The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed fresh 16-count charges bordering on fraud against the former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, before an FCT High Court, Daily Trust reports. The charges, which were filed by the Federal Government through counsels for the EFCC, Kemi Pinheiro, Rotimi Oyedepo both Senior Advocate of Nigeria and 7 other lawyers, also …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has invited Martins Otse, a.k.a VeryDarkMan (VDM) and Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, over bribery allegations against personnel of the Commission. This is as the Chairman of the Commission, Ola Olukoyede, ordered an immediate investigation into the alleged bribery of some officers of the commission by Bobrisky. In a viral video circulating …

A non-governmental organization, Journalists Against Corruption (JAC) have asked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to call the governor of Kogi State, Ahmed Usman Ododo to order, over what it termed “obstruction of the statutory functions of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the bid by the EFCC to arrest and prosecute the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Mr. …

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, stated on Wednesday that the commission will continue to monitor bank transactions to curb financial flows to criminals, including bandits and terrorists. Olukoyede also highlighted the connection between corruption and insecurity, noting that corruption fosters poverty, which in turn makes unemployed citizens vulnerable to recruitment into banditry, kidnapping, …

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, has reiterated the commission’s commitment to rigorously enforcing financial laws, with a focus on cleansing the banking sector and insulating it from rogue activities. Olukoyede made this declaration on Tuesday at the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria’s 17th Annual Banking and Finance Conference, held at the Congress …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said the commission will soon begin the prosecution of some banks’ top officials for circumventing the rules of financial operation while aiding politically exposed persons to commit financial frauds, including money laundering. EFCC chairman Ola Olukoyede said the antigraft agency is committed to working with the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria …

The Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned one Ibrahim Shuaibu before Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court, sitting in Kaduna State for fraud. According to a Monday statement on EFCC X.com handle Shuaibu is facing prosecution on a seven-count charge, including criminal breach of trust, impersonation, and obtaining by false …

The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it has arrested 44 suspected internet fraudsters at different locations in Ilorin, Kwara State. The Directorate arrested 56 suspected internet fraudsters only two days ago. The spokesperson of the agency, Dele Oyewale, said that “the suspects were arrested on Friday, 6 September 2024, at Sango, Kulende, Taxaco …

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has stressed the need to uphold transparency and accountability in the conduct of affairs in the country. He commended the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, for refining its processes to uphold the principles of probity. Olukoyede, who spoke when a delegation of the NDDC management, led by …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said it is ready to deploy technology-driven facilities and avenues to fight economic and financial crimes and other acts of corruption. Its Chairman, Olanipekun Olukoyede, announced this at the inauguration of an electronic learning management studio at the commission’s academy in Abuja. Olukoyede said the studio would help to boost the intellectual …