By Oluwakayode Banjo Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Friday, May 5, 2023, arrested a self-proclaimed police officer, Tijani Idris Oluwaseun, and forty-two (42) others for alleged internet fraud activities. The cybercriminals were Continue Reading
By Kayode Animasaun The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned the Speaker, Ondo State House Of Assembly, Bamidele Oloyeloogun before the state High Court in Akure, over alleged fraud. The arraignment on Tuesday marked the beginning of the official trial of the head of the state’s legislature. Also arraigned before the court, was the lawmaker […]Continue Reading
By Oluwakayode Banjo The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Command on Wednesday, March 29, 2023, arraigned the owner of Ibadan-based Club, De Rock Club, Adepoju Olawale Sunday alias SSG before Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State on two separate charges for his alleged involvement in […]Continue Reading
By Oluwakayode Banjo The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentencing of thirty-seven (37) internet fraudsters to various terms of imprisonment, fines, and community service. This is contained in a statement signed by the commission’s Head, Media & Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren The Continue Reading
Oluwakayode Banjo The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Command on Monday, March 6, 2023, arraigned one Odeleye Moses Oluwabukola and his firm, Beedel Strategic Investment Company Nigeria Limited, before Justice Mohammed Owolabi of the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan, on a three-count charge which borders on forgery, altering of the document and Continue Reading
By Olaolu Fawole Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, monitoring the presidential and national assembly polls, on Saturday, made some arrests of suspected vote buyers. According to a statement on the official Facebook page of the commission, Dr. Cletus Tyokyaa, a lecturer with the Sarwuan Tarka University (formerly known as the University […]Continue Reading
By Yusuf Usman In an effort to decongest long queues and difficulties being experienced by residents at ATM points across banks in Lafia, the Nasarawa state capital, the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has deployed POS agents for easy withdrawal and swap of the old naira notes with the redesigned ones. Speaking with newsmen, CBN […]Continue Reading
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned a former vice-chancellor, Professor Ibrahim Garba, and the bursar, Ibrahim Usman, of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, on eight counts bordering on theft and money laundering to the tune of N1 billion. The anti-graft commission disclosed this on its Twitter page Thursday. The duo […]Continue Reading
Embattled former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, told Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission was responsible for his travails at the London Court, where he had been in detention over alleged organ harvest. Ekweremadu’s allegations were contained in an application he filed […]Continue Reading
Some bidders in Ibadan have decried the high prices placed on the cars being auctioned in Ibadan by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Two of the bidders, Mr Salami Abiola and Mr Adeniran Adebayo said the high prices on the cars were meant to scare away some potential buyers. Mr Abiola and Mr Adebayo urged […]Continue Reading
The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentencing of a Corps member, Osisi Ikenna Nicholas to one-month community service for his involvement in internet-related fraud. Osisi was convicted alongside thirty – eight others on a separate one-count charge each before Justices Bayo Taiwo, Omolara Adeyemi, Continue Reading
The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentencing of seventeen internet fraudsters before Justices Bayo Taiwo, Ladoke Akintola, and Mohammed Owolabi of the State High Court, Ibadan, Oyo State and Justice Mosunmola Dipeolu of Ogun State High Court, Abeokuta, on a separate one count charge […]Continue Reading
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has said the decision to redesign the naira is aimed at returning hidden public funds. Bawa stated this in an interview with Deutsche Welle DW Hausa Service, adding that the government wanted people who hid the funds to deposit them in bank accounts. The […]Continue Reading
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has re-arraigned suspended Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, and three others before a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama over an alleged N109.5bn fraud. Other defendants are Olusegun Akindele; Mohammed Usman and Gezawa Commodity Market and Exchange Limited. They were first arraigned on July Continue Reading
Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, Oyo State on Friday, October 21, 2022, convicted and sentenced the trio of Olukoya Emmanuel Adeyemi, Qoreeb Oluwadamilare Fujah and Olayinka Ridwan Olatunji to various jail terms for offences ranging from employment scam to cybercrime. This is contained in a statement signed by the commission’s Media […]Continue Reading
The Speaker, Ogun State House of Assembly, Mr Olakunle Oluomo has returned to his office after his travail in the hands of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) in Lagos. The speaker was received at the Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta House of Assembly complex by the state lawmakers as well as the staff and other stakeholders. […]Continue Reading
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has filed an 11-count charge bordering on conspiracy, forgery and stealing against the Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Olakunle Oluomo, and three others. The charge was filed by the EFFC’s Lagos Head of Legal Monitoring Unit, Rotimi Oyedepo, at the Federal High Court, Abeokuta, Ogun State […]Continue Reading
Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested Adepoju Olawale Sunday, owner of “De Rock Club”, Ring Road, Ibadan and 21 other suspected internet fraudsters, in an intelligence-driven operation. This is contained in a statement by the commission’s Continue Reading
The Ogun State House of Assembly Speaker, Olakunle Oluomo, is to be arraigned in Lagos on Monday by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over alleged financial crimes, an impeccable source within the anti-graft agency confirmed to our correspondent Saturday night. The source, who pleaded anonymity, noted that the agency was leaving no stone unturned […]Continue Reading
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has flown the arrested Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Olakunle Oluomo, to the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, for questioning. As reliably gathered, the embattled lawmaker is currently onboard an Abuja-bound aircraft over alleged misappropriation and embezzlement of funds An impeccable source within the Continue Reading
The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has secured the conviction and sentencing of the Director of Logistics of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, Federal University, Oye-Ekiti Chapter, Adeyemi Israel Abiodun to one-year imprisonment for internet-related fraud. He is among 40 persons convicted on separate one-count Continue Reading
The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, August 11, 2022 secured the conviction of five cybercriminals before Justice Iyabo Yerima of the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan on separate one count charge of impersonation, contrary to Section 484 of the Criminal Code Law Cap 38, Laws of Oyo […]Continue Reading
Justice Bayo Taiwo of the Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan, has convicted and sentenced seven internet fraudsters to various jail terms. The convicts: Ogunyemi Olajide Temitope, Olamilekan Fafiolu Quadri, Olamilekan Paul Akinyemi, Ayegbusi Ayokunle, Taiwo Azeez Dolapo, Adeogun Usman Oluwatobiloba and Oyewumi Michael Oluwapelumi, were jailed Continue Reading
Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, August 3, 2022 arrested twenty-nine (29) internet fraud suspects in a sting operation at Omi-Adio area of Ibadan, Oyo State. The suspects are Abdullahi Kehinde Tawab, Ayomide Alase Abiodun, Hassan Larla Olamilekan, Makinde Adebowale Saheed, Tofunmi Oyebade Continue Reading
An Abuja High Court sitting at Maitama, on Thursday, granted bail to the former Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris. This is coming barely a week after the court remanded the former AGF in prison. The court had last week Friday ordered that Idris and his co-defendants be kept in Kuje Correctional facility pending the […]Continue Reading