The Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Professor Wahab Egbewole, SAN has commended the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) Mr. Ola Olukoyede for his giant strides in the fight against economic and financial crimes and other acts of corruption in the country....
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday, April 14, 2026, presented its second prosecution witness, PW2, in the ongoing trial of a vessel, MT Ostria, and three others over an alleged theft of 25,354,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation...
A resident of Jalingo Local Government Area of Taraba State, Abdulmumin Iman, has accused the state Commissioner for Commerce, Trade and Industry, Hon. Peter George, of allegedly diverting N850,000 meant for petty traders under the NG-CARES programme. Iman, who is known for his outspoken stance on governance issues in...
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested Udoma David Ekeh, a Tiktok user, for spreading false information about the Commission and its officers. The commission disclosed this in a post via its verified X handle on Wednesday. It said: “Udeh, in December 2025, alerted the...
Justice Maryann Anineh of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on Wednesday, March 25, 2026, admitted more documents in evidence against the former Minister for Power, Saleh Mamman in his prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged fraud. Mamman and seven others are being prosecuted...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has called on authorities to release former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai and other individuals he described as political detainees, warning against the use of state power to suppress dissent. Atiku made this known in a post shared on his X (formerly Twitter) account...
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), Ikoyi, on Monday, March 16, 2026, arraigned an ex-convict, Oluokun Gabriel Adekola, for an alleged 12m theft before Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. Adekola was arraigned on a one-count...
Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested one Mbah Chidinma Sophina for an alleged case of criminal breach of trust and obtaining by false pretence to the tune of N19, 000, 000. 00 (Nineteen Million Naira) and €8,370 (Eight Thousand,...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, arraigned one Ufoma Joseph Immanuel for an alleged $1.5m fraud before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. Immanuel, alongside his company, Intermediate Investment Holdings Ltd., was arraigned on a two-count charge bordering...
Senate Committee on Public Accounts has summoned former Mele Kyari to explain an alleged ₦210 trillion flagged as not properly accounted for in audit reports of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) between 2017 and 2023. Kyari was invited alongside former Chief Financial Officer Umar Ajia Isa and...
Kaduna Citizens Watch for Good Governance has thrown its weight behind ongoing investigations into the immediate past Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, commending the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC), and the Department of State Services (DSS) for what it described as...
The Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC), has taken former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, into custody shortly after he was granted bail by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday night. El-Rufai, who had been in EFCC custody since Monday over alleged corruption-related offences, was reportedly released...
Department of State Services (DSS), has re-opened the “cold case” of the 2019 disappearance, in Kaduna, of a renowned government critic, Abubakar Idris, better known as Dadiyata, and several other cases of missing persons linked to a former governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai. A top security source...
Justice S.M Shuaibu of the Federal High Court sitting in Kano on Friday, February 13, 2026 convicted and sentenced a Kannywood actress, Saadatu Mohammed Inuwa, (a.k.a Samha) to six months imprisonment for the abuse and mutilation of the Naira. The actress was arraigned on a one-count charge bordering on the...
Sokoto Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction of Abdulrahman Abdullahi (alias A.A Sabo) and Bashir Muhammad over offences or cheating, internet frauds and obtaining by false pretence. Abdulrahman Abdullahi and Bashir Muhammad were arraigned on Tuesday on a one count each...
Chief Judge of the Federal High Court (FHC), Justice John Tsoho, has re-assigned the money laundering case and the civil suit for forfeiture of 57 property filed against Abubakar Malami to Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that hearing dates...
The Department of State Services (DSS), on Tuesday arraigned the immediate Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami and his son, Abdulaziz, for terrorism financing, aiding and abetting terrorism, as well as for the illegal possession of firearms. Malami and his son were arraigned before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) on Friday received a suspected operator of a fake crypto-currency investment platform, Polyfarm. The suspect, Bamu Gift Wandji was arrested by the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in Gwagwalada on January 12, 2026, for running a fraudulent investment scheme and was...
The long-awaited corruption trial of former Nigerian Petroleum Minister and first female OPEC president, Diezani Alison-Madueke, is set to commence in London on Monday. The 65-year-old faces five charges of accepting bribes and one count of conspiracy to commit bribery, all allegedly tied to her tenure as Nigeria’s Minister...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has raised the alarm about negligence and compromise of banks and Fintechs in two major fraudulent schemes that have cost victims a total sum of N18, 739, 999, 027.35k( Eighteen Billion, Seven Hundred and Thirty Nine Million, Nine Hundred and Ninety Nine Thousand, ...