Crime

MAPOLY Student Bags Seven Months Jail Term for Impersonation

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The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentencing of a 24-year-old student of Computer Science at Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, MAPOLY, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Adebowale Babatunde Ismail, to seven months imprisonment before Continue Reading

Economy

Magu Charges Nigerians on Constituency Project Monitoring

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The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr Ibrahim Magu, has charged Nigerians to monitor closely delivery of constituency projects embarked upon by their representatives at the legislative arm of government. Mr Magu gave the advice in Ibadan while offering his goodwill message at a town hall meeting jointly organised by […]Continue Reading

Crime

EFCC Nabs 42 in Ogun over Internet-Fraud

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Office on Friday, arrested 42 youngsters for alleged involvement in internet-related fraud. The suspects, whose ages range between 18 and 33 years, were apprehended at different locations in Ilaro, Ogun State, following actionable intelligence earlier received on their alleged illegal activities. The suspects Continue Reading

Crime

EFCC Nabs Suspected Internet Fraudster with a Coffin

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A mini coffin suspected to contain fetish materials was found with a 38-year-old suspected internet fraudster, Azeez Adebowale, when operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, raided his house in Ibadan on Monday, March 2, 2020. Adebowale, who claimed to be using the coffin as soap rack, was among the six persons arrested […]Continue Reading

Crime

3 in EFCC Net For Defrauding Ibadan High Chief of N300m

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Office, has arrested three persons – Babatunde Ologunja, Olusola Olaoye Babatunde and Olufemi Lawal – for allegedly duping the Otun-Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun. The suspects and others still at large were accused of conspiring to dispossess the revered Ibadan High Chief of sums running Continue Reading

Crime

NYSC, EFFC Collaborate to Fight Corruption

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The Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has joined other zonal offices of the commission across the nation to engage Nigerian youths in its campaign against corruption. Our staff reporter reports that a walk against corruption, involving over five hundred members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC and staffers […]Continue Reading

Crime

EFCC Arrests Five Undergraduates, Twelve Others for Alleged Internet Fraud

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Office, on Monday, October 7, 2019, arrested 17 suspected internet fraudsters among whom were five who claimed to be students of the Federal Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti. The suspects were arrested in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital, following meticulous consideration of intelligence reports detailing their Continue Reading