Browsing: Efcc

A group of demonstrators went to the main office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Abuja on Friday and requested that the commission restart the inquiry into a previous governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle. As per Channels TV, the EFCC Director of Public Affairs, Wilson Uwujaren, accepted the protest letter on behalf of the Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has denied accusations of not obeying a court order for former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello. There is ongoing debate about whether the EFCC disobeyed a court order related to the failed arrest of Bello. In a press statement signed by the EFCC’s […]

By Deborah Musa A Federal Capital Territory High Court, Apo on Monday, adjourned till May 15 to rule on the preliminary objection of a former Minister of Power and Steel, Dr Olu Agunloye. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is prosecuting Agunloye on a seven-count- charge. The seven-count charge bordered on forgery, disobedience of presidential…

The proprietor of the Uyo Cybercrime Training Centre, also known as Hustle Kingdom, Ikemesit Edet, has been sentenced to ten years in jail for fraud. The Uyo Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday, arraigned Edet for impersonation, love scam, hacking/editing of social media accounts, and private criminal tutoring. According to […]

With the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission focusing on people who misuse the Naira, Nigerians have found new ways to keep the tradition of throwing Naira at social events fun. People started taking the crimes more seriously when the anti-corruption agency highlighted a case involving a controversial cross-dresser, […]

The police's Inspector General, Olukayode Egbetokun, has recalled all the police officers assigned to the troubled former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello. The directive for the withdrawal was in a police wireless message observed by our reporter on Friday. The official document referenced as “CB:4001/DOPS/PMF/FHQ/ABJ/VOL.48/ 34 stated, “IG has ordered the withdrawal of all policemen attached to His Excellency and former Executive Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello.

The Federal Government on Thursday placed the former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, on its watchlist to prevent him from leaving the country. The Nigerian Immigration Service, in a circular dated April 18, 2024 and signed by Assistant Comptroller of Immigration DS Umar, for the Comptroller-General, Kemi Nandap, informed the police and […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has declared that they are looking for Yahaya Bello, a former governor of Kogi State, due to his involvement in economic and financial crimes. The notice was posted on the commission’s official Facebook page on Thursday. “Yahaya Bello, the former Governor of Kogi State, is wanted by the EFCC for offences relating to […]

The EFCC is reevaluating the release of former Attorney General Bello Adoke by a Federal Capital Territory High Court in the Malau OPL 245 fraud case. This comes after the anti-graft agency denied reports that it accused parties involved in the trial of bribery to bungle the case.

The EFCC has denied preventing the delivery of legal documents to a Binance executive, as claimed by the Federal Inland Revenue Service. The agency made this known in a statement issued by its spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, on Friday, stating that the report is false, misleading, and not based on the facts before the […]