Operatives of the Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested four suspects for sending fake transaction credit alerts to their victims. A statement on Monday by the EFCC Spokesman Dele Oyewale said the suspects were arrested within Maiduguri metropolis in Borno State, following intelligence on their fraudulent acts. Oyewale said preliminary investigations showed that …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, tendered additional evidence against MICAD Project City Services Limited, and Director of Process and Industrial Development Limited, James Nolan, before Justice Nora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja. This was made known in a statement by the Head of Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Dele Oyewale. The …

A witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Agboro Omowera, on Monday, told a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama that 10 officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), including the former CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, minuted on the documents for the award of multi-million contracts to April 1616 and Architekon Nigeria Limited. The EFCC accused …

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered final forfeiture of 36 exotic cars, ‘allegedly stolen’ from Canada to Nigeria. Trial judge, Justice Deinde Dipeolu, made the final forfeiture order, while granting an application filed and argued by a lawyer to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Abdul Rasheed. The forfeited cars include: 2017 Model Toyota Rav, …

The Ilorin zonal command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested an herbalist and 48 suspected internet fraudsters for offences bordering on conspiracy and obtaining under false pretence in Lokoja, Kogi State. In a statement on Thursday, the anti-graft agency said: “They were arrested upon credible intelligence on Tuesday, March 5, 2024 at various locations in Lokoja. “The …

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede has revealed the commission’s plans to investigate more than 3,000 financial crime cases. He explained that the 3,000 cases approved for investigation were part of the over 5,000 petitions received by the agency from different groups and Nigerians. Olukoyede said this at the 20th-anniversary lecture of the …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has asked the Presidency, the Federal Judicial Commission, and other Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs), to submit their anti-corruption strategies, as part of the agency’s efforts to stop the abuse of contracts. All the MDAs have until 1 March to submit their strategies to the anti-graft agency. The directive was contained in separate …

Operatives of the Kano zonal command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 11 suspected currency racketeers for allegedly selling new naira notes. According to a statement on Saturday by the agency’s Head of Media and Publicity, Mr. Dele Oyewale, the suspects were arrested last Monday, following intelligence that unmasked a syndicate of fraudsters operating in Kano. …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has refuted claims of shooting students during an operation at Kwara State University hostels. In a statement by Head of Media and Publicity, Mr. Dele Oyewale shared on EFCC’s official account, the commission stated that there was no shooting of any student. The EFCC said the story of the shooting as reported by …

Operatives of the Ilorin zonal command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday, arrested 48 students of the Kwara State University (KWASU), and two residents of Malete in Moro Local Government Area over offences bordering on Internet fraud (popularly referred to as ‘yahoo-yahoo’. A statement in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, on Thursday by the agency’s Head …