The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has acknowledged the receipt of the sum of N19, 333,333,333.36 (Nineteen Billion, Three Hundred and Thirty-three Million, Three Hundred and Thirty-three Thousand, Three Hundred and Thirty-three Naira, Thirty-six Kobo), recovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,2 from the Kogi State Salary...
Against the backdrop of recurrent kidnapping incidents in Ogun State, the Commissioner of Police (CP) in the State has appealed for the support of residents to end incessant kidnappings, cultism and other criminal activities in the State. The Commissioner, Lanre Bankole, who made the appeal during the induction of Asiwaju...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has flagged-off a nationwide risk assessment of Non-profit Organizations (NPOs). Speaking on Monday, 15 November, 2021, the anti-graft Commission's Executive Chairman, Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa, explained that the programme was a collaborative initiative of the EFCC through the Special Control Unit against Money Laundering,...
Police operatives attached to the Central Police Station (CPS) of the Enugu State Command have arrested two suspects over the murder of a 7 year-old boy. The State Command's Public Relations Officer, ASP Daniel Ndukwe, disclosed this Thursday, 11 November 2021. TheFact Nigeria gathered that the arrest of the suspects came...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has presented its first witness in the trial of former Chairman of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF, Dr. Ngozi Olejeme. The prosecution witness, Salihu Dantsoho Sadiq, a Bureau de Change operator, was, on Monday, 8 November, presented before Justice Maryam Hassan Aliyu...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, and the Department of State Services, DSS, have arrested 48 individuals for alleged illegalities in the conducts of the Joint Universities Preliminary Examinations Board, JUPEB. A statement from the anti-graft agency's spokesperson, Azuka Ogugua, disclosed that the arrests were made...
The Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of one Balogun Mayowa (aka James) for fraudulent impersonation. Mayowa was convicted on Wednesday, 3 November, by Justice S. M. Shuaibu of the Federal High Court, Benin-City, Edo State. TheFact Nigeria learnt that Mayowa had...
Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has dismissed the no- case submission of Kayode Odukoya, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of First Nation Airways Limited. Odukoya, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for an alleged N1.7bn fraud,...
No fewer than 59 suspects have been arrested by Police operatives in Kano State, for offences ranging from armed robbery and theft to dealings in illicit drugs. According to a statement credited to the Spokesperson of the Kano State Police Command, DSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, the arrests were made in...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has commiserated with the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence Muhammadu Sa'ad Abubakar III and the people of Sokoto State over the recent killings and destruction of property at the Goronyo Central Market in the State. The message was contained in a statement by CAN’s...