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The Executive Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, Jalal Arabi, and the commission’s secretary, Abdullahi Kontagora, are currently in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over the alleged mismanagement of the N90bn 2024 Hajj subsidy, The PUNCH learnt on Wednesday. In a document sighted by our correspondent on Wednesday, the […]
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Suspected internet fraudster aka Yahoo Boys has allegedly taken down the X(twitter) account of Economic Financial Crime commission (,EFCC). Africhome Team checks throughout Wednesday revealed that the organisation’s handle, which had 2.2 million followers, was no longer available. Instead, the page displayed the notice “This account does not exist”. The EFCC’s main spokesman, Dele Oyewale, […]
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In a bid to evade strategies deployed by law enforcement agencies to end their illegal activities, fraudsters, commonly known as ‘Yahoo boys’, who primarily exploit digital cyberspace to defraud unsuspecting members of the public of their hard-earned money, now resort to various shady means, including seeking spiritual protection to hide their identities, Victor Ayeni writes […]
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The Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Friday, July 19, 2024 arraigned one Rufus John Isip, a self-acclaimed forex broker before Justice C. S. Onah of the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. Isip was arraigned alongside his company, ITM-IT Resources Limited on an eight-count charge […]
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The Nigeria Labour Congress has thrown its full support behind the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in the ongoing battle against corruption in Nigeria. The Congress President, Joe Ajaero, disclosed this in Abuja at the EFCC Walk against Corruption held on Thursday across various states in the country. In his address, Ajaero emphasised the critical […]
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Heavy Rains which lasted several hours on Wednesday resulted to severe flooding which took over many residential areas, and grounded vehicular movement on major roads in many parts of Lagos State. The floods submerged homes in the Ibeju-Lekki area of the State and also brought down a two-storey building in the Mushin area of the […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Tuesday, opened its case at the Federal High Court Abuja in the money-laundering suit brought against the immediate past Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano. The anti-graft agency presented a total of two witnesses in today’s trial. A bank manager, Mr Tochukwu Nnadi, who entered the witness box […]
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A businessman and socialite, Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, has arrived at the Federal High Court, Lagos, for his arraignment for allegedly abusing the naira. Cubana Chief Priest, who is already inside the dock, is being arraigned before Justice Kehinde Ogundare on three counts bordering on abuse of naira for allegedly spraying […]
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From the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) came a revelation that an investigation has uncovered how suspended officials of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development relooted Abacha recovered loot. EFCC in a statement by its Spokesperson Dele Oyewale also revealed that discreet investigations also opened other fraudulent dealings involving COVID-19 […]
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On Friday, April 12, 2024, Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, sentenced Idris Okuneye, also known as Bobrisky, to six months in prison for mutilating Naira notes. He was arraigned on Friday, April 5, 2024, on a four-count charge of mutilating Naira notes worth N490, 000, 00. Count one […]
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