The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has advised the general public to be vigilant in order not to fall victim to new tricks deployed by car thieves to dispossess unsuspecting Nigerians of their vehicles. The alert is borne out of the shocking discoveries made during investigations into the allegations of crime levelled against one […]
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Mr Lamido is being prosecuted alongside his two sons: Aminu Sule Lamido and Mustapha Sule Lamido. Also facing same trial are Aminu Wada Abubakar, and two companies: Bamaina Holdings Limited and Speeds International Limited. They are being prosecuted by the commission on an amended 43-count charge for allegedly defrauding Jigawa State to the tune of […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Uzoho Casmir, accountant-general of Imo state, for allegedly helping Rochas Okorocha, governor of Imo state, to launder N1.05bn for Saturday’s elections. Casmir was alleged to have laundered the money through a new generation bank. Okorocha, who won the senatorial election in Imo east two weeks ago, […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday arraigned one Valentine Ezeife, an alleged internet fraudster, known as“yahoo–yahoo boy”, arrested with N20 million, a Lexus 570 and Toyota Camry car 2013, before FCT High Court, Apo. The EFCC charged Ezeife, of Life Camp, Abuja on two counts of Internet fraud and unlawful possession of […]
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Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday told Doris Okuwobi, a judge of a Lagos state high court, that he had never been investigated by the Department of State Services (DSS). Magu said this while giving evidence in a N100m suit he filed against the publisher of The […]
Continue ReadingThe head of Edo office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Yakubu Mailafia Monday said corruption is responsible for the epileptic power supply in the country. This is even as he warned that all would be vote-buyers in the 2019 general elections should be ready for face the full wrath of the […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says there was no time it went after the sons of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar. It said this in a series of tweets on Monday, hours after a report emerged that EFCC operatives raided a building occupied by two sons of […]
Continue ReadingOperatives of the IGP Intelligence Response Team, IRT, has handed over three suspected Advance Fee fraudsters to the Ibadan office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC for further investigation. The suspects who are between 22 and 29 years of age include: Ebenezer Adeniyi Oluwafemi, Kolade Samuel Sogo, and Olwagbenga Majeed Ejikunke. They were […]
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Valentine Ashi, a judge of the federal capital territory high court, has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Department of State Services (DSS) and other security agencies to arrest Diezani Alison-Madueke, former minister of petroleum resources,within 72 hours. According to Tony Orilade, the order was made following an ex parte motion made before […]
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A federal capital territory (FCT) high court, Apo, has granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) leave to arraign Diezani Alison-Madueke, former petroleum minister, and Olajide Omokore, a former chairman of Atlantic Energy Drilling company, on February 25. Alison-Madueke and Omokore are to be arraigned on five counts bordering on conspiracy and illegal act […]
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