EFCC News & Reports

EFCC Declares Kogi Ex-Governor, Yahaya Bello Wante

Thursday, April 18, 2024
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared the former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, wanted for offences relating to economic and financial crimes to the tune of N80.2billion. The EFCC on Thursday said in a bulletin that anybody with information as to his whereabout sho ...

EFCC Lays Siege At Ex-Governor Yahaya Bello's House In Abuja 

Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have barricaded the house of the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello in Wuse, Abuja. It was learnt that the EFCC rsquo;s siege is coming days after the former governor held a meeting with President Bola Tinubu, at ...

EFCC Arrests Five Suspects For Illegal Mining Activities In Ilorin

Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested five persons for possession and conveyance of three truckloads of assorted solid minerals suspected to be mined without an appropriate licence. It was learnt that the suspects are three truck drivers and two truck boy ...

EFCC Plans To Rehabilitate Convicted Internet Fraudsters— Olukoyede

Saturday, March 23, 2024
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has hinted of plans to rehabilitate convicted internet fraudsters with lesser sentences as a potent way of reorienting their minds and redirecting their productive energies to positive endeavours. He sta ...

EFCC Arraigns Two Suspects For N2.9m Land Fraud In Sokoto

Friday, March 15, 2024
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Jamilu Nabunkari and Bashar Sani before Justice Mohammed Mohammed of the Sokoto State High Court for obtaining the sum of N2,900,000.00 (Two Million Nine Hundred Thousand Naira) fraudulently in a land fraud. They were arraigned on ...

EFCC Investigates 11 Suspects Over Oil Theft In Port Harcourt

Friday, March 8, 2024
Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have commenced investigation of 11 suspected oil thieves and an ocean-going vessel, MFT Trade Wind, handed over to the Commission by the Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base, FOB, FORMOSO, Brass, Bayelsa St ...

EFCC Accuses Willie Obiano Of Using Delay’s Tactics Over Alleged N4bn Fraud

Thursday, March 7, 2024
Lead prosecution counsel in the trial of Willie Obiano, former governor of Anambra state, Sylvanus Tahir (SAN) has, on Thursday, accused the defence team of Obiano of allegedly evading prosecution rsquo;s service of a counter-affidavit. Obiano is facing trial by the Economic and Financial Crimes ...

EFCC Arraigns Fraud Suspect For N67m Fraud In Yola

Thursday, March 7, 2024
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Wednesday, arraigned one Zakariyau Yahaya before Justice Benjamin Manji of High Court 9 of the Adamawa State High Court, Yola. The suspect was arraigned on one-count charge bordering on criminal misappropriation and obtaining to the tune of N67,080 ...

EFCC Arraigns Onitsha Market Leader For Alleged N6.7m Fraud

Thursday, February 15, 2024
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned the Chairman, Onitsha/Odekpe Plastic Market Association, Obinna Calistus Okoli before Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court, sitting in Awka, Anambra State for obtaining N6,700,000.00 (Six Million, Seven Hundred Thousand Nai ...

EFCC Arrests 14 FUTA Students, 19 Others for Suspected Internet Fraud

Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Operatives of the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested fourteen undergraduates of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State. They were arrested alongside nineteen others in the early hours of Wednesday, February 14, 2024 for suspec ...
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