By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for its good works in fighting economic and financial crimes. The Association gave the commendation on Thursday, when the chairman of the Abuja branch, Afam O. Okeke, led a delegation...
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By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Justice O. A.Okunuga of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, on Thursday, June 8, 2023, adjourned till June 28, 2023 “for hearing” in the alleged fraud trial involving one Sennaike Opeoluwa. Opeoluwa, alongside his firm, Sennaike Consulting Limited, was arraigned by the...
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 52 suspected internet fraudsters in Ogun State. The EFCC disclosed this in a statement on Friday via its official Twitter handle @officialEFCC It identified the suspects to include:...
A civil society group, Justice and Equity Forum, has urged President Bola Tinubu not allow interested individuals to interfere in the ongoing investigation of former Ekiti Governor, Kayode Fayemi by the anti-graft Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged money laundering. The forum made the call in a...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Operatives of the Uyo Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested two identical twins: Takwan Potential and Takwan Peter and 26 others for alleged internet fraud in Calabar, Cross River State. The EFCC spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, said in a...
The FCT High Court in Gwagwalada on Thursday ordered a student, Istifanus Irmiya, to clean the premises of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for two weeks for internet fraud. Irmiya was docked by the EFCC on a two-count charge, boarding on cheating and personation. He pleaded guilty...
A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Gwagwalada, Abuja on Thursday urged the EFCC to educate a man, Ndubisi Success convicted for internet fraud on merits and demerits of fraud. Success was docked by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for creating an Instagram account for the...
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has called for the arrest of the immediate past Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, over what it described as the “fraudulent” Nigeria Air. This is contained in a statement signed by the group’s National Coordinator, Mr Emmanuel Onwubiko, and made available...
A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress ( APC), Dr Haruna Gololo, has urged Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC) to investigate immediate past Minister of Aviation over unpleasant discoveries on purported lunch of Nigeria Air aircraft. Gololo made the call while addressing a news conference in Abuja...
Edo High Court on Tuesday sentenced 19 persons to prison for engaging in internet fraud popularly known as “Yahoo Yahoo”. The convicts in separate judgements by Justices Efe Ikponmwonba and Mary Itsueli in Benin, were found guilty of the charges levelled against them. A statement by Wilson Uwujaren, Head,...
The Appeal court on Tuesday reserved ruling in the appeal filed by the former governor of Jigawa , Sule Lamido, challenging the decision of the Federal High Court dismissing his no -case -submission. Lamido, his two sons, Aminu and Mustapha, Aminu Wada Abubakar, and their companies, Bamaina Holdings Ltd...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has charged real estate operators in Port Harcourt and its environs to be professional and ensure due diligence in dealing with their customers. Assistant Commander of the EFCC, Ibinabo Mary Amachree gave the charge in a welcome address...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – In its bid to curb the tide of internet fraud related crimes among the youths, operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 33 cybercrime suspects in Ilorin, Kwara State and Maiduguri, Borno state. A statement by the EFCC spokesman, Mr....
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, May 30, 2023 rewarded two secondary schools: Government Girls Secondary School, Dutse, Abuja and Intelligence Quotient Academy, Garki, Abuja for their outstanding performance in a debating competition on evils of economic and financial crimes. The two...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says it will appeal against the Federal High Court judgment, which acquitted a former Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mr Stephen Oronsaye, of N2 billion fraud. The EFCC Spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, made this known on Monday in Abuja, while...
A Federal High Court, Abuja on Monday, awarded a N10 million fine against Mr Festus Keyamo, the immediate-past Minister of State for Labour and Employment, for filing a frivolous suit against Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s presidential candidate in the Feb. 25 election. Justice James Omotosho,...
Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court, Abuja, has warned those sending him private messages in the N5 billion suit filed by the EFCC against Sen. Stella Oduah and others to desist from intruding into his privacy. Justice Ekwo gave the warning on Monday during the hearing of...
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), says former Enugu state Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi is neither in hiding nor being probed for fraud. Mr Emmanuel Onwubiko, the National Coordinator of HURIWA, made the disclosure in a statement issued and made available to newsmen in Owerri, on Monday. Onwubiko said...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, discharged and acquitted former Head of Service (HoS) of the Federation, Mr Stephen Oronsaye of the N190 million fraud charge filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, held that the prosecution...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission( EFCC) on Friday quizzed the former Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs. Pauline Tallen over alleged fraud. A source close to the commission said that the ex-mnister who arrived at the Abuja Zonal Command of the Commission on invitation at 12pm was still being...