A warrant of arrest has been issued against the immediate past Clerk of the National Assembly, Sani Omolori by a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).. Justice Suleman Belgore gave the order while ruling on an ex parte motion filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In the motion, marked: M/8728/2020, the EFCC claimed that Omolori Read More
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), is set to arraign the duo of Sarah Omeigha Ajibola and John Ozovehe Demide before a Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, for allegedly conspiring to rig the 2018 general elections of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). The EFCC Head, Media, and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, in a press statement, Wednesday in Abuja, Read More
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Kaduna Zonal office, has arraigned a lawyer Abdullahi Badarudeen alongside one Umar Muhammed Fankolo, before Justice Z.B Abubakar of Federal High Court Kaduna, on two-count charge bordering on Conspiracy and Advance Fee Fraud to the tune of N18.5 million. The EFCC Head, Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, in a press statement, Friday in Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate suspension of Ibrahim Magu as acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). This was contained in a statement issued by Dr. Umar Jibrilu Gwandu, Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice which was made available to Blueprint on Friday. Read More
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded for the prosecution of the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu. PDP in a statement issued by it National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, Wednesday noted that the party took the position after reviewing the reported circumstances surrounding the investigation. The party said that “Magu’s indictment reinforces its Read More
Acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu was Monday grilled in Aso Rock by the presidential panel probing the activities of the agency. The panel reportedly sat at the Banquet Hall wing of the Presidential Villa. Magu was reportedly stopped in traffic while moving out of the Wuse II Annex of the EFCC in Abuja where Read More
Ghana’s Chartered Institute of Public Resources Management and Politics (CIPRM&P), Friday, honoured the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, with a prestigious Lifetime Recognition Award for fostering international synergy towards fighting money laundering and other economic and financial crimes. A press statement by the EFCC Head Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, in Abuja, said Read More
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday stormed the premises of Engr. Enyinnaya Nwafor, son of late former deputy governor of Abia state, Dr. Chima Nwafor. Nwafor is the founder and chief executive officer of Tunnel End, and Rock Waters Integrated Services Ltd., two construction companies with headquarters in Aba. Some buildings in the company’s premises Read More
It was with mixed feelings that residents and indigenes of Abia state received the news of the Supreme Court’s judgement that nullified the conviction of the former Governor the state, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, representing Abia North in the National Assembly. The embattled lawmaker was convicted on December 5, 2019, for a 12-year-term by a Federal High Court sitting in Read More
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has declared its preparedness to resume re-trial of former Governor of Abia state Orji Uzor Kalu and his co-defendants immediately.
Shehu Sani, former senator representing Kaduna central, says the bribery allegation against him is an imaginative work of fiction crafted to silence him. The senator was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged extortion. And he has been in the custody of the agency. The EFCC accused Sani of collecting money from Sani Dauda, owner of Read More
The acing Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibrahim Magu has revealed that mothers of internet scammers popularly known as Yahoo in Lagos have formed an association, acting Chairman of the has revealed. Magu stated this at the commission’s Lagos Office during the ongoing EFCC stakeholders conference on crusade against cybercrime fraudsters. Details loading…
Indications emerged, Wednesday night, that the former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, was being quizzed by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commissions (EFCC) over alleged N2.1 million fraud. The Department of State Services (DSS) handed over Maina to the commission about three days after he was arrested, alongside his son, a final year student at Read More
In what appears to be a massive crackdown on internet fraudsters countrywide, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arrested no fewer than 53 suspects in Lagos, Abuja and Enugu. All the arrests were made within the last 24 hours. Some of the arrests came with a touch of drama, with a lady suspect in Enugu trying to flush Read More
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 12 suspected internet fraudsters at a ‘Yahoo school’ in Lagos. The suspects are: Oluwaseun Ogunbunmi Haruna Yusuf Olubori Hassan Wasiu Idowu Basit Adeniran Aina Olajuwon Okafor Joseph David Ado
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a 36-year-old man on the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) wanted list in Ilorin for alleged N60 million fraud. EFCC spokesperson Mr Wilson Uwujaren made this known in a press statement, Friday in Abuja. He said the commission’s zonal head in Ilorin Mr Isyaka Sharu, while addressing a press conference on Read More
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has commenced investigation into the circumstances leading to the $8.9billion arbitral award against Nigeria by a United Kingdom Court over alleged breach of gas contract agreement between it and Process and Industrial Development Limited. Chairman of the commission Ibrahim Magu made the disclosure, Friday in Abuja, playing host to a delegation from the Nigerian Read More
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has confirmed investigation of former Lagos state Governor Akinwunmi Ambode. At the moment, their operatives are raiding his residence. Confirming the raid, Tony Orilade, EFCC spokesperson told TheCable that the commission is investigating the administration of Ambode over alleged N9.9 billion fraud. Ambode has since denied the allegation. Details loading
Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the federal high court in Lagos, has ordered that Atiku’s son-in-law, Abdullahi Babalele, and lawyer Uyiekpen Osagie-Giwa, be remanded in EFCC’s custody until their bail application is looked into. The duo who were arraigned in court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday were alleged for laundering $140,000 in the build-up to the 2019 Read More
Abdullahi Babalele, son in-law to former Vice President and Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, in the 2019 general elections, Atiku Abubakar has just been arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Mr Babalele was arraigned on Wednesday morning before Justice Nicholas Oweibo at a Federal High Court in Lagos, on a two-count charge of alleged money Read More
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has appointed Ladi Hamalai, as the new Commandant, EFCC Academy, Karu, Abuja. The EFCC disclosed this in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Tony Orilade, in Abuja. The commission said Mrs Hamalai will succeed David Tukura who recently resigned his position. Mrs Hamalai retired in May, as the Director-General, National Institute for Legislative Read More
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Kaduna Zonal Office, has arraigned a busimess man, Magaji Mijinyawa and Shehu Mahamoud before Justice Darius Khobo of the State High Court sitting in Kaduna on a four-count charge bordering on fraud and obtaining money by false pretence. The commission’s acting Head Media and Publicity Mr Tony Orilade in a press statement, Wednesday Read More
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