Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Benin Zonal Command on Thursday, January 12, 2023 arrested 12 (twelve) suspected internet fraudsters in Benin City, Edo State. Among those arrested is Okunrobo Smart who was convicted in 2022 for…
Sodiq Adelakun The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested 12 youths for alleged scams. The suspects nabbed in Edo State include Okunrobo Smart who was convicted in 2022 for internet fraud otherwise known as Yahoo yahoo. Others are…
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA) on Tuesday, slammed the presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress, APC and his counterpart in the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar over campaigns of calumny against each other. HURIWA’s National Coordinator, Emmanuel…
Twenty-six bidders, on Wednesday, emerged winners of different properties as the ongoing sales of forfeited real estate comprising apartments and plots of land by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, in Abuja runs into the fourth day. At the session,…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Thursday, closed its money laundering case against the former Governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu, and two others; Tanko Beji and Umar Nasko, before Justice Mikail Aliyu of the Niger State High Court.The…
Doyin Okupe, erstwhile Director-General of the Peter Obi, Datti Presidential Campaign Council, has been released after he was arrested by the Department of State Services, DSS. Newsmen had reported that okupe was reportedly arrested on Thursday at the Murtala Muhammed…
The Supreme Court of Nigeria on Thursday in Abuja granted a reprieve to the jailed Senator Peter Nwaoboshi by reversing the downward hearing date in the appeal challenging his seven years imprisonment for corruption. Though the hearing date in his…
…Record 70.5% improvement over 2021 convictions of 2,220 …Record shows 98.93% success rate in 2022 prosecution …Only 41 cases, representing 1.07% lost within period …Lagos, Ibadan, Portharcourt Commands lead in conviction records Campaign against corruption may have paid somewhat for…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, recovered approximately N13bn as proceeds from illegal payments made under the subsidy regime between 2017 and 2021. Reports state this in a document recently obtained from the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU website…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has concluded plans to conduct sale of properties which are subject of Final Forfeiture Orders. The Commission on Saturday December 24, 2022 publicly announced the commencement of the auction exercise with advertorial in…
