Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has called for a stronger alliance with civil society groups and the media, insisting that the fight against corruption cannot be won by the Commission alone. Speaking during a one-day capacity-building workshop for CSOs and journalists in Maiduguri on Thursday, the Acting Zonal...
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An operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Kazeem Yusuf, on Tuesday told the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) that the sum of N4.6 billion from the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), meant for the supply of security equipment, was diverted to...
Operatives of the Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday November 18, 2025 arrested one Archbishop Angel Oyeghe for conspiracy, naira mutilation and suspected money laundering. The Commission disclosed this in a post via its X handle @OfficialEFCC on Wednesday. The self-acclaimed Archbishop,...
Justice Ismail Ijelu of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, convicted and sentenced one Osaibovo Charles to a total of 50 years’ imprisonment for offences bordering on conspiracy, obtaining money by false pretence, stealing, possession of fraudulent documents and money laundering. Charles...
A Special Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos, has slammed two men, Hamza Zakaria and Nurudeen Mohammed Ibrahim, with jail terms after they admitted to playing key roles in a staggering ₦8.56 billion cyber-fraud that compromised the computer systems of a new-generation bank. Justice Rahman Oshodi delivered the verdict on...
Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Benue State Council has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to step up its fight against corruption, particularly among public office holders. Speaking when the Acting Zonal Director of the EFCC, Makurdi Command, ACE Effa Imo Okim, paid him a courtesy...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso “to promptly account for and explain the whereabouts of the missing or diverted N3 trillion of public funds, as documented in the recently published 2022 annual report by the Auditor-General...
Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned one Obinna Nwaobi, a former Head of Operations at Access Bank Nigeria Plc before Justice F. O. Giwa-Ogunbanjo of the Federal High Court sitting in Independence Layout, Enugu State. He was arraigned on Thursday on a...
Uyo Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arraigned six men before Justice Onah Sergius of the Federal High Court 2, sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, for their alleged involvement in land fraud. The defendants Emmanuel Edet Okon, Essein Edem Archibong, Edet Sam Udoh...
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, sitting in Maitama, Abuja, on Thursday November 13, 2025 dismissed a “no- case submission” filed by a former Acting Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Chukwunyere Anamekwe Nwabuoku and held that he has a case to answer and should enter his defence...
Justice A. Bello of the Kaduna State High Court has adjourned the trial of Polycarp Andrew, a dismissed staff of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) until Dec 11 for hearing. Justice Bello on Wednesday adjourned the case. At the opening of the trial, EFCC’s counsel, H.M Mohammed,...
First Prosecution Witness, PW1 in the trial of former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki on Tuesday, November 11, 2025 narrated before Justice C.O. Agbaza of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, Maitama, Abuja, how funds, running into multi-million naira were funneled from the Operations Account of the...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) witness on Tuesday told the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja that retired Colonel Sambo Dasuki personally endorsed the payment mandates issued to two companies linked to his ongoing trial over an alleged ₦33.2 billion fraud. Dasuki, who once served as Nigeria’s...
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, sitting in Maitama, Abuja, on Monday, November 10, 2025, adjourned the trial of former Kogi State governor, Yahay Bello, till Tuesday, November 11, 2025, for continuation of trial. Bello is being prosecuted by the EFCC before Justice Nwite for alleged diversion...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and one-time Governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, wanted over an alleged case involving the dishonest conversion of $14,859,257. In a public notice issued by the EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has launched a full investigation into serious allegations of extortion made by Nigerian rapper Oladipupo Olabode Oladimeji, popularly known as Oladips. The hip-hop artist has accused EFCC operatives of extorting a staggering sum of N10,000,000 (Ten Million Naira) from...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday submitted additional documents as evidence in the ongoing trial of former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd), and three others before the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Abuja. Dasuki is facing an amended 32-count charge that includes...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has issued a strong warning to car dealers across the country to be vigilant and avoid being used by individuals seeking to launder illicit funds or finance terrorism through vehicle purchases. According to...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) did not charge former Power and Steel minister, Dr Olu Agunloye, with six billion dollars fraud. Agunloye in his writ of summons in the defamation suit marked FCT/HC/CV/1199/2024, filed by his counsel, Adeola Adedipe SAN, claimed that the EFCC damaged his good name...
Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede has handed over properties and money recovered from a fake spiritualist and advance fee fraudster, Fatai Alli, to a victim, Daniel Attiogbe, in Ibadan. Its Spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, said this in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday. Oyewale said the...