THE Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentencing of thirty-seven (37) internet fraudsters before Justices Ladiran Akintola, O.A. Olajide, J.O. Adeyemi, Bayo Taiwo and M.O. Ishola of the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan; Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court sitting …
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THE Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, has expressed support for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in its crusade against economic and financial crimes and other acts of corruption, stressing that the Commission is pivotal to President Bola Tinubu’s plan to entrench …
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OPERATIVES of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have re-arrested a convicted Italian, Floriana De-Stefani, for failing to obey a court order upon her conviction by Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. The judge had, on October 7, 2022, …
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JUSCTICE M.A Shambu of Bauchi State High Court, sitting in Bauchi on Thursday, December 14, 2023 convicted and sentenced one Ibrahim Abdullahi to one year imprisonment for stealing the sum of N30,000( Thirty Thousand Naira only) through fraudulent swapping of an Automated Teller Machine, ATM, card. Abdullahi was arraigned on two-count charges of stealing by the …
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EXECUTIVE Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, has called on internal auditors across the country to always consider Standard Operating Procedures, SOPs, of corporate organisations, in addition to their professional codes, as potent guides in tackling financial malpractices. He made the call in Lagos on Saturday, …
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THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has released a former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye, on bail. Trojan News reported that the former minister was arrested on December 13 and detained over alleged official corruption and forgery to the tune of N6bn in connection with the Mambilla Power Project. But …
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THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA has called for closer and stronger collaboration with the Economic Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC in the task of fighting economic and financial crimes and other acts of corruption. This call was made in Kaduna recently by the newly redeployed Kaduna State Commander …
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THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency of Nigeria, SMEDAN, have brokered new collaboration to enhance growth and survival of businesses across the country. The parley took place on Monday, December 18, 2023 in Abuja when a delegation of SMEDAN, led by its …
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EXECUTIVE Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede has called for improved financial discipline and integrity in the running of ministries, departments and agencies, MDAs, in the country. He made the call on Monday in Abuja while receiving a delegation of the Financial Reporting Council of …
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THE attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been drawn to some insinuation and contrived accounts of the conviction of an internet fraudster, Victor Oche Odeh by Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court on July 21, 2023. Odeh, 19, was among five undergraduates convicted …
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