A total of nine law professors and three major lawyers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC are among 62 lawyers conferred with the prestigious rank of the Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs). They were honoured with the rank by the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) under the chairmanship of …
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Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Abdulrasheed Bawa has appealed to Nigerians to shun fraud and the likes. The senior police officer counselled youths in particular to avoid internet fraud and join the EFCC to combat monetary crimes. Bawa gave the advise in his speech on “Inherent …
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THE leadership and members of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic, Federal Polytechnic Ado-Ekiti chapter, has taken to the street to express their displeasure over what they described as illegal detention of their members by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC). The aggrieved …
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, has revealed that the presiding Justice of the Court of Appeal, Kano Division, Honourable Justice Ita Mbaba, was not under investigations. This was disclosed in a statement, by the EFCC Head, Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, on Wednesday. The commission dismissed some media reports …
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Justice Muhammed Sani of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin has convicted and sentenced a Lokoja- born musician, Onojah Emmanuel Samuel, and two others to twenty years imprisonment for offences bordering on cybercrime. Samuel was convicted on Monday, September 12, 2022, alongside Victor Atsumbe Kadiyamo and Jejelowo Segun, after …
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Justices Adebayo Yusuf of the Kwara State High Court in Ilorin and Muhammed Sani of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin have convicted two siblings – Shekoni Taofeek and Shekoni Damilare, alongside Adegbe Thankgod for offences bordering on cybercrime and retention of proceeds of unlawful activities. They were convicted …
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The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic And Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a 29-year-old Chinese national, Gang Deng, for suspected illegal mining in Ilorin, Kwara State. Deng was arrested on Friday and found to be in possession of solid minerals without authority. A truckload of minerals suspected to …
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested one Adepoju Sunday, owner of “De Rock Club” and 21 other suspected internet fraudsters, in an intelligence-driven operation. Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Command of the EFCC said Sunday, 36, a graduate of Industrial Chemistry of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago …
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Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has reacted to a court judgement which duscharged and acquitted former Governor of Plateau State, Jonah Jang, of corruption charges. The court also acquitted a former cashier in the Office of the Secretary to the State Government, OSSG , Yusuf Pam. Wilson Uwujaren, Head, Media & …
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Hon Olakunle Oluomo, Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, was on Thursday arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, at the Lagos airport. A reliable source in the House of Assembly told DAILY POST that the Speaker’s arrest was not unconnected with a probe …
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