Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has opposed a fresh bail application filed by Mr. Jesam Michael, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Afriq Arbitrage System (AAS) Limited, accused of investment fraud. The EFCC’s counsel, Geraldine Ofulue, told Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja that...
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By JOY ADARA, Abuja- Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, July 7, 2025 arraigned Awerusuo Otorudo and Chukwuebuka Ehirim before Justice Muhammed Umar of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. They were arraigned on a three-count amended charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence, inducement and...
By OLA MODUPE, Abeokuta – Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have arrested 18 suspected internet fraudsters in Ogun State. The commission in a post via its X handle, said the suspects were arrested in Prime Garden Hotel, situated in Atun-iju,...
A prosecution witness, Ismail Lawal, has told an Abuja High Court that he was instructed to collect all allowances due to former Governor of Taraba, Darius Ishaku. Ishaku and a former Permanent Secretary, Bello Yero, are charged with 15 counts bordering on criminal breach of trust, conspiracy, and conversion...
Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to freeze the United Bank for Africa (UBA) account of Cyriacus Njoku, a Nigerian based in Germany, over alleged criminal breach of trust. The EFCC alleged that Njoku received $14,000 from a petitioner, Mary Njoku,...
In commemoration of the 2025 International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, A New Thing International Foundation held the grand finale of its School Outreach for Better Education (SOBE) Inter-School Quiz Competition on Saturday, June 21, 2025, at Jefla Event Centre, Minna, Niger State. The event marked the...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – First Prosecution Witness, PW1, Hamma Adama Bello in the trial-within-trial of the former Head of Service, HoS, Winifred Oyo-Ita on Monday, June 30, 2025 presented before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, a video evidence of the defendant writing down...
By OLA MODUPE , Lagos – A prosecution witness, Ajayi Michael Folaseye, has told a Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos how he rejected a $7,000 bribe allegedly offered by a colleague seeking unauthorized access to Premium Trust Bank’s internal systems. Folaseye, the first prosecution witness (PW1), testified in...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed October 6 to hear a suit by former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, challenging the forfeiture of her assets to the Federal Government of Nigeria. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had brought the forfeiture suit against Alison-Madueke. Alison-Madueke’s lawyer, Godwin...
Federal High Court in Abuja has declined to grant bail to three detained promoters of Crypto Bridge Exchange (CBEX) in connection with an alleged over $1 billion fraud. Justice Emeka Nwite held that the character of evidence against the defendants is strong and the interest of justice would be...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Monday, June 30, 2025, adjourned till July 1, 2025 further hearing in the trial of Mallam Ahmed Kuru, a former Managing Director of Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, and four others, ...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have arrested 74 suspected internet fraudsters (popularly known as yahoo boys). The commission disclosed this in a post issued via its X handle on Monday. It said the suspects were arrested on Monday, June 30, 2025 at...
By EZEKIEL OBIe, Abuja- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, June 27, 2025, opposed an application filed by former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello, seeking leave of court to travel abroad for medical treatment. The application was presented before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal...
By OLA MODUPE, Abuja- Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday, June 27, 2025, secured the conviction and sentence of 14 Chinese for cyber-terrorism and internet fraud before Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos The suspects are:...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- A prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, on Thursday, June 26, 2025, narrated before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, how a staggering ₦1,096,830,000 (One Billion, Ninety-Six Million, Eight Hundred and Thirty...
A mild drama unfolded at the Federal High Court in Abuja during the trial of former Governor Yahaya Bello on Thursday. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) counsel, Kemi Pinheiro, SAN, described the case as “a political case” while arguing on whether the defence lawyer, Joseph Daudu, SAN,...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has tendered documents against the daughter of former Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika, Fatima, and her husband, Hamma Jalal Sule, in an Abuja High Court. The documents revealed that Fatima and Sule are currently employed by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPCL) and...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Justice Maryanne Anenih of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Maitama, Abuja, on Wednesday, adjourned the N110 billion fraud trial of the immediate past Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, and two others until July 8; October 8 and 9; and November 12 and...
BY EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Former Chief Finance Officer (CFO) of Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Umar Isa, has denied reports of his arrest by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged $7.2 billion fraud. In a statement.on Wednesday, Isa said: “Nobody arrested me for any $7.2...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri on Wednesday, 25 June 2025 convicted and sentenced the trio of Aisha Alkali Wakil (a.k.a Mama Boko Haram), Tahiru Saidu Daura and Prince Lawal Shoyode to fourteen years jail term each. The...