The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, has called for urgent and unconditional return of Nigerian stolen assets stashed in foreign countries. According to a statement posted on the commission’s X handle on Wednesday, Olukoyede...
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EFCC Seeks Improved Collaboration in Fight against Economic and Financial Crimes
Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, has called for greater collaboration among agencies, organizations and the international community in the fight against economic and financial crimes and other acts of corruption....
EFCC Arraigns Couple Over N410m Fraud in Kano
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned one Aisha Salihu Malkohi, and her husband, Abubakar Mahmoud, who is now at large, before Justice Aisha Mahmud of the Kano State High Court for allegedly defrauding one Farida Ibrahim to the tune of...
EFCC Enugu Zone, Others, Walk Against Corruption to Mark the International Anti-Corruption Day
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Enugu Zone, on Saturday, November 9, organized a walk against Corruption in celebration of the International Anti-Corruption Day with the theme "UNCAC at 20: Uniting the World Against Corruption" in Enugu. The walk...
Kaduna Zonal EFCC Secures Over 200 Convictions In 12 Months
The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has secured over 200 convictions between January to December 2023. Speaking on Saturday at the walk against corruption to mark the United Nations Anti- Corruption Day, the head of...
EFCC Arraigns Man for Alleged $63,590 Fraud in Lagos
The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, December 6, 2023, arraigned one Abdulhamid Isah before Justice I.O. Ijelu of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja on three-count charges bordering on obtaining money by...
EFCC Chairman’s Concerns about Youth Involvement in Internet Fraud
The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes, EFCC, has been drawn to some needless misrepresentation of the concerns of the Executive Chairman of the EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede to the rising incidences of internet- related crimes involving youths across the...
₦4.8bn fraud: EFCC opposes Lagos AG’s move to takeover Ibeto’s prosecution
The planned arraignment of the Chairman of Ibeto Energy Development Company, Cletus Ibeto, failed again on Tuesday at the Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja. This is the fourth time the arraignment has failed as the defendant once again failed to show up in court. His...
Kano Official Arrested Over Diversion Of Palliatives
In a startling revelation, the Kano State Government has unearthed a warehouse brimming with diverted food palliatives meant for the underprivileged. Tasiu Al’amin Roba, a Senior Special Assistant to Governor Abba Yusuf was apprehended by the Kano State Police Command...
Alleged N2b Judgment Debt: Court Summons NATCOM Acting DG Adegbenro
The Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has summoned the acting Director-General, National Commission against the Proliferation of Arms, Light Weapons and Pipeline Vandalism (NATCOM), Mr Adejare Nurudeen Adegbenro, to appear before it following his failure to liquidate...