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 …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has commenced probe of an actress and cosmetologist, Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, for allegedly spraying and stepping on the redesigned Naira notes. Omoseyin was arrested by the anti-graft agency on Wednesday, on Awolowo Road, in the Ikoyi area of Lagos State. According to the commission, the 31-year-old actress was arrested after a video showing her …

Some worried employees of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) have urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offenses Commission (ICPC) to look into cases of alleged fraud and corruption at the agency. However, NSITF’s General Manager/Head of Corporate Affairs, Mrs Ijeoma Oji-Okoronkwo denied knowledge of any wrongdoing in the organisation. …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said that it would remove the former Director-General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, Dr Doyin Okupe, from its watchlist following his arrest by the Department of State Security Service at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Thursday. Okupe was detained by the Department of State Services (DSS) on …

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Olisa Agbakoba has said that the functions of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) should be carried out by the police Special Fraud Unit (SFU). In recent time, EFCC and Agbakoba have been at loggerheads over an alleged fraud case linked to Ali Bello, identified as a nephew of Kogi State Governor, …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) secured 3,785 convictions across all its commands in 2022. The figure, which emerged from a review of the commission’s performance in the outgone year, shows a 70.5 percent improvement over its record for 2021 (2,220). It also represents a 98.93 percent success rate in prosecution given that the EFCC lost only 41 cases, …