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, ...
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Justice Modupe Nicole-Clay of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Wednesday, January 21, 2026, convicted one Victor Ogiemwonyi and his company, Partnership Securities Limited, for stealing the sum of N953,535,861.57 (Nine Hundred and Fifty-Three Million, Five Hundred and Thirty-Five Thousand, Eight Hundred and Sixty-One Naira,...
Trial of former Head of Service of the Federation, Winifred Oyo-Ita, before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, continued on Tuesday, January 20, 2026, with the First Prosecution Witness, Hamma Adama Bello testifying with video evidence in a trial-within-trial that the defendant wrote her statements...
Justice Maryann Anenih of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, Maitama, Abuja on Tuesday, January 20, 2026 frowned at the antics of the defence counsel to waste time in the trial of former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman. Mamman and seven others, namely, Mustapha Abubakar Bida, Joseph Omotayo Adewunmi,...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate 1, on Tuesday, January 20, 2026, arraigned one Sarumi Samusudeen Babafemi for an alleged N206,000,000 (Two Hundred and Six Million Naira) fraud before Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. Babafemi alongside his companies, 606 Autos...
Supreme Court of Nigeria on Friday, January 16, 2026, ordered a former Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido, his two sons, Mustapha and Aminu and others, to enter their defences at the Federal High Court, Abuja over alleged N1.35billion fraud. A five-member panel of the apex court issued the directive...
Supreme Court is set to determine the fate of former Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido, and one of his sons on Friday, January 16, 2025, in the long-running ₦1.35 billion fraud case that has kept the former governor in the legal spotlight for years. The apex court’s decision is...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Directorate 1,, on Wednesday, January 14, 2026, presented the seventh prosecution witness, PW7, Rasheedah Chindaya, an operative of the EFCC, in the ongoing trial of Friday Audu, the alleged ringleader of 792-member cryptocurrency investment and romance scam syndicate before Justice Rahman...
The Ag. Zonal Director, Benin Zonal Directorate, Deputy Commander of the EFCC, DCE Sa’ad Hanafi Sa’ad on Tuesday January 13, 2026 handed over a draft of N64,800,000 to Uzoechina Vincent Anene, being funds recovered by operatives of the Commission for him. Anene, 59, a dealer in petroleum products had petitioned...
The trial of a former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (retd) continued on January 13, 2026 before Justice C.O. Agbaza of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court Maitama with the First Prosecution Witness PW1, Dr. Michael Adariku giving a breakdown of the movement of funds from the Office of...
While giving the order for reassignment, Justice Nwite stated that the matter was returned to the Chief Judge because it was a vacation matter which needed to be reassigned to a substantive judge to handle. Adamu was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, alongside Balarabe Abdullahi...
A civil society organisation, the Centre Against Injustice and Domestic Violence (CAIDOV), has lauded the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for the ongoing prosecution of former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN. The group described the...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has raised the alarm over what it described as a planned and coordinated campaign of calumny targeted at the Commission and its Chairman, Ola Olukoyede. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the anti-graft agency alerted Nigerians to alleged plots by politicians and groups...
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on Wednesday, January 7, 2025, warned counsel in the trial of former Attorney General and Minister o of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN and two others to desist from approaching him for any favour, cautioning that his leniency should...
Arewa Joint Initiative for Peace has urged Nigerians to reject what it described as attempts to seek public sympathy over serious corruption and security-related allegations involving officials of the Bauchi State Government. In a statement signed by its President, Julius Danlami, the group drew attention to the recent arraignment...
The Office of former Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has firmly dismissed claims that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was not served with a subsisting court order, insisting that due process was followed and that the anti-graft agency is fully aware of the directive. In...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will, on Wednesday, arraign Yakubu Adamu, Commissioner of Finance, Bauchi State, over alleged N4.6 billion money laundering. Adamu, alongside a firm, Ayab Agro Products and Freight Company Ltd, will be arraigned before Justice Emeka Nwite at the Federal High Court in Abuja on...
Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre (NPF–NCCC) has apprehended high-profile internet fraud suspects involved in targeted cyberattacks against the email systems of major corporate organisations through the deployment of phishing links and malicious software. The Force spokesman, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this in a statement issued on Thursday in...
As public pressure mounts over corruption allegations against the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Engr. Farouk Ahmed, the Presidency has moved to clarify its position amid growing calls for investigation and accountability. The controversy gained momentum following reports of the resignation...
Office of former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has accused operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of carrying out coordinated raids on his offices and private residences in Abuja and Kebbi State. In a statement issued on Wednesday and signed...