An Indian national, Yuvraj Kumar Mehra, has been arraigned by the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on eight count charges bordering on conspiracy and issuance of a dud cheque in the sum of N70 million. The defendant was arraigned before Justice Olanrawaju Majekobe of …
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EFCC Given 7 Days Ultimatum To Initiate Criminal Charges Against Tinubu
EFCC Given 7 Days Ultimatum To Initiate Criminal Charges Against Tinubu The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been given a seven-day ultimatum to prosecute Bola Tinubu, an All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential aspirant. Concerned Nigerians advocacy group, issued the ultimatum, in a letter addressed to the EFCC Chairman, …
Read More »EFCC Arrests 33 Internet Fraud Suspects
Operatives of the Lagos and Enugu Zonal Commands of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday arrested 33 internet fraud suspects in separate sting operation. Seventeen of the suspects were arrested in Lagos while 16 others were nabbed at Enugu. The 17 suspects arrested in Lagos are Adefila Ayobami …
Read More »BREAKING: EFCC Nabs Officer Who Leaked Video Showing Ex-Anambra Governor Obiano
BREAKING: EFCC Nabs Officer Who Leaked Video Showing Ex-Anambra Governor Obiano The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reacted to a video showing former Anambra Governor Willie Obiano in custody. Obiano was arrested last Thursday after handing over to his successor Governor Charles Soludo in Awka. He was intercepted …
Read More »EFCC Arrests Willie Obiano At Lagos Airport
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Thursday night arrested the former Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport Lagos. He was arrested at about 8.30pm. This development is coming hours after Obiano handed over to Charles Soludo, who is the new governor of the state. …
Read More »EFCC Arraigns Female Banker For Alleged N462 Million Fraud (Photo)
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a banker Judith Nneka Nwagwu for alleged fraud. She was docked before Justice D. A. Onyefulu of the Anambra State High Court in Onitsha, Anambra State. Nwagwu faces a seven-count charge bordering on forgery and obtaining by false pretence to the …
Read More »Osondu Igwilo: EFCC Arrests Fraudster On FBI Watchlist Over $100m Fraud (Pix)
It was the end of road, on Thursday, March 11, 2022 for one Osondu Victor Igwilo, who had been on the watch list of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, since 2018, when operatives of the EFCC, Lagos Command, swooped on him. Fifty-two year-old Igwilo, who is the alleged leader …
Read More »₦700m Fraud: Ogun Lawmakers Forged Fuel Stations’ Signatures – EFCC
The Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Olakunle Oluomo, and his colleagues allegedly embezzled millions of naira belonging to the House, including forging the receipts of two filling stations, court documents filed before the Federal High Court in the state have shown. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission …
Read More »2020 Edo Guber: EFCC Arraigns Man For Allegedly Duping APC Of ₦70m In Borno
The EFCC, Maiduguri Zonal Command on Wednesday, November 10, 2021 arraigned one Tope Jimi Fagun before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri on a-two count charge of impersonation and obtaining N70, 000,000.00 (Seventy Million Naira) by false pretence. The defendant allegedly presented himself as Pastor Ize …
Read More »Suspended DCP Abba Kyari Appears for the Fourth Time Before IG’s Panel, Grilled For Hours
The suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police and former Commander, Police Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari, was reportedly grilled for four hours by the probe panel set up by the Inspector General of Police over his relationship with a confessed fraudster, Ramon Abbas aka Hushpuppi. According to Vanguard, the interrogation by …
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