Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State says he will relocate to his base in the Unites States after his tenure. Obiano is billed to hand over power to Professor Chukwuma Soludo on March 17, 2021. However, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has placed him under its watchlist. In a letter to the Nigeria […]

The Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa has entered a judgment order in favour of former Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Seriake Dickson, on a case over the assets he declared between 2007 and 2020. Senator Dickson, when he was in the House of Representatives about 15 years ago, had obtained loans from commercial banks […]

The EFCC declared in Abuja on Wednesday that most frauds in the banking sector were perpetrated by insider Information, Communication Technology (ICT) employees. Mr Abbah Sambo, Head, Cybercrime Section of the EFCC, made the declaration at a national seminar on Banking and Allied Matters for judges. Sambo represented the EFCC chairman, Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, at […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has deepened the investigation of a former Governor of Rivers State, Peter Odili, over alleged fraud to the tune of N100bn even as the Nigeria Immigration Service has continued to hold on to the former governor’s passport on the instruction of the EFCC. Odili, who is the husband of […]

The Kogi State Government has described as laughable the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s attempt to desperately wriggle out of a bad case with another mischief aimed, again, at misleading Nigerians. The EFCC on Friday said it has returned the sum of N19,333,333,333 which was allegedly recovered from the Kogi Salary Bailout Account ‘hidden’ in […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has interrogated a former Managing Director of Fidelity Bank, Nnamdi Okonkwo, those familiar with the matter have told PREMIUM TIMES. Mr Okonkwo was recently appointed managing director of First Bank of Nigeria (FBN) Holdings Plc. Details of Mr Okonkwo’s arrest remained sketchy Sunday night although some sources said […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Maiduguri Zonal Command on Wednesday arraigned one Tope Jimi Fagun before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri on a-two count charge of impersonation and obtaining N70 million by false pretense. The defendant allegedly presented himself as Pastor Ize Iyamu to one Alhaji Bukar Dalori […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has denied claims on social media that its staff took a selfie with Cubana Club boss, Obinna Iyiegbu, while he was in custody. The EFCC said this in a statement on Friday titled, ‘Obi Cubana Did not Take Photo with EFCC Staff’ which was signed by its Spokesman, Wilson […]

has granted bail to popular socialite Obinna Iyiegbu a.k.a Obi Cubana. The Anambra-born club owner, who arrived at the headquarters of the anti-graft agency, Jabi, Abuja, around noon on Monday, was released on Thursday evening. Allegations against the socialite were unclear but a senior official at the commission disclosed that his case bordered on alleged […]