Celebrity bartender, Cubana Chief Priest, has resolved his legal issues with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) by forfeiting N10 million to the Federal Government...
Story Highlights Federal High Court Abuja freezes N1.1 billion across multiple bank accounts linked to ex-staff of Globus Bank accused of hacking and stealing N3.5 billion...
A prosecution seventh witness, Michael Agboro, on Monday, alleged that the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, unlawfully awarded contracts to...
A Kano State High Court sitting at Audu Bako has fixed July 11, 2024 to begin hearing of the motion on notice on the fundamental rights...
A federal high court sitting in Abuja has fixed today, Monday, for the commencement of the trial of Willie Obiano, former Governor of Anambra State, in...
The duo were arrested for allegedly stealing ₦4,199,500 from the account of a deceased customer. Spokesperson of the anti-graft agency, Dele Oyewale, made this known in...
Life ought to be fair. Sadly, unfairness is the hallmark of life. This is a huge human problem. Thieves strike gold and live in the laps...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has apprehended two former employees of Union Bank in Makurdi for the alleged embezzlement of ₦4,199,500 that belonged to...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested two former staff of Union Bank in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, over the alleged theft of...
The Federal High Court in Lagos has issued a final order for the forfeiture of properties worth ₦11.14 billion and an additional ₦1.04 billion linked to...
The recent raid on nightclubs in Akure by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has raised serious concerns about the agency’s methods and...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, continued with its alleged money laundering charge preferred against Tigran Gambaryan, an executive of Binance Holdings Ltd...
Olom Otane Egoro, a compliance officer from Access Bank has told the Federal High Court Abuja that the name of Daudu Sulaiman, a co-defendant to Ali...
Nigerian fintech giant, Flutterwave, has entered into a partnership with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to set up a Cybercrime Research Center in Nigeria. ...
Story Highlights Binance Ltd and its executive is facing legal scrutiny in Nigeria over money laundering and foreign exchange allegations. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission...
Protesters under the auspices of Kaduna Citizens Watch for Good Governance (KCWGG), on Thursday, stormed Government House, Kaduna, to demand the probe and arrest of Mallam...
Some operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) were caught on camera allegedly breaking into homes in Makurdi, Benue State. EFCC chairman, Olanipekun Olukoyede...
A lawsuit seeking the removal of Ola Olukoyede from his position as the head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been rejected. Naija...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, dismissed a suit seeking the sack of Mr Ola Olukoyede as the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes...
Story Highlights Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan seeks compensation from Nigeria’s National Security Adviser (NSA) and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for his prolonged detention. Gambaryan...
Justice Obiora Egwuatu of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed a suit which sought the sacking of the Chairman, of the Economic and...
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday rejected a fundamental rights enforcement case filed by a Binance Holdings Ltd executive, Nadeem Anjarwalla, who is currently...
The Federal High Court Abuja on Wednesday struck out the fundamental rights suit filed by fleeing Binance Executive, Nadeem Anjarwalla against the Office Of the National...
The Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State, has sentenced two men, Ugwu Chijioke and Ibrahim Adekunle to prison for impersonating operatives of the Economic...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says growing corruption in the country is defeatable if every stakeholder on the anti-graft corridor makes concerted efforts. Ola Olukoyede,...
Two men who claimed to be operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have been jailed for 46 years for offences that bordered on...
A Lagos court has sentenced two men, Ugwu Chijioke and Ibrahim Adekunle to 46 years in prison for impersonating officers of the Economic and Financial Crimes...
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has stated that President Bola Tinubu has never intervened or imposed any directives...
Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 18 more suspects over illegal mining activities in Kwara State....
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Thursday dismissed a previous ruling made by a Kogi State High Court against the Economic and Financial Crimes...
Former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, has berated the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for the arrest of a popular Nigerian crossdresser, Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju,...
Story highlights Again, the planned arraignment of Yahaya Adoza Bello, a former Kogi State Governor before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has stalled amid...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday abandoned its earlier request for a change in the date for arraignment of former Kogi State Governor,...
The Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has accused some ministers and colleagues of the embattled ex-governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, of shielding him from prosecution. Naija...
Yahaya Adoza Bello, a former Kogi State Governor is to be arraigned before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja today, Thursday over an N 80.2...
Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede has disclosed that the Commission is passionate about giving Nigerians a taste of good...
Story Highlights Zenith Bank compliance officer confirms ownership of Al-Buraq Global Investment Ltd by Hadi Sirika’s daughter and son-in-law. EFCC alleges N1.4 billion aviation contract fraud...
Story Highlights Ahmed Halilu, MD of NSPM, testified in court regarding his suggestion to engage De La Rue UK for the redesign of the disputed new...
A former Director of Currency Operations at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Ahmed Umar, revealed that the bank’s immediate past governor, Godwin Emefiele, printed his...
Owners of nightclubs in Akure, the Ondo State capital, have accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of forcefully removing surveillance recordings at their facilities...
Story Highlights Federal High Court Abuja orders final forfeiture of properties bought by BDC dealer Jedidiah Ibrahim Ezenwa over N1.2 billion contract scam case by EFCC. ...
A Kano High Court, under Justice Yusuf Ubale Mohammed, has issued an interim order preventing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from arresting or inviting...
Former Director of Procurement at the Federal Ministry of Aviation, Azubuike Okorie, appeared as a subpoenaed witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on...
A Kano High Court sitting at Audu Bako Secretariat has granted order restraining the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from arresting, detaining, harassing, intimidating or...
Ondo state governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, accused operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of disrupting “legitimate business activities” in Akure, Ondo state capital. His...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has denied using brutal force to arrest the 127 suspected internet fraudsters at two clubs in Akure, Ondo State,...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has stated that there is misinformation regarding the operation of its operatives who recently made some arrests at two...
The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has faulted the manner operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, brutalized some students of the Federal...
Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 127 suspected internet fraudsters in Akure, Ondo State. The spokesman...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has disclosed that its operatives raided nightclubs in Akure, Ondo State, on Saturday. While revealing that no fewer than...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has disclosed that its operatives raided nightclubs in Akure, Ondo State, on Saturday. While revealing that no fewer than...
Music duo P-Square, Peter and Paul Okoye, are allegedly in a bitter dispute that has caused them to split up again over diverted funds. This shocking...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reportedly arrested a groom-to-be in Ondo State. Naija News learnt that anti-graft operatives raided several clubs and lounges...
Ad Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the early hours of Saturday allegedly raided several lounges and event venues located in the...
The Supreme Court of Nigeria, Abuja on Friday reversed the final forfeiture order made against N1,222,384,857.84 linked to Melrose General Services Limited, associated with the much-talked-about...
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Saturday stormed some clubs and lounges in Akure, the Ondo State capital, where suspected internet fraudsters...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the final forfeiture of a private university, NOK University, Kaduna State, including all its assets, to the Federal...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kaduna State, has called on the Governor of Kaduna State, Senator Uba Sani, to immediately invite the Economic and Financial Crimes...
Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 11 suspects over alleged illegal mining in Kwara State. The...
Eleven suspected illegal miners have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ilorin Zonal Command,for illegal mining activities in Kwara State. The Command...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, said its operatives at the Port Harcourt Zonal Command have arrested 11 suspected internet fraudsters. A statement by EFCC...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibadan Zonal Command has announced that it has secured convictions and sentences of 36 internet fraudsters in Oyo State...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, arraigned Bright Echefu, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD/CEO) of Telecom Satellites Limited (TStv) and three...
Nigeria’s Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has said that “the ongoing trial of rogue online platform, Binance, and one of its Chief Executives,...
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Wednesday ordered the interim forfeiture of another property allegedly linked to the embattled former Central Bank of Nigeria...
A Federal High Court in Lagos has granted an interim order for the forfeiture of properties worth N11.14 billion linked to the former Governor of the...
Chairman of the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP, in Kano State, Alhaji Hashimu Dungurawa has said detractors can’t stop the destiny of the party’s 2023 presidential...
The Emir of Ilorin, Alh Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, has commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for demonstrating resilience in the fight against economic and financial...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has boasted about achieving a significant milestone in its fight against corruption between May 29, 2023, and May 29,...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is seeking a final forfeiture order of the Federal High Court Lagos against a $1.4 million allegedly linked to...
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in Gombe have arrested one Zachariyya Muhammad for allegedly spraying naira notes, a practice considered an abuse...
ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) has urged the Federal Government to intensify efforts to arrest and prosecute the former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello. The group insisted...
The Federal High Court in Lagos has once again issued an order for the temporary confiscation of $1.4 million connected to the former governor of the...
Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested seven suspects for offences bordering on illegal mining activities. Two...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has raised awareness about a concerning rise in phishing activities that are targeting unsuspecting individuals on various digital platforms....
A former Director of Operations at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Ahmed Umar has claimed that the naira redesign embarked upon by the immediate-past Governor...
The remains of the former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr Ibrahim Lamorde, will be laid to rest on Tuesday (today) immediately...
Social activist, Aisha Yesufu has sparked a wave of controversy by suggesting that former President Muhammadu Buhari should be prosecuted alongside his former Minister of Aviation,...
The Adamawa State Government has declared three days of mourning to honour the memory of two distinguished sons of the state, Ibrahim Lamorde and Musa Abdulmalik,...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ilorin Zonal Command, has arraigned two persons for offenses bordering on possession of solid minerals without lawful authority. The...
Naija News reported earlier that the anti-graft agency’s former boss died on Sunday in Egypt, where he had travelled for medical treatment. It was gathered that...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has expressed shock at the death of its former chairman, Ibrahim Lamorde. Lamorde died in the early hours of...
Story Highlights The Nigerian Senate has proposed a bill to amend the CBN Act of 2007, introducing a 21-year imprisonment penalty for the breach of Section...
The 61 year-old anti-graft chief died on Sunday in Egypt, where he had travelled for medical treatment. It was gathered that his remains will be flown...
A former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr Ibrahim Lamorde is dead. He died at the age of 61 years. Mr Lamorde...
The naira held its ground on the unofficial market, appreciating against the dollar on the parallel market as the dollar index posted some losses amid profit-taking....
The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, presided over by Justice Bello Kawo at the Apo district, has issued a directive halting federal financial...
Wife of Tigran Gambaryan, a Binance executive detained by the Federal Government, has called for the release of her “sick” husband from the Nigeria Correctional Service,...
Wife of Tigran Gambaryan, a Binance executive detained by the Federal Government, has called for the release of her “sick” husband from the Nigeria Correctional Service,...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have urged religious leaders in Nigeria to take...
A former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika and his brother, Ahmad, have been granted N200 million naira bail in the fresh fraud-related charges instituted against them...
A former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika and his brother, Ahmad, have been granted N200 million naira bail in the fresh fraud-related charges instituted against them...
Justice Suleiman Belgore of the Federal Capital Territory High Court on Thursday granted bail to the former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, and his brother, Ahmad...
A detained Binance executive, Tigran Gambaryan, slumped before the Federal High Court Abuja during a foreign exchange contravention and money laundering trial instituted against him by...
A former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, and his brother, Ahmad, have pleaded not guilty to a fresh fraud charge instituted against them by the Economic...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has formally arraigned the former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, along with his brother, Ahmad Abubakar Sirika, and Enginos...