The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned one Muhammad Suleiman Gumsuri, for fraud. Gumsuri was arraigned today before Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri, for allegedly obtaining the sum of N93, 800,000.00 (Ninety Three Million Eight Hundred Thousand Naira)...
The Commander of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ahmed Ghali, has charged Designated Non-Financial Institutions, DNFIs, to conduct their dealings in line with the Anti-money Laundering/Counter Terrorism Financing AML/CFT Laws. He gave the charge on Friday, 6 August 2021 during a sensitization programme...
The Commander of the Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Onwukwe C. Obiora, has called on the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, to join hands with the Commission in the fight against economic and financial crimes in the country. Obiora, who was represented by the Commission's...
The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned two persons on a two count charge bordering on conspiracy, obtaining by false pretence and employment scam. Salamatu Isah and Hussaini Umar Aliyu, were yesterday, 29 July, brought before Justice M.T.M Aliyu of the Kaduna State...
Three judges of a Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has convicted and sentenced a total of five oil thieves, to different jail terms. The convicts, Noel Akpan, Digie Global Marine Services, MT Europort, MV Sea Rich and Obinna Onyeneho Kenneth, were all convicted for illegal dealing...
A former bank cashier, alongside his wife and mother-in-law, have been convicted and sentenced to sixty years imprisonment for conspiracy and stealing. Ebenezer Adeolu Alonge, and his wife and mother-in-law, Isakunle Olamide Oyinlola, and Isakunle Eunice Moradeke, respectively, were convicted and sentenced today, 23July, by Justice Adekanye Ogunmoye of Ekiti...
A serial fraudster has earned himself a jail term spanning fifteen years for obtaining N4, 065, 000.00 (Four Million, Sixty-five Thousand Naira), under false pretence. Alen Abel, who was sentenced by Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri, on Friday, 16 July, had been arraigned...
The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission ICPC, Professor Bolaji Owasanoye, SAN has charged Professional Associations, PAs, and Business Membership Organisations, BMOs, to imbibe the 7 core values of the National Ethics and Integrity Policy, NEIP, in the discharge of their duties. Owasanoye gave the...
The Post Master General and Chief Executive of the Nigerian Postal Service, NIPOST, Ismail Adebayo Adewusi, has reiterated his desire to strengthen ties with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for the mutual benefit of the agencies. Adewusi stated this during a courtesy visit to the EFCC headquarters in...
The Economic and Financial Crimes commission, EFCC, has launched an application designed to simplify the process of reporting economic and financial crimes in the country. The Executive Chairman of the Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, speaking during the launch earlier today, said the application, named Eagle Eye, is the first of its...