Economic and Financial Crimes Commission

A Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos State, on Friday, held that President Muhammadu Buhari had dismissed Mrs. Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia as a judicial officer on November 7, 2018. Justice Mohammed Rilwan Aikawa held that thus,…

Acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu has, again called on Nigerian youth to shun economic and financial crimes, especially internet fraud and cybercrimes. Magu stated this, on Wednesday,…

Joy Anyim A man, identified as Victory Ogidama, has earned for himself, a two-year jail term, for fraudulently obtaining N286,000 in the guise of granting his victim admission at the Nigeria Maritime University, Delta State. Ogidama…

Joy Anyim Operatives of the Kaduna Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in the early hours of Wednesday, June 26, 2019, raided and arrested seven suspected internet fraudsters in their hideout at No.15,…

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibadan zonal office, on Thursday, June 20, swept on hideouts of suspected internet fraudsters in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, and arrested 27 suspects among whom were four…

Joy Anyim A fake Employment Officer of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Bisong James Oyen, has earned himself two years imprisonment. Oyen, who was arraigned before Justice J.K. Omotosho of the Federal High Court,…

Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 23, 2019, presidential election, Mr. Peter Obi was among the notable faces at the resumed hearing of the Tribunal on Monday, June 10. Mr. Obi is running…

By Nicholas Ejembi It appears the last may not have been heard of the legal standoff between Godwin Obla (SAN), one of Nigeria’s foremost ex-prosecutors, and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)- the same organisation Obla…

President Muhammadu Buhari’s second tenure kicked off Wednesday last week. However, the problems and challenges for which Nigerians expect him to find solutions in the next four years are not different from the ones he was saddled with when…

Wole Adedeji, Ilorin This, however, did not come as a surprise because of happenings preceding the handing over date. Former Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State, like some of his former colleagues, did not personally hand over to his…