THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has traced money laundering activities in excess of $300,000 to a suspected internet fraudster. The suspect was among the 35 suspects arrested by the EFCC in the Sabo Iyako area of Auchi, Edo State, on Sunday, May 4, 2025. The EFCC spokesperson, Dele …
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THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it arrested and detained, Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM) over his repeated refusal to honour several invitations extended to him. A statement by Mr Dele Oyewale, the Spokesperson of the EFCC on Tuesday in Abuja said Otse, a Social Media …
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OPERATIVES of the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have apprehended a content creator, Muhammed Kabir Sa’ad, for naira abuse. The content creator had shared a video on his TikTok and Instagram accounts (@youngcee0066), in which he was seen throwing Naira notes on the ground, stepping …
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AN Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) witness, Femi Remigus, on Monday refused to confirm the legality of bank entries in the trial of Ali Bello, the Chief of Staff to Gov. Usman Ododo of Kogi. Remigus, a compliance officer at Zenith Bank Plc, denied knowing if associated bank transfers …
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THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has confirmed that popular social media activist, Martins Otse, widely known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), will be released once he meets his bail conditions. EFCC spokesperson Dele Oyewale, while speaking to BBC News Pidgin on Monday, stated, “We will release him if he meets …
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Justice Yellim Bogoro of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, May 2, 2025, convicted and sentenced one Agudosi Christopher Okechukwu to six months imprisonment for non-declaration of foreign currencies at Lagos Airport. Okechukwu was arrested in December 2024 at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos by operatives …
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The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Okotie-Eboh, Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday , May 2, 2025, re- arraigned one Alhaji Ahmed Shaw before Justice D.I.Dipeolu of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos for money laundering. He was arrested on March 3, 2025 at the …
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Justice Yellin Bogoro of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, May 2, 2025, convicted and sentenced the duo of Folake Adeoti and Modupe Adewuyi to one year imprisonment, each for hawking Naira notes. They arraigned by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, …
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THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has intensified its probe into alleged financial mismanagement at the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), zeroing in on the $2.96 billion allocated for the repair of Nigeria’s moribund refineries. Multiple arrests have already been made, with several former Managing Directors of the Port …
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Justice O. A. Okunuga of the Lagos State High Court, sitting in Ikeja, has convicted and sentenced one Abubakar Sani to jail for fraud. He was arraigned by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on April 30, 2025 on a one-count charge, bordering on stealing. The charge reads: “That you, …
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