The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Tuesday disclosed that 90 percent of the cases received by the Kano command of the commission bordered on fraudulent withdrawals which is mostly traced to wallet accounts of fraudsters. EFCC Spokesperson Wilson Uwujaren, quoted the Head of Cyber Crime Section of Kano Command, …
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OPERATIVES of the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 56 suspected internet fraudsters. In a statement issued on Friday, the commission said the suspects were arrested on Monday in a sting operation at Rivtaf Golf Estate, Port Harcourt, following intelligence on their …
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested 52 suspected internet fraudsters in Ogun State. According to the EFCC, which made this known on Twitter, the individuals were arrested for computer-related fraud by operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the antigraft agency. According to the report, the suspects …
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said a High Court sitting in Kaduna, presided over by Justice Darius Khobo, had convicted and sentenced one Solomon Eke to three years imprisonment for impersonation. The anti-graft agency wrote on its verified Twitter handle @officialEFCC, on Monday that Eke, who had operated a …
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Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested twenty suspects over offences bordering on cybercrime. The arrest is the second of such operation within the last one month in Ilorin. Recall that on May 4, 2023, operatives of the EFCC, Ilorin Zonal …
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A Federal High Court in Abuja has restrained the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission from detaining a former governor of Zamfara State, Abdul’aziz Yari, pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice. Justice Donatus Okorowo, who gave the …
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THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission( EFCC) on Friday quizzed the former Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs. Pauline Tallen over alleged fraud. A source close to the commission said that the ex-minister who arrived at the Abuja Zonal Command of the Commission on invitation at 12pm was still being grilled …
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Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) are currently quizzing a former governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, over misappropriation of funds to the tune of N4 billion. Our correspondent learnt that Fayemi, also a former Minister of Mines and Steel Development during President Muhammadu Buhari’s first term, …
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has sought the withdrawal of its amended charge against the Kano Central senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Abdulsalam Abdulkareem Zaura before the Federal high court sitting in Kano. Prior to Wednesday’s retraction, EFCC at the last proceeding failed to produce …
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday received the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting with Bawa who arrived the Aso Rock presidential villa around 2pm followed the directive of the president to the Department of State …
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