THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s (EFCC), Ibadan Zonal Command has announced the conviction and sentencing of two Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) undergraduates and four others to varied jail terms for their involvement in internet fraud. Confirming the development, EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, stated that the undergraduates, Gbolahan Khalid Adesina …
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AS efforts to save the country’s plummeting currency continues, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)raided some Bureau de Change businesses in Wuse Zone 4, Abuja on Monday. According to reports, the anti-graft agency arrested about 50 illegal BDC operators during the raid. Newsextra24 recalls that In response to the …
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THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has quizzed the former Governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed. Newsextra24 gathered that the anti-graft agency invited Ahmed to come and explain the transactions running into billions of naira during his time as governor of the state. It was also learned that the EFCC …
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THE Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned Ajayi Oluwabukola Temitope before an Oyo State High Court for allegedly obtaining N58, 458, 000.00 (Fifty-eight Million, Four Hundred and Fifty-eight Thousand Naira) by false pretence from her victims. She was arraigned on Wednesday, February 14, 2024, …
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OPERATIVES of the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested a banker, Soberechukwu Inya Ewa and a Point of Sales, POS, cashier, Azubuike Mamwu Obasi for allegedly selling new naira notes to customers for commercial purposes. The suspects were arrested in the …
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THE Community Development Committees (CDC) of Niger Delta Oil and Gas Producing Areas have called for a more direct intervention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in tackling the scourge of crude oil theft and pipeline vandalism in the Niger Delta region. The group made the call …
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JUSTICE Abdulhamid Yakubu of the Gombe State High Court has sentenced one Isiyaku Dahiru and his company, Zafran and Brothers Investment Limited, to 12 months imprisonment for obtaining the sum of N3,500,000 under false pretences. The conviction followed their arraignment by the Gombe Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial …
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OPERATIVES of the Makurdi Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, February 14, 2024 arrested 14 (fourteen) suspected internet fraudsters in a training center of potential internet fraudsters in Makurdi, Benue State. The operatives, acting on intelligence, arrested the suspects in a three- bedroom …
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OPERATIVES of the Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested four brothers; Egbo Chukwuebuka, Egbo Favour Chibuike, Egbo Ifeanyi Francis and Egbo Victor for their alleged involvement in internet fraud. The siblings were arrested alongside thirty others which include; Great Eze, Ani Callistus, …
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OPERATIVES of the Uyo Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested one Simon Bassey Idio for currency racketeering in Uyo. The 59-year old ‘Naira Trader’ was arrested on Friday February 9, 2024, at the Ibom Tropicana Mall , Udo Udoma way in Uyo, Akwa Ibom …
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