Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has strongly refuted reports suggesting that one of its prosecutors stepped down due to pressure to compromise the ongoing fraud trial involving Jesam Michael, Chief Executive Officer of Afriq Arbitrage System (AAS) Limited. Reacting to a publication by Sahara Reporters titled “EFCC Prosecutor...
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Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday, February 11, 2026, convicted and sentenced two Chinese: Huang Haoyu and An Hongxu, to 46 years’ imprisonment each for cyber terrorism and internet fraud. The convicts, alongside one Friday Audu were among a syndicate of...
A former Acting Accountant General of the Federation, Chukwunyere Anamekwe Nwabuoku on Tuesday, February 10, 2026 admitted before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, that he confessed in his statements at the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), that funds were...
Justice F. Giwa Ogunbanjo of the Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja has slated March 23, 2026 for delivery of judgment in the trial of Nicholas Mutu, a serving member of the Federal House of Representatives. Mutu is facing prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), alongside Airworld...
Trial of the former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele before Justice Maryanne Anineh of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, FCT, High Court, Maitama, Abuja, continued on Tuesday, February 10, 2026 with the refusal of the court to grant a motion of adjournment of proceedings...
A prosecution witness, PW17, an operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) and Deputy Superintendent of the EFCC, DCE Ahmed Audu Abubakar, on Monday, February 9, 2026, narrated before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, how hundreds of millions of naira allegedly diverted from the Kogi State Government...
Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), have commenced investigations of one Ibekwe Izuchukwu Emmanuel, a sales representative of Prince OJ Global Services Limited and Miracle Onyekachi Nnaji, a Point of Sale, POS operator for alleged criminal diversion of N70, 030, 450...
The trial of the former chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, continued on Thursday, February 5, 2026 before Justice Abubakar Kutigi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Asokoro with the judge threatening to revoke the defendant’s bail for employing multiple antics to stall his...
The trial of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello continued on Wednesday, February 4, 2026, before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, with the cross-examination of Prosecution Witness Seven (PW7). Bello is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a 19-count...
Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court, sitting in Maitama, Abuja has fixed April 30, 2026 for ruling on the application filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for final forfeiture of a property owned by the former Acting Accountant General of the Federation, Chukwunyere Anamekwe...
Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have arrested ten individuals suspected of involvement in illegal mining activities along the Ilorin – Ogbomosho axis. They were arrested on Sunday, February 1, 2026, following credible intelligence on unlawful mineral excavation and transportation in parts...
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja on February 2, 2026 fixed February 10, 2026 for the cross examination of a former acting Accountant General of the Federation, Chukwunyere Anamekwe Nwabuoku. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is prosecuting Nwabuoku on a nine-count amended charge,...
The Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, January 26, 2026 arraigned one Ndubuisi Iheukwumere John before Justice Agbaje Olufunmilola Adetutu of the Federal High Court, sitting in Asaba, Delta State for fraud. He was arraigned on a two-count charge, bordering on advance...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, on Friday, January 30, 2026, arraigned an alleged serial fraudster, Titilayo Funmilayo Eboh, for an alleged N247, 500,000 (Two Hundred and Forty-seven Million Five Hundred Thousand Naira) fraud before Justice Ramon Oshodi of the State High Court sitting in...
The Eleventh Prosecution Witness, PW11, Bashirudden Muhammed Maishanu in the trial of former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, on Thursday, January 29, 2026, told Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, that the sum of $6,230,000.00 (Six Million, Two Hundred and Thirty...
Federal High Court in Abuja has granted former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, permission to travel to Saudi Arabia to observe the 2026 lesser Hajj (Umrah). Justice Emeka Nwite, while delivering a brief ruling, ordered the temporary release of Bello’s international passport, which has been in the custody of...
The trial of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello, before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, continued on Thursday, January 29, 2026, with the continuation of testimony by Prosecution Witness Seven, PW7, Olomotane Egoro, a compliance officer with Access Bank. Bello is being prosecuted by...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, January 29, 2026 arraigned BFI Group Corporation, Reuben M. Jaja, Uzor Chidi Jerry, David Femi James, Imeobong Jumbo Udom, Adeola Edward and Emeka Emmanuel Okorie before Justice M.S Idris of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Jabi, Abuja for...
Trial of former Anambra State governor and ex-Labour Minister Chris Ngige continued on Wednesday, January 28, 2026. The First Prosecution Witness, PW1 Mr Pedro Torwuese Chellen, testified before a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja. Chellen stated that the company awarded the N80 million contract for renovating the...