The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed an appeal challenging the High Court judgement that discharged and acquitted Shamsudeen, son of the Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed on N1.1 billion fraud charges. The anti-graft agency appealed the decision which discharged and acquitted the respondent on nine counts before Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Abuja Division of the …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said that it would go after some outgoing public officials after 29th May, the terminal date of the present administration. In an interview with Daily Trust, which was published on Friday, EFCC Chairman, Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa disclosed that at least two ministries were currently under the radar of the commission for fraudulent …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Maiduguri Zonal Office on Monday secured a five-year jail term against the Auditor General for Local Government in Yobe State, Alhaji Idris Yahaya. Yahaya, who is standing trial over alleged misappropriation, was found guilty and convicted by Justice Muhammad Lawu Lawan of the Yobe State High Court on a one-count charge of criminal …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said that its operatives arrested 17 suspects over alleged vote buying in Katsina and Kano states. EFCC zonal commander in Kano, Farul Dogondaji told the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday that six suspects were arrested in Tofa and Ungogo Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Kano State with bags of rice and …

A 73-year-old woman, Comfort Muoneke has been detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for having 20 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs). Two of her suspected accomplices – Afekhana Esther and Segun Osaimokhai – were also arrested. In a statement on its Facebook handle on Sunday, EFCC said: “Operatives of the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial …

An Akure High Court, in Ondo State has assumed jurisdiction over the trial of the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Bamidele Oloyelogun, and two others for alleged fraud involving the N2.4 million fund belonging to the Assembly. Justice Adegboyega Adebusoye of Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has recovered an additional N900 million from the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). In a statement on Saturday, EFCC spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren said that the sum was part of the money which some deposit money banks fraudulently withheld since 2015 and refused to remit into the Treasury Single Account for NHIS. According …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a motion before the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, asking for a stay of execution of the judgment of the Kogi State High Court delivered last 12 December, and the consequential order made four days ago, in the suit between the commission and Ali Bello. In the 6 February …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on  Wednesday re-arraigned a social media influencer and comedienne, Adedamola Adewale alias Adeherself, for alleged N7.9 million internet fraud. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Adewale was charged alongside two others at large, on a three-count charge of conspiracy to obtain money by false pretences, attempt to obtain money by false pretences, and …

Seven months after the Court of Appeal in Lagos sentenced him to seven years imprisonment for N805 million money laundering, the Senator representing Delta North, Peter Nwaoboshi was Wednesday remanded in the Ikoyi Custodial Centre to commence his prison term. According to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nwaoboshi has been on the run since 1 July, last year …