…Nigerians react By Abimbola Abatta Landlords in the country may risk 15-year imprisonment for renting out their houses to Yahoo boys, Nigerian NewsDirect reports. The Economic Financial Commission Commission (EFCC) made the disclosure yesterday via its Twitter handle ahead of…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to go after landlords who rent their houses to internet fraudsters a.k.a. Yahoo boys. On Wednesday, the anti-graft agency will host a discussion on Twitter Spaces to educate citizens. The commission’s…
A 48-year-old farmer, Nasir Bala, was on Tuesday docked in a Kaduna High Court for alleged N8million fraud The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Kaduna Zonal Office charged Bala with two counts of breach of trust and fraud. The…
Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna High Court on Tuesday sentenced a car dealer, Haruna Suleiman, to 15 months imprisonment for N3.1m fraud. Suleiman was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Kaduna Zonal Office. The judge sentenced…
…Warns opposition party against billboard vandalisation The re-election Campaign Council of the Osun governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has urged the anti-graft agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to investigate the candidate of the Peoples Democratic…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested persons suspected to be engaged in vote-buying in the ongoing Ekiti State governorship poll. Channels TV reports that some of the suspects were paraded at the Oke Ori Omi Area the Division…
The EFCC on Friday called two witnesses to testify against the Chairman of Natural Oil and Gas Suppliers Association of Nigeria (NOGASA), Philips Fatuyi, charged with N43.5million fraud. Fatuyi is standing trial alongside his company, Oceanview Oil and Gas Ltd.…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have expressed readiness to foster relationship in combating money laundering and drug-related crimes. This was revealed during a courtesy visit by the Kwara Commander of…
The Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, June 8, 2022 arrested a total of 47 suspected internet fraudsters from different locations in Owerri, Imo State. The arrest followed actionable intelligence received by the…
Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna High Court on Thursday ordered that Ibrahim Hamza be remanded in a correctional centre, for alleged N3.2million land fraud. Khobo gave the order after the Prosecution Counsel, Y. J. Matiyak, pleaded that Hamza be…
