The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a three-count charge against popular Instagram celebrity, Pascal Okechukwu, also known as Cubana Chief Priest, for allegedly spraying and tampering with the naira at a social event contrary to the provisions of the Central Bank Act of 2007. Cubana Chief Priest will be arraigned on Wednesday,…
The Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, has urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to release the result of its probe into the alleged dollar bribery video involving immediate-past governor, Abdullahi Ganduje. Yusuf, in a statement on Sunday by his spokesperson, Sanusi Tofa, said Ganduje should rather be ashamed of himself and prepare to face…
Federal High Court Abuja, has awarded the sum of N5m as damages against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for wrongfully parading a photographer named Nasiru Saidu Ali (Kozzo) as a fraudster. In the Suit No FHC/ABJ/CS/714/2019, the court also ordered the respondent (EFCC) to tender public apology on its online social media platforms,…
Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, in conjunction with a Joint Task Force comprising five teams from the Nigeria Police Force and three teams from the Nigeria Customs Service on Wednesday, arrested 115 suspected currency racketeers in Enugu State. According to a statement by the EFCC’s head of…
A former Governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed, has been interrogated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over transactions running into billions of naira during his time as governor of the state. The former Kwara governor was seen arriving at the Ilorin office of the anti-graft agency on Monday morning following an invitation…
The Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned the Chairman, Onitsha/Odekpe Plastic Market Association, Obinna Calistus Okoli, before Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court, sitting in Awka, Anambra State, for obtaining under false pretence to the tune of N6.7 million. Okoli was arraigned on Tuesday, February 13,…
Makurdi Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, arrested 14 suspected internet fraudsters in a training centre intended for internet fraudsters in Makurdi, Benue State. The Commission, in a statement on Thursday, said operatives acting on intelligence arrested the suspects in a three-bedroom apartment allegedly serving as a training centre…
The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders (COSEYL), the apex socio-political youth group in the South East geopolitical zone has criticised the Ebonyi State Government for allegedly arresting Mr. Chika Nwoba, a social media influencer for accusing the government of diverting N3 billion meant for palliatives for indigent Ebonyi citizens. In a statement signed by…
Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested four brothers for alleged internet fraud. The siblings, namely: Egbo Chukwuebuka, Egbo Favour Chibuike, Egbo Ifeanyi Francis and Egbo Victor, were arrested alongside thirty others. The other suspects include Great Eze, Ani Callistus, Ekpe Chigbo, Eze Eric, Nnaemeka Gabriel,…
Abdulazeez Isah in Kaduna State has been sentenced to 3years imprisonment following his arrest for parading himself as an official of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In a statement on Thursday, the Kaduna Zonal Command of the anti-graft agency said it has successfully obtained a conviction and imposed a three-year prison sentence on…
