Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Lagos have arrested two Chinese nationals and six Nigerians for alleged involvement in illegal mining activities in the Ogere area of Ogun. This is contained in a statement made available by the commission in Abuja on Saturday. The suspects are Zhang Hang Lin, Gao Pei Hai, Matthew Mathias, Oluwaseun Amoo, …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has pledged to investigate allegations of financial misconduct involving Bello Matawalle, the Minister of State for Defense, following a petition submitted by the All Progressives Congress Young Leaders Alliance (APC-YLA). The allegations accuse Matawalle of embezzling over N528 billion during his tenure as Governor of Zamfara State. The assurance came during a protest …

Social media activist, Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), has been released from the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). His release was announced on Wednesday by former presidential candidate and activist, Omoyele Sowore, via his X handle. ‘Thanks to unrelenting efforts of all @thatverydarkman has been released from unjust detention at the @officialEFCC. He is …

‘There is the saying, to wit, an elder running in the afternoon: if he is not pursuing something, something is pursuing him’. As was wont our practice, we rubbed minds as those of us who were friends and aides sat at table with Governor Ayodele Fayose at Osuntokun House, as the Ekiti State Government House, Ado-Ekiti, was called. Contributing to …

A Northern-based Civic group, the Concerned Northern Forum (CNF), has raised the alarm over what it describes as the deliberate delay by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate former Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle, despite multiple petitions and earlier commitments by the agency. Speaking at a press conference in Kaduna on Monday, CNF Chairman, Alhaji Aliyu Muhammad …

A $3 billion refinery fraud has rocked Nigeria’s petroleum sector as authorities have traced N80 billion to the personal accounts of a recently sacked managing director of one of the country’s state-owned refineries. The revelation follows the arrest of the former managing directors and top executives of the Port Harcourt Refining Company, Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company, and Kaduna Refining …

Former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC),  Abdulrasheed Bawa, on Wednesday, visited former President Muhammadu Buhari in London, the United Kingdom. The purpose of the visit of the former EFCC boss was not disclosed, PUNCH Online learnt. The former President appointed Bawa to lead the anti-graft agency in 2021, but he was removed from office by President …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared one foreign national, Elie Bitar wanted for his alleged involvement in a cryptocurrency fraud linked to the online trading platform, Crypto Bridge Exchange. According to an official bulletin issued by the Commission, Bitar, 41, is wanted for a suspected fraudulent scheme carried out via CBEX, which has reportedly defrauded multiple unsuspecting …

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to within 24hrs release socialite and business woman, Aisha Achimugu. Justice Inyang Ekwo in a short ruling also added that parties in the suit especially the EFCC are to report to the court to give report on compliance to the order of court on …

After hours of questioning by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), a popular Lagos socialite, Emeka Okonkwo (a.k.a. E-Money) purportedly regained his release on Tuesday evening. E-money had been picked on Monday night at his residence in the Omole area of Lagos and taken to the commission’s office in Abuja for questioning. E-Money was arrested by operatives …