THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested the Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Olakunle Oluomo. Oluomo was arrested over allegations of offences bordering on financial crimes. EFCC arrested the Speaker on Thursday morning at the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Ikeja, Lagos State. The Speaker was …
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EFCC Arraigns Cubana Manager Over $164,000 Fraud
The Economics and Financial Crime Commission on Wednesday arraigned a manager with Cubana Group, Lucky Uchechukwu Ndukwe, for an offence bordering on conspiracy to launder and money laundering. Ndukwe, known better as Cubana Prime Minister, was arraigned alongside one Precious Omonkhoa Ofure before Justice Justice O.A. Fadipe of the Special …
Read More »EFCC, Army Arrest 120 Suspected Oil Thieves In Port Harcourt
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Port Harcourt Zonal Command, have arrested one hundred and twenty suspects (120) for alleged illegal oil bunkering in a joint operation with with personnel of the 6 Division Garrison, Nigerian Army Port Harcourt They were arrested on Saturday, August 13, 2022 …
Read More »EFCC Arrests Corps Member, Clerics Hired By ‘Yahoo boys’
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested seven suspected internet fraudsters in Ilorin. The spokesman Wilson Uwujaren said they were arrested at a hotel close to a popular mall in the Kwara capital. The suspects include two clerics and a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member. The EFCC …
Read More »HEDA Urges EFCC To Prosecute Accomplices Involved In N109bn Accountant General Fraud
The Human & Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA) has written the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to as a matter of urgency commence criminal prosecution against all accomplices in the N109 billion fraud involving the Accountant-General of the Federation, Idris Ahmed. In a letter signed by HEDA’s Chairman, Olanrewaju Suraju, …
Read More »Presidential Pardon: EFCC To Prosecute Three Indicted Persons
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has prepared for the prosecution of three individuals found to have been involved in the alteration of the 2022 presidential pardon list. The former governors of Plateau and Taraba states – Joshua Dariye and Jolly Nyame – were among many individuals whose names were …
Read More »EFCC Busts Kogi Internet Fraudsters, Arrests 18
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ilorin Zonal Command has arrested 18 suspected internet fraudsters in Lokoja, Kogi state. This was contained in a statement released on Tuesday by the head of media and publicity of the agency, Wilson Uwajuaren. According to Uwajuaren, the arrest was to curb the rising …
Read More »EFCC Arrests 9 Suspected Internet Fraudsters In Abuja
Nine suspected internet fraudsters have been arrested by Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abuja Zonal Command. The suspects were arrested on Thursday, at FO1 Area of Kubwa, Abuja, following intelligence reports on their alleged criminal activities. The suspects were identified as Kalu Kennedy Ndukwe, Onyenso Emmanuel, …
Read More »EFCC Burst Hideout, Arrest 74 ‘Yahoo Boys’ In Rivers
Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Command have apprehended a total of seventy-four (74) suspected internet fraudsters. EFCC who made this known through its official Twitter page said the suspects were arrested in the early hours of Thursday, July 21, 2022, in different locations in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. It …
Read More »Alleged N109bn Fraud: EFCC Fixes Date To Arraign Ex-Accountant General Idris
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will on Friday arraign a former Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, and three others on charges of stealing and criminal breach of trust to the tune of N109.4 billion. Idris will be arraigned with Godfrey Olusegun Akindele, Mohammed Kudu Usman, and …
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