of the Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Thursday, sensitised officers of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Benin Branch, Edo state, on virtual assets, …
EFCC takes sensitisation on virtual assets, money laundering to CBN Read More
Following a reported Court order ordering the interim forfeiture of alleged one billion naira (N1 billion) diverted by the Secretary to the Ebonyi State Government (SSG), Prof Grace Umezuruike, a …
Financial scandal: Ebonyi Indigenes demand sack of SSG over diversion of state resources Read More
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has invited Nigeria to participate in its decision-making processes. A press statement by Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) strategic communications office, Monday in Abuja, …
FATF recognises Nigeria in new global efforts to promote diversity Read More
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has revealed that 18 sitting governors across Nigeria are currently under investigation by the anti-graft agency. Olukoyede made the …
EFCC reveals governors under investigation for ‘corrupt practices’ Read More
The former Minister of Power Saleh Mamman has urged a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to reject all the extra judicial statements made by him during his investigation by …
Mambilla project: Reject my extra-judicial statements, ex-minister Mamman tells court Read More
Justice Maryanne Anineh of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), High Court, Maitama, Abuja, Thursday, struck out an application by the former Governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello, for the release …
N110.4bn ‘fraud’: Yahaya Bello loses bid for overseas medical trip Read More
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said the anti-graft agency was studying the ruling of Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, acquitting …
Fayose: EFCC heads to appeal court Read More
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has secured a final forfeiture of Galaxy Hospital, five petroleum filling stations and several landed properties across the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Borno, …
EFCC secures final forfeiture of Galaxy Hospital, N333m, petrol stations, lands Read MoreJustice S.M. Shuaibu of the Federal High Court siting in Kano has ordered a fraudster, Salisu Ahmad, to forfeit the sum of $420,900 (Four hundred and twenty thousand, nine hundred …
EFCC secures forfeiture of undeclared $420,900, £5,825, CFA3,946,500 Read MoreA Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has discharged and acquitted former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, of all money laundering charges filed against him by the Economic and Financial …
Fayose: Court acquits former governor of money laundering charges Read More
Former Adamawa state Governor Rear Admiral Muritala Nyako(rtd)and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), has opted for an out of court settlement in a N29bn alleged fraud case that …
Alleged N29bn fraud: Nyako, EFCC may settle out of court Read MoreFormer Governor of Adamawa State, Rear Admiral Murtala Nyako (rtd), has opted for an out-of-court settlement in the N29 billion fraud case filed against him by the Economic and Financial …
Nyako seeks out-of-court settlement in N29bn fraud case Read More
In a concerted effort to curb the rising cases of virtual asset and investment fraud, the National Orientation Agency (NOA) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) are set …
NOA, EFCC partner to tackle cybercrime Read More
The chairman Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede, Thursday, raised the alarm over a new wave of corruption tactics, saying crooked politicians are increasingly hiding stolen funds …
How corrupt politicians hide loot in crypto wallets – EFCC boss Read More
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has called for robust cyber resilience in the nation’s financial ecosystem to tackle all manner of …
Olukoyede seeks cyber resilience to tackle internet crimes in financial ecosystem Read MoreThe Kano Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has commenced investigation into the case of one Ahmad Salisu, arrested by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), for …
EFCC investigates undeclared $420,900, £5,825, CFA3,946,500 fraud Read MoreThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate 1, Monday, dragged Abel Egerton Sokari, Nkiruka Chukwuma, and Zakah Global Investment Limited before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special …
Lagos: EFCC drags 2 to court over €49m bank scam Read More
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday arraigned two operators of the cryptocurrency investment platform, Crypto Bridge Exchange (CBEX), over alleged involvement in a fraudulent investment scheme promising …
EFCC arraigns 2 CBEX operators over alleged ₦1bn crypto investment fraud Read More
The former Minister of Power Saleh Mamman has told a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja how he was compelled under difficult situation to make his statement at the Economic …
Mambilla project: I was compelled to make statement, Mamman narrates ordeal Read More
Zamfara State parallel House of Assembly has described as callous, abuse of office and open stealing of public funds the renovation of the Yariman Bakura Teaching Hospital, Gusau at the …
Zamfara parallel assembly slams gov. Lawal for alleged embezzlement Read MoreThe month of June began with applause for Nigeria’s top security and anti-graft agencies but quickly spiraled into a grim reminder of the nation’s deep-seated vulnerabilities. From deadly massacres in …
How Nigeria’s intelligence and financial crimes agencies fared in June Read More
A prosecution witness (PW1) has told an FCT High Court how he was collecting allowances on behalf of the ex-governor of Taraba state, Architect Darius Ishaku. The PW1 made the …
I collected allowance on behalf of ex-governor Ishaku – EFCC witness Read More