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62 stories tagged economic and financial crimes commission.
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, ordered the immediate release of the international passport of a former Governor of Rivers State, Dr. Peter Odili, which was seized by the Nigeria Immigration Service,…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday arraigned a former Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University Gusau, Prof. Magaji Garba, before Justice Maryam Aliyu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court,…
The Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) said it has received N1, 667, 582, 605.04 recovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) between 2017 and July 5, 2021. The Corporation said these…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 11 suspected internet fraudsters in Benin, Edo State. The commission said the suspects were arrested in separate locations in the city based on actionable…
Faisal Maina, son of former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Taskforce Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, has been sentenced to 14 years imprisonment. The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, convicted and…
A Borno woman, Dije Sale has been sentenced to thirty-four years imprisonment. Justice Umaru Fadawu of the State High Court in Maiduguri found her guilty of forgery, use of false document and obtaining N66million under…
President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate, seeking an amendment to the recently signed Petroleum Industry Act, PIA. In the letter, President Buhari wants an amendment to the new Act to allow for the removal…
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, slumped at a programme at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Thursday The incident happened when Bawa was giving a goodwill message at the…
Data from a recent investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has listed nine areas in Lagos State as hotbeds for suspected internet fraudsters. Most of the areas are in Lekki, according to the data…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 10 persons for forex scams. The suspected fraudsters allegedly forged travel documents to procure foreign exchange from commercial banks in Kano. The…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has confirmed that its operatives were present at the home of BBNaija star, Dorathy. Recall that Dorathy Bachor had earlier took to social media to express her anger…
Former Big Brother Naija housemate, Dorathy Bachor has taken to social media to raise alarm over an invasion into her house by the operatives of the economic and financial crimes commission EFCC. Dorathy took to her…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested a former governor of Abia State, Senator Theodore Orji at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The ex-governor, who has been on the commission’s…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC is currently interrogating a former Governor of Bayelsa State and Senator representing Bayelsa West in the National Assembly, Senator Seriake Dickson following an…
Nollywood actor, Kanayo O. Kanayo has replied to trolls telling him to be wary of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) following the rains of naira at Obi Cubana's party yesterday. According to the…
The Kano Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested twenty suspected Internet fraudsters in Dutsinma Local Government Area of Katsina State. The suspects who were mostly youth in their…
A federal high court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos State on Monday adjourned the ongoing fraud trial of Naira Marley till Tuesday, the 5th of October 2021. Justice Nicholas Oweibo passed this adjournment on Monday, the 12th…
Giwa Nurudeen, a 24-year-old final year student of the University of Ilorin, on Thursday, July 8, bagged three years jail term having been found guilty of offences bordering on N35m internet fraud. Nurudeen was…
A young Nigerian Cab driver identified as Michael Oluwatosin Lawal has been found guilty of the fraud charges labeled against him and bagged a jail term. Justice M. A. Odegbola of the Oyo State High Court, sitting in…
Shortly after the death of his record label boss, Singer Barry Jhay arrested in Ghana. His arrest is in connection to the death of Babatunde Oyerinde Abiodun aka Karshy, who until his untimely death, Cash Nation…
