The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction and sentencing of 33 internet fraudsters to various jail terms. In a statement on Monday, EFCC’s  Head of Media and Publicity, Mr. Dele Oyewale said that the convicts were jailed by Justices Ladiran Akintola, Adebukola Olajide and M.O. Ishola of the Oyo State High …

A businessman, Minnis Howard, has been arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for an alleged N822,422,260 fraud. Howard, alongside his company, Howard Minnis Asset Management Limited, was arraigned on Wednesday before the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja. In the two counts filed against him by the EFCC, he was accused of obtaining money by pretence …

The Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has disclosed it would charge personnel of the Nigerian Air Force released on administrative bail by its Kaduna Zonal Command to court upon completion of its ongoing investigation. The NAF personnel were granted administrative bail last Friday. In a statement on Monday on its social media handles by its Head of Media and Publicity, …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has condemned the unauthorised use of its operational identities, warning skit makers and other social workers to desist from the act. In a statement on Wednesday, the commission’s Head of Media and Publicity, Mr. Dele Oyewale said that a video titled, ‘EFCC and Army Wahala’ gaining traction on social media compelled the EFCC to …

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 14 suspected vote buyers in Otueke, Adawari playgrounds, Bayelsa State, and various polling units in Imo and Kogi states. This was disclosed by EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale. In a statement on Saturday, Oyewale said: “A total sum of N11,040,000―comprising N9,310,00 intercepted from suspected vote buyers …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, in Abuja refused to produce former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory. The release order made on November 2 was said to have been ignored by some alleged confusion in the interpretation of the court order. But …

Human rights lawyers, Tolu Babaleye and Inibehe Effiong have cautioned the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against activities similar to the disbanded special anti-robbery squad of the Nigeria Police. They stated this following the arrest of over 60 students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, on Wednesday by officials of the commission in a midnight raid on off-campus hostels. The incident …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday, said it has arrested 69 suspected internet fraudsters in Ile-Ife, Osun State. “They were arrested on Wednesday, 1st November 2023, at Oduduwa Estate area of Ile-Ife, Osun State following actionable intelligence on their suspected involvement in fraudulent internet-related activities. Credible intelligence linked Oduduwa Estate with activities of suspected internet fraudsters”, the …

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, postponed the hearing of a suit filed by former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, challenging the orders obtained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), for final forfeiture of her seized assets. The matter, which was scheduled on number 15 on the cause list, could not proceed due to the absence …

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arraigned Aisha Alkali Wakil (a.k.a Mama Boko Haram), alongside Tahiru Saidu Daura and Prince Lawal Shoyode before Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri, on two-count charges bordering on conspiracy and cheating to the tune of N150,000,000.00. Count two of the charges reads: “That you Aisha Alkali Wakil, Tahiru Saidu …