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December 2, 2024 No Responses

EFCC Makes Single Largest Asset Recovery

Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie, on Monday, December 2, 2024 gave a ruling on a final forfeiture of an estate in Abuja measuring 150,500 square metres and containing 753 Units of duplexes and other apartments.This is the single largest asset recovery by...

December 2, 2024 No Responses

EFCC Trains 100 Officers On Forensic Document Examination

In its continuous bid to tackle some emerging crimes and build stronger capacities for future challenges, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has trained One Hundred of its officers on Forensic Document Examination, Digital Forensics, Fingerpri...

November 23, 2024 No Responses

EFCC Warns Banks Against Fraudulent Practices

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has warned banks against making themselves available as instruments of fraud.The warning was handed down on Friday when the management team of Moniepoint, led by its founder and Group CEO, Tosin Eniolorunda p...

November 22, 2024 No Responses

EFCC Arraigns REA Director For Alleged N223.4m Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned the Director of Human Resources Management of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) Mr. Sulieman Garba Bulkwang before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Abuja for fraud.Accord...

November 20, 2024 No Responses

Presidency Lauds Olukoyede On Reforms, Preventive Frameworks

The Special Adviser to the President on Policy Coordination and Head, Central Delivery Coordination Unit, Hadiza Bala Usman has commended the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede on the laudable reforms in the...

November 19, 2024 No Responses

N43.5m Fraud: Court Jails NOGASA Chairman, Fatuyi 21 Years

Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Monday, November 18, 2024, convicted and sentenced Fatuyi Yemi Philips, Chairman, Natural Oil and Gas Suppliers Association of Nigeria, NOGASA, to 21 years imprisonment for N43.5m ...

November 14, 2024 No Responses

$700,000 Fraud: EFCC Arraigns Syndicate Impersonating Olukoyede

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned two members of an alleged syndicate, Ojobo Joshua and Aliyu Hashim for attempted fraud and impersonating the Executive Chairman of the Commission, Ola Olukoyede. They were arraigned on Wed...

November 14, 2024 No Responses

EFCC Beams Fresh Searchlights on Insurance Fraud

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has declared the resolve of the Commission to beam stronger searchlights on the nation’s insurance industry. He made the declaration in Abuja on Wednesday, Novemb...

November 11, 2024 No Responses

EFCC Reacts To Alleged Naira Abuse At Goje’s Daughter Wedding

The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been drawn to a viral video where the nation’s currency, Naira, was freely sprayed at a wedding ceremony in Kano, Kano State on Friday, October 24, 2024.Allegations of the...

November 5, 2024 No Responses

Alleged N3b Fraud: I Exchanged Naira For Dollars For Yahaya Bello, Says BDC Operator

Jamilu Abdullahi, a Bureau de Change operator and the third prosecution witness in the trial of Ali Bello, on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, affirmed before Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja that funds were brought to...

October 30, 2024 No Responses

EFCC Tasks NDPHC Boss On Accountability, Due Process

The Executive Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede has tasked the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC), Engineer Jennifer Adighije on integrity and accountabilit...

October 24, 2024 No Responses

Nigeria Drops Charges Against Binance Executive

The Federal government has dropped all charges against an executive at Binance Holdings, Tigran Gambaryan on health grounds. Gambaryan has been facing a money laundering trial from detention since April. A Counsel for the Economic and Financial Crimes Com...

October 22, 2024 No Responses

EFCC Unveils Cybercrime Rapid Response Service

Determined to break the criminal networks and damage associated with internet fraud across the country, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, October 22, 2024 unveiled a 24- hour Cybercrime Rapid Response Desk.The unveiling, which was...