The All Progressives Congress, APC, has demanded security bodies to investigate PDP members linked to the suspected cybercriminal, Ramon Abbas also known as Hushpuppi. APC made this known in a statement signed by its Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena, in Abuja, on Saturday. Nabena noted that fact proves that the party had made Dubai … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is to present its remaining witnesses and close its case against social media celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha popularly known as Mompha by July 10. Ekohotblog reports that Mompha is accused of cyber fraud and laundering about N33billion. On March 4, he and his firm, Ismalob Global Investment Ltd, were … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it has traced some property suspected to be from proceeds of fraud to former Abia Governor, Sen. Theodore Orji. Spokesperson of the commission, Mr Dele Oyewale disclosed this in a telephone interview on Thursday. Oyewale said the property which was sealed in Umuahia, the state capital on … Read more
Acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu says many looters from Nigeria hiding in Ghana have not found an haven. Magu disclosed this in Abuja on Friday, when he played host to delegation of the Chartered Institute of Public Resources Management and Politics (CIPRMP) at the commission’s headquarters. He said … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been accused of more than N1 trillion fraud with documented video evidence by a whistleblower, Dr. George Uboh. The video traces corruption and diversion of recovered loot at the EFCC as far back as during the tenure of Nuhu Ribadu. Ekohotblog understands that the anti-corruption agency is … Read more
The acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu might be walking a tightrope following a grave allegation of corruption against him. This precarious situation the EFCC helmsman find himself is sequel to a recommendation of Minister of justice and attorney-general of the federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami to President Muhammadu Buhari … Read more
First Bank of Nigeria staff identified as Philips Orunmade has been arrested for stealing N18.9 million The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), Benin Zonal Office arrested a First Bank staff, Philips Orunmade said to be in charge of ATM gallery keys at Aduwawa branch for allegedly stealing N18.9 million from the bank. According to … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Lagos Zonal Office, has arrested Adedamola Adewale a.k.a Adeherself and five others for alleged internet fraud. The commission disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday adding that the five suspects were apprehended in different areas of Lagos during a raid by operatives. The statement reads thus “While Adewale, … Read more
Ex- Petroleum Minister, Mrs. Diezani Allison Madueke has been appointed Commissioner for Trade and Investment by Roosevelt Skerrit, the Prime Minister of Commonwealth of Dominican Republic. Ekohotblog understands that prior to this appointment, Dominican Republic had earlier granted Mrs Diezani Madueke Citizenship of the Dominica, a Caribbean Island.Country. READ ALSO: https://ekohotblog2.com/2020/06/08/rape-crisis-ekiti-first-lady-bisi-fayemi-narrates-her-ordeal/ Diezani Madueke is on … Read more
Director General of the National Lottery Regulatory Commission, Mr Lanre Gbajabiamila, may face the Economic Financial Crimes Commission over monumental fraud and misappropriation of public funds running into several billions of naira. The detailed revelation of the alleged fraudulent activities going on at the commission was contained in a 12-paged query issued to Gbajabiamila by … Read more
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the Nigerian Correctional Services to immediately release a former Governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu. Kalu is serving jail term in Kuje Correctional Service centre following his conviction last December for looting N7.65billion belonging to Abia State. Also Read: BREAKING: Kalu To Remain In Prison … Read more
Details concerning how Italian prosecutors hid an irrefutable proof in the trial of Mohammed Bello Adoke, Nigeria’s former attorney-general, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) THISDAY has reported. Adoke who’s embroiled in money laundering allegations over the OPL 245 affair is being tried in Nigeria while Shell and ENI are also being tried … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Sokoto Zonal office on Friday, May 15, 2020, arraigned Meng Wei Kun and Xui Kuoni, both Chinese, before Justice Mohammed Sa’idu Sifawa of the State High Court Sokoto for allegedly attempting to bribe an EFCC officer with N50 million. The N50 million which is in the custody of … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) has handed a property forfeited by the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Allison-Madueke, to the Lagos Government for use as an isolation centre for COVID-19 patients. The property consisting of six flats of three bedrooms and a boys’ quarter was renounced by Allison-Madueke following an order of … Read more
The Ibadan zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned a Permanent Secretary in the Oyo State Ministry of Agriculture, Alhaji Rasaq Kolawole, for allegedly defrauding one Ibikunle Alonge of N4,400.000 (Four Million, Four Hundred Thousand Naira) Kolawole was arraigned before Justice Aderonke Aderemi of the Oyo State High Court on … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested two Chinese for offering the sum of N100m as bribe to the Zonal head of the anti-graft agency in Sokoto State, Mr Abdullahi Lawal. The agency disclosed this in a series of tweets on Tuesday, noting that the arrest was made on Monday in Sokoto. According … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to charge a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and former Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Kabiru Turaki, before the Federal High Court in Abuja today (Monday). EFCC’s Acting Head, Media and Publicity, Tony Orilade, proclaimed that the arraignment on 16 counts of corruption allegations is … Read more
Olugbenga Falai a banker on Friday testified as the sixth prosecution witness in the N2.2bn fraud trial of former Ekiti State governor Ayodele Fayose Both defendants have entered a no-guilty plea to the N2.2bn fraud charges pressed against them by the anti-graft agency. Recall Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arraigned Fayose, alongside a firm, Spotless … Read more
The Ibadan Zonal Office of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 42 suspects for alleged involvement in internet-related fraud. The suspects, whose ages range between 18 and 33 years, were apprehended at different locations in Ilaro, Ogun State, following actionable intelligence earlier received on their alleged illegal activities. The suspects are: Peter Fasuhan, … Read more
………….Warns Social Media Influencers On Spread Of Fake News The Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested a blogger, Mr. Dikeocha Chukwuebuka, who published a picture of a crowded open cell in his Twitter handle @TheRealDayne, claiming that it is that of Port Harcourt office of the EFCC. … Read more