Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ikoyi, Lagos, on Thursday, August 6, 2026, handed over the sum of N125,000,000.00 (One Hundred and Twenty-five Million Naira) to the victim of an alleged land fraud, Akinsewa Akiode. The recovery of the funds, handed over in Sterling Bank drafts, followed a petition...
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Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has sued the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over the freezing of the state’s Federal Statutory Allocation Account. The suit was filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja by a legal team led by M. T. Adekilekun, SAN. The Attorney General of...
Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has uncovered two additional fake government agencies linked to Adeniyi Matthew Adeyemi, the self-proclaimed Director-General of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, as investigations into the alleged fraud deepen. ICPC Chairman, Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu, disclosed this on Thursday, while...
Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has cleared the Presidency of any involvement in the appointment of Adeniyi Adeyemi Mathew, declaring that the appointment letter he presented as Director-General of the purported Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) was forged. ICPC Chairman, Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu...
Osun State Government has rejected claims by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) that about ₦11 billion was looted from the state’s accounts, describing the allegation as false and an attempt to justify what it called the unlawful freezing of government funds. In a statement issued on Wednesday...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has explained why it placed a Post No Debit (PND) order on the bank accounts of the Osun State Government, saying the action was taken to prevent the alleged diversion of public funds currently under investigation. In a statement posted on its official...
Justice Lekan Ogunmoye of the Ekiti State High Court, sitting in Ado-Ekiti, on Tuesday, July 28, 2026, convicted and sentenced one Bethel Onyedikachi Ukachukwu to two years imprisonment for car auction fraud. The convict was arraigned by the Ekiti Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,...
Nigeria recorded an estimated ₦25.85 billion in losses to digital payment fraud in 2025, according to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), despite improvements in the country’s electronic payment security framework. The apex bank disclosed this in its latest assessment of risks confronting Nigeria’s payment system, noting that fraud-related...
Abuja Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arraigned Rhas Nigeria Limited and its director, Liwa Sarirddine before Justice A.H. Musa of the Federal Capital Territory High Court for fraud. They were arraigned on a one-count charge, bordering on alleged issuance of dud cheque to...
Justice Akintayo Aluko of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Thursday, July 30, 2026, convicted and sentenced one Sunmonu Olasunkanmi Thaoban to four years’ imprisonment for money laundering. Sunmonu was arraigned by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the EFCC on a two-count charge bordering on...
Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Olamide Oladiji, has dismissed the campaign for his removal over an alleged N44 million financial misconduct as a political move linked to the 2027 elections. He claimed that some lawmakers were working to stop him from returning as Speaker...
Commander of the 3 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Kano, Brigadier General S.A Jimoh, has commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), for its steadfast commitment to fighting corruption, describing the agency as the nation’s indispensable watchdog. Jimoh made the remarks on Wednesday, July 29, 2026 while paying...
Acting Zonal Director, Benin Zonal Directorate, Deputy Commander of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Sa’ad Hanafi Sa’ad, has handed over a bank draft of N42 million to Ebesunun Mathew Edonojie, being the sum recovered by operatives of the Commission from fraudsters that defrauded him. Edonojie, a businessman...
Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on Thursday, July 23, 2026 declined to deliver ruling on the application for bail condition variation filed by Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore leader, Bello Bodejo. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on July 9, 2026 arraigned Bodejo on...
Justice B.T Zannah of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri, on Wednesday, July 22, 2026, convicted and sentenced one Yagana Musa Mohammed to six months imprisonment. The convict was arraigned by the Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on a one -count...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has dismissed reports suggesting that the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Kemi Nandap, is being investigated over an alleged visa racketeering scheme. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the anti-graft agency described the reports as misleading, stressing that the Immigration chief...
The trial of the former Jigawa State governor and his two sons, Aminu Lamido and Mustapha Lamido at the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, before Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu was stalled on Monday, July 20, 2026 due to the absence of the lead defence counsel, Joe Agi, SAN. The Economic and...
Justice Yellim Bogoro of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, July 17, 2026, convicted and sentenced Fidelix Samuel Ebuka to eight years and three months’ imprisonment for money laundering. Ebuka was arraigned by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,...
Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction and sentence of one Godwin Sunday Ajuluchukwucheya (a.k.a Prophet Sunday Koboko) before Justice H. O. Eya of the Enugu State High Court, sitting in Independence Layout. The convict was prosecuted on a two-count charge...
Supreme Court on Friday, July 17, 2026 affirmed the final forfeiture of seven landed properties, the sum of $2,045,000 (Two Million, Forty-Five Thousand United States Dollars) and share certificates linked to a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, to the Federal Government of Nigeria. In...