The Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, says no mega financial fraud, especially illicit financial flows, is possible without lawyers’ support. Olukoyede stated this during the opening of the 6th Annual Criminal Law Review Conference in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 5-day event is titled: “Optimising the […]
The former governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, is still being held at the Port Harcourt, Rivers State office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. This makes it his second night in the custody of the anti-graft agency. This is as the Delta State chapter of All Progressives Congress backed the detention of the […]
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have arrested no fewer than 130 suspects for “high-level” cybercrimes. Among the suspects are 113 foreign nationals comprising 87 males and 26 females from China and Malaysia. A statement on Sunday by the Force Spokesperson, Muyiwa Adejobi, added that 17 of the suspects were Nigerian. He said the suspects […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has released controversial cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, also known as Bobrisky, on bail. The embattled cross-dresser was stopped and removed from an Amsterdam-bound KLM flight at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos late Thursday night while attempting to leave the country for London, the United Kingdom. He quickly […]
The Federal government has dropped all charges against an executive at Binance Holdings, Tigran Gambaryan on health grounds. Gambaryan has been facing money laundering trial from detention since April. A Counsel for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), announced the withdrawal of the charges at the Federal High Court Abuja, before Justice Emeka Nwite. […]
The Economic and Financial Criminal Commission (EFCC) says the journalist arrested at Urban Radio 94.5FM Enugu was allegedly involved in a N700 million ponzi scheme. In a statement on Tuesday, the anti-graft agency said Favour Ekoh, a presenter with Urban Radio, was traced to the station over alleged fraud. The management of Urban Radio had […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has asked the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos to dismiss an application filed by the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, seeking to stop the forfeiture of some properties and monies linked to him. On August 25, 2024, the court authorised the […]
A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja, on Monday remanded former Taraba State Governor Darius Ishaku and former Permanent Secretary of the Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Bello Yero, in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The duo was arrested on September 27 for allegedly diverting N27bn belonging […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said bank executives are complicit in aiding money laundering in the country, adding that it would commence prosecution soon. Speaking at the 17th annual conference of the Chartered Institute Bankers of Nigeria, the Chairman of the EFCC, Ola Olukoyede said the commission will soon start prosecution of […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday handed over a total of $180,300 and 53 vehicles, fraudulently taken by some Nigerians from Canadian citizens to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Speaking at the signing ceremony for the return of the recovered vehicles and funds, the Executive Chairman of the Commission, Ola Olukoyede, stated that […]
