EFCC News & Reports

EFCC Nabs Five Forex Speculators In Aba

Sunday, May 19, 2024
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) have apprehended five suspected forex speculators at the Ama-Hausa mosque, along Hospital Road, Aba in Abia State. The arrested suspects include Hassan Umaru; Haruna Umar Badamasi Abdullahi, Auwal Muhammed and Kasimu Muhammed. Ac ...

EFCC Returns $22,000 Recovered From Convicted Internet Fraudster To FBI

Saturday, May 18, 2024
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has, on Friday, handed over the sum of $22,000 recovered from a convicted internet fraudster, Hakeem Ayotunde Olanrewaju, to the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) in Lagos State. Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in ...

EFCC Declares Two Suspects Wanted For Fraud

Friday, May 17, 2024
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared two suspects wanted. One of the suspects is a resident of Abia State identified as Joshua Chinedu Odoemenam, known as Joshua Marco. The Nigerian Voice reports that he was declared wanted for internet-related fraud. The ...

Let's Fight Corruption With All Our Strength— EFCC Boss Urges Staff

Wednesday, May 1, 2024
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has charged operatives of the Commission to join hands and fight corruption with all strength. This is as he commended the staff for doggedness, diligence and sacrifices in breaking the fangs of econ ...

Major Shakeup As EFCC Chairman Appoints 14 Zonal Directors, Others

Saturday, April 27, 2024
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has appointed Michael Nzekwe as his Chief of Staff. This was also as the agency appointed zonal directors for each of the 14 zonal commands of the commission. Nzekwe who is a lawyer and former commander of the ...

EFCC Declares Kogi Ex-Governor, Yahaya Bello Wanted For N80billion Fraud 

Thursday, April 18, 2024
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared the former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, wanted for offences relating to economic and financial crimes to the tune of N80.2billion. The EFCC on Thursday said in a bulletin that anybody with information as to his whereabout sho ...

EFCC Lays Siege At Ex-Governor Yahaya Bello's House In Abuja 

Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have barricaded the house of the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello in Wuse, Abuja. It was learnt that the EFCC rsquo;s siege is coming days after the former governor held a meeting with President Bola Tinubu, at ...

EFCC Arrests Five Suspects For Illegal Mining Activities In Ilorin

Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested five persons for possession and conveyance of three truckloads of assorted solid minerals suspected to be mined without an appropriate licence. It was learnt that the suspects are three truck drivers and two truck boy ...

EFCC Plans To Rehabilitate Convicted Internet Fraudsters— Olukoyede

Saturday, March 23, 2024
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has hinted of plans to rehabilitate convicted internet fraudsters with lesser sentences as a potent way of reorienting their minds and redirecting their productive energies to positive endeavours. He sta ...

EFCC Arraigns Two Suspects For N2.9m Land Fraud In Sokoto

Friday, March 15, 2024
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Jamilu Nabunkari and Bashar Sani before Justice Mohammed Mohammed of the Sokoto State High Court for obtaining the sum of N2,900,000.00 (Two Million Nine Hundred Thousand Naira) fraudulently in a land fraud. They were arraigned on ...
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