AN Ikeja Special Offences Court on Wednesday issued a bench warrant for the arrest of a defendant, Toyosi Ayodele, over alleged N600 million and $50,000 agribusiness investment fraud. Ayodele, alongside his companies Reaprite Global Ltd and Agrorite Ltd, are facing an 11-count charge of obtaining money under false pretences and …
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THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday, handed over 753 units of houses recently recovered by the commission in Abuja to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development. Its Spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. He said that the EFCC Chairman, Mr Ola …
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THE Federal Government has announced plans to sell the 753 housing units recovered from former Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, as proceeds of crime. This development is contained in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja, by Salisu Haiba, Director Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Housing and Urban Development …
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THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has strengthened its collaboration with the British High Commission in the fight against organised immigration fraud through a specialised training on document forgery. The training, organised by the Home Office International Operations of the British Deputy High Commission, held on Thursday, 15 …
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GROUP, friends and family members of Friday Audu, an Abuja-based businessman being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes and Commission (EFCC) have accused the commission of mounting a campaign of calumny through the deployment of falsehoods and prejudcial actions to compromise his trial. They particularly accused the commission of …
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THE Police Command in Niger says it has arrested three suspects, who posed as Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) operatives, abducted and robbed students of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) University, Lapai. A statement by the Command’s Spokesperson, SP Wasiu Abiodun, on Friday in Minna, indicated that two informants who …
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A Federal High Court in Kaduna has sentenced social media content creator Muhammad Kabir to six months in prison for defacing Nigerian currency in a viral video. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in a statement on Thursday, confirmed Kabir’s arrest on May 13, 2025, in the Tudun Wada …
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OFFICERS of the Port Harcourt Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Wednesday, May 14, 2025 arrested 31 suspected internet fraudsters at different locations in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Their arrest followed credible intelligence that linked them to fraudulent internet activities. Items recovered from them include …
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Justice Nkeonye Maha of the Oyo State Federal High Court, sitting in Ibadan has convicted and sentenced one Ayorinde Festus Morakinyo to jail for illegal trading of naira notes. The convict was arraigned by the Ibadan Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on March 26, 2025 …
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OPERATIVES from the Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have apprehended 17 suspected internet fraudsters, popularly known as ‘Yahoo Yahoo’ or ‘Yahoo Boys’ The individuals, Naija News understands, were arrested during coordinated operations in Ilorin and the Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State. The suspects were …
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