● N80bn allegedly found in sacked MD’s account THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has launched a full-scale investigation into activities of some of the recently sacked top staff members of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPC Ltd). Among those the EFCC is investigating are the immediate past …
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BREAKING: GTBank Orders Arrest Of VeryDarkMan
NIGERIAN social media personality and influencer, Martins Vincent Otse, widely known as VeryDarkMan, has been arrested by the Nigerian police in Abuja on the orders of Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank), following his public complaints about alleged unauthorised debits from his mother’s bank account. Confirming the arrest to SaharaReporters on Friday, …
Read More »EFCC Arrests Technician For Suspected Employment Fraud
OPERATIVES of the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC have arrested one Saifullahi Ismail for suspected involvement in employment fraud. He was arrested at Abakpa New Extension in Kaduna on April 30, 2025 following credible intelligence on his alleged involvement in employment fraud. Ismail, a technician …
Read More »EFCC Arraigns Maize Processing Executive For Alleged N21.5million Fraud In Damaturu
THE Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned Ibrahim Lafiya, Chief Executive Officer, CEO, I.U Lafiya Maize Processing Ventures and I.U Maize Processing Ventures alongside his companies before Justice Fadimatu Aminu of the Federal High Court sitting in Damaturu, Yobe State. The defendant was …
Read More »EFCC Closely Monitoring MDA’s Budget Implementation – Olukoyede
THE Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr Ola Olukayode has disclosed that the anti-graft Commission was closely monitoring the 2025 budget implementation by Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, towards ensuring that releases made to them are not stolen. He made the disclosure on Tuesday, April …
Read More »PHOTOS: Former EFCC Chairman, Bawa Visits Buhari In London
THE immediate past chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has paid a visit to former President, Muhammadu Buhari in London. Newsextra24reports that Bawa, the youngest person to have led the EFCC, visited Buhari on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, but the purpose of the visit was not …
Read More »Compliance Failures, Bane of Corruption In MDAs – Olukoyede
THE Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has decried the lack of compliance with best practices, rules and regulation in Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs in the country, stressing that it is one of the gateways to corruption in Nigeria. He made the observation …
Read More »EFCC Releases E-Money After Interrogation For Alleged Currency Abuse
Emeka Okonkwo, popularly known as e-Money, was released on Tuesday night following hours of interrogation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged naira abuse and currency defacement. The businessman and socialite was arrested on Monday night at his residence in the Omole area of Lagos and taken …
Read More »BREAKING: EFCC Arrest E-money for Naira Abuse
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested popular Lagos socialite, Emeka Okonkwo Daniel, widely known as e-money, for allegedly violating currency regulations. Reports said that he was apprehended on Monday night at his residence in the Omole area of Lagos for spraying U.S. dollars at a public event, …
Read More »Olukoyede Warns BDC Operators against Illegal Cash Movements
THE Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has warned Bureau De Change, BDC, Operators and other business stakeholders across the country against illegal cash smuggling He gave this charge in Kano on Saturday, April 26, 2025 at a joint sensitization program organized by …
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