EFCC arraigns Emefiele over Abuja 753 housing units

EFCC arraigns Emefiele over Abuja 753 housing units The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, arraigned a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Ifeanyi…

EFCC arraigns Bishop over alleged N178mn fraud in Jos

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday re-arraigned the Chairman and Secretary of Covenant Fadama Multi-purpose Cooperative Society, Bishop Katung Jonas and Okewole Dayo, before Justice Sharon T.…

EFCC arraigns bankers over alleged N8.5bn fraud in Lagos

The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, May 23, 2025 arraigned the trio of Samuel Ihechukwu, Fabian Chizaram and Kingsley Kelechi Ejim,…

Court jails internet fraudster, seizes N124mn in Kwara

A Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, on Wednesday sentenced an internet fraudster, Adebisi Olalekan, to two years in prison. The court also ordered Olalekan to forfeit…

EFCC arraigns oil tycoon Akindele over $35m fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday commenced the prosecution of an oil magnate, Dr Akintoye Akindele, accused of complicity in the conversion of $35 million belonging to the…

EFCC hands 753-unit recovered Abuja estate to housing ministry

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has handed over the recovered 753 housing units traced to former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele in Abuja to the…

EFCC nabs 120 suspects in Lagos over internet fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested no fewer than 120 suspected internet fraudsters in Lagos in what it described as a coordinated crackdown on cybercrime activities across the…

Witness testify against ex-Access Bank staff in alleged N5.7bn fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it has on Thursday presented its first prosecution witness, PW1, Abdulmajeed Agboola, a staff of Access Bank Plc, in the alleged N5.7…

EFCC arraigns Sunsteel MD for alleged $680,622 fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Olalekan Adewoye, Managing Director and CEO of Sunsteel Industries Limited, over alleged $680,622.65 fraud. Adewoye was brought before Justice Mojisola Dada…

EFCC breaks silence on VeryDarkMan arrest

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has addressed public interest and speculation surrounding its ongoing investigation of social media personality Martins Innocent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, clarifying its…