•EFCC chairman, Olanipekun Olukoyede The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has warned that the surge in internet fraud cases is worsening visa restrictions for innocent Nigerians seeking to travel abroad. EFCC Chairman, Olanipekun Olukoyede, said the menace not only jeopardises the future of perpetrators but also damages Nigeria’...
•EFCC logo and Kyari The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has directed the immediate past Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari, to report at its Abuja headquarters daily as the commission prepares to arraign him in court soon. Also expected to be charged by the commissio...
The Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday, arraigned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) House of Representatives candidate for Chikun/Kajuru Federal Constituency by-election, and the Director General of her campaign organisation at the Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja for alleged financi...
•Mele Kyari Mele Kyari, a former Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), is currently at the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Kyari, who had earlier been placed on watchlist, arrived at the anti-graft agency’s headquarters in Abuja at about 2:30pm today. Sources...
•Olasijibomi Ogundele The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared Olasijibomi Ogundele, a Lagos-based businessman, wanted over alleged diversion of funds and money laundering. Ogundele is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Sujimoto Luxury Construction Limited. The company deals in real estate, reports The Guardian. The a...
•Folarin on Lege Miami’s show and EFCC operative The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has condemned the actions of one of its former staff, Olakunle Alex Folarin, who was recently spotted participating in a matchmaking programme on social media platforms hosted by popular entertainer Lege Miami. The agency has ordered his immedia...
The victims of the cryptocurrency fraud by Crypto Bridge Exchange have been invited by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to report to the commission’s Lagos and Ibadan Zonal Directorates offices, respectively, to help in the ongoing investigations. Dele Oyewale, Head of the Commission’s Media and Publicity unit, made this dis...
•Bashir Haske The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared Bashir Haske, a businessman and son-in-law of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, wanted over an alleged case of criminal conspiracy and money laundering. In a notice issued by the commission’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, the EFCC urged members of t...
•EFCC and Immigration officials during the repatriation of 51 foreign cybercrime convicts. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Nigerian Immigration Service have repatriated 51 more foreign nationals convicted for cyber-terrorism and internet fraud. The latest group of deportees, according to the EFCC in a statement today, inc...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has released two senior officials of the National Hajj Commission (NAHCON) who were part of the six officials arrested for the misappropriation of 2025 Hajj funds. They regained their freedom after refunding the funds that were misappropriated under their watch, reports Daily Independent. The...

