The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned a pastor of the Living Faith Church (Winners’ Chapel), Afolabi Samuel, has been remanded in prison for allegedly stealing $90,000 and N4.5m belonging to the registered trustees of the church. Punch reports that Samuel, who is an accountant and the church’s treasurer, was arraigned before the … Read more
The Oodua Youth Parliament, OYP, on Thursday, November 28, 2019, presented the Acting Chairman of EFCC with the award of Excellence, in recognition of his contribution in the fight against corruption, especially war against cybercrime in the country. Read Also: Magu Warns Students On The Dangers Of Corrupt Practices The award ceremony held at the … Read more
The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu has advised children on the need to avoid all forms of corrupt practices in order to have a better future. Read Also: Lagos to improve learning in schools with ‘EkoEXCEL’ He gave the admonition through Mailafia Yakubu, Zonal Head, EFCC Kaduna, when … Read more
Justice Adamu Turaki Mohammed of the Federal High Court Port Harcourt, Rivers State has convicted and sentenced one Johnson Abraham Ukiwe who was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to seven years imprisonment without an option of fine. Read Also: Police Arrests Killer Of Tricycle Rider Ukiwe was arraigned on a five … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, on Wednesday, November 27, 2019, arraigned one Alao Lawal Ope before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. Read Also: EFCC Arraigns Fake ” Ibrahim Magu” in Port Harcourt He was arraigned on a two-count charge bordering on obtaining by … Read more
The Port Harcourt’s office of the EFCC on Wednesday, November 27, arraigned a fake ‘IBRAHIM MAGU’ who has been using the name of the EFCC boss to harass and blackmail senior officials of the Niger Delta Development Commission, EFCC Arraigns Fake ” Ibrahim Magu” in Port Harcourt NDDC, for bribes to ‘Kill’ spurious corruption investigations. Read Also: LASG To … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Wednesday, November 27, 2019 arraigned Alhaji Yusha’u Mohammed Kebbe before Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court, Kaduna. He was arraigned on an eight-count charge, bordering on conspiracy and criminal breach of trust involving multi-million sums of money. The complainant alleged that in 2006 while he … Read more
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, debunked reports circulating the social media that it has dropped the criminal charge against a former minister of petroleum resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke and other persons indicted for money laundering. According to a statement by the Commission, EFCC enjoined members of the public to disregard the report “which … Read more
Entertainers in Nigeria have been urged to collaborate with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, by using their creative arts to fight against financial and internet crimes in Nigeria. He urged them to do this by living a life worthy of emulation for young Nigerians, who look onto them as role models. Read Also: … Read more
The acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, on Monday 25th November 2019 met with the President of Guinea, Prof. Alpha Condé in the state capital, Conakry in furtherance of the fight against corruption in the African continent. Magu’s visit was at the instance of President Condé who assured the EFCC … Read more
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has stalled the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from prosecuting a former Comptroller General of Customs (CGC), Abudullahi Inde Dikko for alleged financial misappropriation while in office. Delivering judgment on the suit instituted by Dikko, Justice Nnamdi Dimgba held that the non-prosecution agreement entered into between the … Read more
Ekohotblog learnt that a probe of Presidential Amnesty Office’s involvement in the $44.9 million wire deal linked to Air Peace chair Allen Onyema in the United States has opened. Following the bursting of alleged deals, a former top officer of the Amnesty Programme has sneaked out of the United States to evade arrest. The U.S. … Read more
The former Chairman of Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, arrived the law court on wheelchair as his trial continued on Thursday. He is facing trial over his alleged complicity in a N2billion fraud levied against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC before a Federal High Court in Abuja. Trial Justice Okon … Read more
The Federal High sitting in Abuja has denied the application suit filed by Faisal Maina asking to be relocated from the Nigeria Police Special Tactical Squad to the Nigerian Correctional Service facility. The Court in it judgment delivered by Justice Okon Abang denied the application for relocation. It could be recalled that Faisal and his … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Kaduna Zonal Office on Wednesday, November 6, 2019, handed over four Vehicles recovered during investigation of some management staff of the Federal University Dutsin -ma, Katsina State. The University officials were alleged via a petition to the EFCC, to have committed criminal conspiracy, misappropriation of public funds and procurement … Read more
The Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday arraigned the duo of Charles Emmanuel Afaha, a staff of the National Maritime Academy, Oron and one Engineer Stephen Imo. Read Also: Internet Fraud: 2 Brothers Jailed For 5 Years They appeared before Justice A. A. Okeke of the Federal High Court, Uyo for allegedly obtaining the sum of N15,135,750 from … Read more
– EFCC detains kwara LGA chairmen for financial misappropriation – The chairmen after securing the controversial loans held a meeting and decided to share N100 million among themselves – The council chairs were also accused of diverting monthly ten percent of the internally generated revenue for their personal use The Economic and Financial Crimes … Read more
-Prosecution witnesses said that no money was paid into the accused personal account – The fund was said to have been given as loan by the CBN for the development of Small and Medium Enterprises in the State, but which the EFCC claimed was part of the over N6bn allegedly embezzled by the former Governor … Read more
– EFCC contacts internationally certified auctioneers to sell jewelry recovered from former Minister of Petroleum resources, Diezani Alison- Madueke – The auctioning will also include houses traced to the former Minister – EFCC will also sell trailers and tankers recovered from Internet scammers The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has got in touch … Read more
The EFCC has described the Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS, as one of the important stakeholders in the fight against Corruption in the Country. The Ilorin Zonal Head of the Commission, Isyaku Sharu disclosed this on Wednesday, October 30th, 2019 when he led Senior Officers of the Commission in the Zone to the Kwara State Command of … Read more