The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede has charged students in the country to aspire to be anti-corruption ambassadors in their schools, homes and anywhere they find themselves. Olukoyede gave the charge on Wednesday, June 25, 2025 when the students of Nobel Heights Academy, Karu came on excursion at EFCC Academy, …
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, June 26, 2025, presented its 10th and 11th witnesses in continuation of the trial of a former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Abubakar Sirika, and his daughter, Fatima Hadi Sirika, for alleged misappropriation of public funds to the tune of N2 billion. …
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The operatives of the Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 34 suspected internet fraudsters in Ekiti State. The EFCC disclosed this via a statement issued on Thursday, June 26, 2025. The anti-graft agency said the suspected internet fraudsters were arrested in the early hours of Monday, June 23, at Iworoko …
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An Ikeja Special Offences Court has adjourned ruling on former Central Bank Governor Godwin Emefiele’s application seeking forensic analysis of WhatsApp evidence in a $4.5 billion fraud case. Emefiele and his co-defendant, Henry Omoile, are standing trial on charges bordering on receiving gratification and corrupt demands. Emefiele’s counsel, Olalekan Ojo …
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Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested five former top shots of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), for an alleged $7.2 billion fraud linked with the rehabilitation of the Kaduna, Warri and Port Harcourt refineries. Among them is a former Chief Financial Officer (CFO) …
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The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has urged Nigerian students to use the internet for positive ventures rather than fraud. EFCC Spokesperson Dele Oyewale said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Olukoyede gave the charge during a one-day symposium titled “Safe Campus …
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The Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos State, on Monday, June 23, 2025, sentenced 17 Chinese nationals to one year imprisonment each for cyber-terrorism and internet fraud. This followed the arraignment of the Chinese nationals by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a separate one-count charge of …
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,has called on students across the country to shun negative use of the internet, stressing that it could be counter-productive and criminal. The call was made in Lagos on Friday, June 20, 2025, at an interactive session with students from the Department of International …
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has confirmed the arrest of Dr Mkor Aondona, the Special Adviser to Gov. Hyacinth Alia of Benue on Documentation, Research and Planning. Mr Dele Oyewale, the EFCC Spokesman confirmed the arrest to newsmen on Saturday in Makurdi. He said Aondona was arrested by …
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THE Federal High Court sitting in the Ikoyi area of Lagos State has remanded one Ibrahim Abubukar in the correctional centre for alleged money laundering. Abubakar was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday, June 19, 2025, on a two-count charge bordering on alleged conspiracy to …
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