FCT High Court sitting in Abuja has fixed 10 additional days to conclude the trial of the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, over alleged corruption linked to the naira redesign exercise. Justice Maryanne Anenih fixed the dates following an agreement between counsel to...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, January 28, 2026, arraigned the former Chairman, Benue State Independent Electoral Commission, (BSEIC), Dr. Tersoo Joseph Loko. He was arraigned alongside ten others before Justice M. S Abubakar of the Federal High Court, Makurdi, for an alleged N1,100,000,000 (One Billion, One...
Prosecution Witness Seven, PW7, Eneanye Chinedu in the trial of former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele on alleged unlawful printing of new naira notes on Wednesday, January 28, 2026 told the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Abuja, presided over by Justice Maryanne Anineh...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday, January 27, 2026 arraigned the former National Coordinator of Multi-Sectoral Crisis Recovery Project, MCRP, North East Development Commission (NEDC), Alhaji Danjuma Mohammed and two others; Prince Achem and Aminu Alhaji (at large) before Justice K. N Ogbonnaya of the Federal Capital...
Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has charged officers and men of the Commission to uphold integrity to remain relevant and credible as foremost fighters of economic and financial crimes and other acts of corruption. He gave the charge on Saturday, January 24,...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reportedly quizzed the Taraba State Commissioner for Energy and Economy, Hon. Naomi Tanko, alongside the Director of Finance in the ministry, over allegations surrounding the alleged mismanagement of ₦2 billion approved for the procurement of electricity transformers in the state. Findings by...
In line with its unwavering commitment to the fight against corruption, economic and financial crimes and the recovery of public funds misappropriated or unutilized by fraudulent actors, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, handed over the sum of N1, 234,350,000 (One Billion, Two Hundred and Thirty-four...
Former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has been arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) shortly after his release from Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja. Malami was reportedly taken into custody after fulfilling his bail conditions and stepping out of...
First Prosecution Witness, PW1, Mustapha Usman in the trial of a former member, House of Representatives, Aliyu Ibrahim Gebi on Monday, January 19, 2026 narrated before a Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja and presided over by Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie how the defendant gave him 14 dud cheques worth N125, 000.000 (One...
Third prosecuting witness, PW3, Umar Hussein Babangida in the ongoing trial of a former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye on Monday, January 19, 2026 told Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja that he has not seen any record of agreement involving China’s financial...
The trial of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello before Justice Maryanne Anineh of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Maitama, Abuja continued on Thursday, January 15, 2026 with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC tendering more bank records as evidence. The EFCC is prosecuting Bello,...
Justice Yellim Bogoro of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday, January 14, 2026, ordered the interim forfeiture of the sum of $150,000.00 (One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars) linked to one Emmanuel Okoh, Director, Vetifly Global Inc. The Judge gave the order, following a motion...
Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Monday, January 12, 2026 handed over the sum of N802,420,000( Eight Hundred and Two Million, Four Hundred and Twenty Thousand Naira only) to First Bank Nigeria Plc. The money was recovered from a suspect, Ojo Eghosa Kingsley...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, on Friday, January 9, 2026, arraigned one Kavlak Onal, an Austrian arrested by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) for allegedly failing to declare the sums of $800,575 and €651,505 in his possession before Justice Yelim Bogoro of the Federal...
Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday, January 6, 2026 ordered the interim forfeiture of 57 properties suspected to be proceeds of unlawful activities linked to a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) and two of his sons, Abdulaziz Malami and Abiru—Rahman...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has strongly rejected allegations by Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, that the anti-graft agency is being deployed by political opponents—particularly the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike—to hound him and officials of his administration. In a statement issued on Friday, the...
Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the remand of former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), alongside his son, Abubakar Abdulaziz Malami, at the Kuje Correctional Centre over alleged money laundering offences. The defendants were arraigned on Tuesday before Justice Emeka Nwite...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), on Tuesday, December 30, 2025 arraigned Bauchi State Commissioner for Finance and former Branch Manager of Polaris Bank Plc, Bauchi State branch, Yakubu Adamu, before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, over alleged money laundering offences involving N5,791,900,000 (Five...
Federal Government has firmly dismissed claims that it is plotting to unlawfully arrest, detain or prosecute members of the political opposition, describing a document currently in circulation as entirely fabricated and misleading. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, in a statement on Tuesday, reacted to what it...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, December 30, 2025 arraigned the immediate past Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, alongside his wife, Hajia Bashir Asabe, and son, Abubakar Abdulaziz Malami, before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja,...