EFCC – City Business News

August 20, 2025 No Responses

Court Freezes Four Accounts Linked To Ex-NNPCL Boss, Kyari

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the temporary freezing of four Jaiz bank accounts linked to the immediate-past Group Managing Director (GMD) of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mr Mele Kyari, over allegations of fraud. J...

August 9, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Arrests Alleged Internet Fraudster

Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested a suspected internet fraudster with two locally- made pistolsHe was arrested alongside 55 others at K- Hotel in Itori, Ewekoro area of Ogun State...

August 7, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Arraigns Katsina Revenue Officials, First Bank Staff For Alleged N1.2b Fraud

The Kano Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, August 5, 2025 arraigned five officials of the Katsina State Board of Internal Revenue and one bank staff before Justice Musa Danladi of the Katsina State High...

July 28, 2025 No Responses

NIMC Warns Nigerians Against Sharing Personal Data

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has warned Nigerians against selling their personal information, including the National Identification Number (NIN).According to NIMC, the EFCC had in a statement disclosed that ” this fraud scheme is la...

July 20, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Seeks Support Against Naira Abuse

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has called on critical stakeholders in the anti-graft war to join hands with the Commission in tackling the menace of naira abuse in the country. He appealed...

July 14, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Seals Hampton Hilton Hotel

The Special Control Unit against Money Laundering, SCUML, of the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has sealed Hampton Hilton Hotel and Apartments, Kaduna.According to EFCC, the facility was sealed for non-complianc...

July 12, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Monitors Local Government Elections In Lagos

Operatives of the Lagos Directorates 1 and 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Saturday joined other law enforcement agencies in monitoring the conduct of Local Government Elections across Lagos State.The deployment was part of efforts ...

July 9, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Probes Suspect Over Undeclared $29,000 At Lagos Airport

Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have commenced investigation of one Rajesh Kumar arrested by the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, for allegedly failing to declare the sum of $29,000( Twenty Nine.....

July 8, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Probes Suspect Over Undeclared $420,900, £5,825, CFA3,946,500

The Kano Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has commenced a comprehensive investigation into the case of one Ahmad Salisu, arrested by the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, for allegedly concealing and failing to declare the s...

June 24, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Arrests Ex-NNPCL Officials Over Alleged $7.2b Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a former Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Umar Isa, over an alleged $7.2 billion fraud linked with the rehabilitation of the Kaduna, Warri...

June 20, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Arraigns Medical Doctor For Alleged N39.1m Fraud

The Port Harcourt Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, June 19, 2025 arraigned one Dr. Nekabari Dambere Nathan, a Port Harcourt-based medical doctor before Justice P. I. Ajoku of the Federal High Court, sitting....

June 18, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Assures NDDC Of More Recovered Funds

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Olanipekun Olukoyede, has assured the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, of the release of more recovered funds recovered on behalf of the Commission. The EFCC boss made the promise...

June 16, 2025 No Responses

Court Jails Ecobank Staff One Year For N2.4m Cybercrime

Justice Yellim Bogoro of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday, June 16, 2025, convicted and sentenced one Solomon Stephen Ufayo, a staff of Ecobank Plc, to one-year imprisonment for cybercrime.The convict was arraigned on Friday, May...