The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has interrogated an Abuja-based businesswoman, Halimat Adenike Tejuosho, over her alleged involvement in an appointment and contract scam. Tejuosho, said to be the founder of Haleems Integrated Services Limited, was reportedly quizzed after victims accused her of using false pretenses to obta...
•IGP Kayode Egbetokun Developers of River Park Estate, Abuja, Jonah Capital, and their Ghanaian promoters have dragged the Nigeria Police Force, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and others to court over alleged harassment, intimidation, and violation of their fundamental rights. The plaintiffs, Directors of Jonah Capital Nigeria ...
The Port Harcourt Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned the Director of Glossalalia Nigeria Ltd and Pelenged Nigeria Ltd, Precious Williams, before Justice S. I . Mark of the Federal High Court, sitting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. Williams was arraigned on a 14 count bordering on...
•EFCC operatives The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, today, arraigned the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of SunTrust Bank Ltd, Halima Buba, and the Executive Director/Chief Compliance Officer, Innocent Mbagwu, before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja. The duo is standing trial on a six-count charge borde...
•Former NNPCL boss, Mele Kyari A group has called for the immediate arrest and prosecution of Mele Kyari, former Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL). Led by Barrister Ojonugwa Theophilus, the group submitted a petition to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on April 25, 2...
•Peter Okoye A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Clement Onwuenwunor, has faulted claims by music star Peter Okoye of P-Square in his statement to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The SAN told the Federal High Court in Lagos that the claims were made in a bid to mislead investigators in an ongoing fraud […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), today, arraigned two suspected illegal miners before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos. The defendants were arraigned by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the EFCC on a five-count charge bordering on unlawful possession and exportation of mineral resources, ...
•Prof. Steven Wordu Prof. Steven Wordu is a political sociologist and expert in Government Studies at the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State. In this interview, he examines the problems of defections and the case of Rivers’ dirty politics. Wordu said, given the recent gale of defections by politicians, the Economic and Financial Crimes...
•Deyemi Okanlawon Actor Deyemi Okanlawon has spoken on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC)’s recent crackdown over naira abuse in an interview on Nollywood On Radio. He acknowledged the need to respect the naira as a symbol of national pride, drawing a parallel to Nigeria’s broader cultural neglect of maintenance. “Two things, I...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 120 individuals suspected of internet fraud in Lagos State. According to a statement posted on Monday via the official X handle of the commission, operatives from the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 carried out the coordinated operation across various locations in the state. The operat...

