•EFCC logo, Library and Obasanjo A sting operation in the wee hours of yesterday, leading to the arrest of 93 suspected internet fraudsters, has put the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at odds with the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) in Abeokuta. The agency, which said it acted on credible intelligence, swooped on...
•EFCC logo and Felix Duke The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has denied allegations by musician and hotel owner Felix Duke that its operatives raided his hotel in the Abule Egba area of Lagos, damaged property, and stole money. Duke, who is president of the Creative Industry Group, told journalists that eight armed men [&helli...
•Former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello and EFCC logo The Court of Appeal in Lagos has restored the interim forfeiture order obtained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to seize 14 properties allegedly linked to ex-Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello. Justice Yargata Nimpar who read the unanimous judgment which was delivere...
Nigeria’s Central Bank, over a decade ago, launched the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP) with grand aspirations: to uplift smallholder farmers, boost agricultural output, and reduce reliance on food imports. Designed to link farmers with large-scale processors through access to finance and resources, the ABP promised to transform the nation’...
•EFCC operatives and Oba Otudeko The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, today, struck out the ₦12.3 billion charge filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against the Chairman of Honeywell Group, Oba Otudeko, and three others. The charge was withdrawn following submissions by EFCC counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo (SAN), who told ...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives has indicted 31 Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) over financial irregularities amounting to over N103.8 billion and $950,912.05. This is as the House has also asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Com...
•Fayose The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has announced plans to appeal the judgement of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, which today acquitted and discharged former Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, of alleged ₦6.9 billion fraud. In a statement posted via its official X handle, the Commission said it is re...
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, today begged the National Assembly to urgently pass a law to criminalise unexplained wealth. He said Nigeria cannot win the anti-corruption war without legal backing to hold public officers accountable for assets far beyond their legitimate earnings, reports Th...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has launched a full-scale investigation into the case of one Ahmad Salisu, who was arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service for attempting to smuggle large sums of undeclared foreign currencies through the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport. Salisu was intercepted during a routine ...
•Former Governor Yahaya Bello and EFCC office The fourth prosecution witness in the ongoing alleged money laundering trial of the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, has refuted, strongly, claims by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s lawyer that he was harassed by security aides of the former governor. Mshelia Arhyel Bata, a com...
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