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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission will bring Idris Olanrewaju Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, to the Federal High Court in Lagos today (Friday) for allegedly laundering money. On Thursday, the EFCC filed six counts against Bobrisky, relating to money laundering and abusing the naira.

The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested one Usman Akogun, an alleged fraudster who has been posing as an officer of the commission and defrauding victims under the pretext that he could help them procure a soft landing regarding their cases with the Commission. A statement by the Head, […]

Popular cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye also known as Bobrisky, has failed to meet the bail conditions granted to him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Bobrisky was arrested and detained by the Lagos State Command of the EFCC on Wednesday, over abuse of naira, spraying of naira notes and currency mutilation. The spokesman for the EFCC, Dele Oyewale, […]

An employee of Binance Holdings Limited, Tigran Gambaryan, is facing court charges for allegedly evading taxes. He and absconding Nadeem Anjarwalla are set to be presented in court today at the Federal High Court in Abuja. In case number FHC/ABJ/CR/115/2024, Binance was accused of not registering with the Federal Inland Revenue Service for the purpose […]

Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested 74 suspected internet fraudsters in Ogun State. EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, said this in a statement sent to News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Abuja. Oyewale stated that the alleged fraudsters were arrested at the Government Residential Area, Shagamu […]

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, has revealed that the anti-graft agency has plans to rehabilitate convicted internet fraudsters with lesser sentences. According to a statement by the commission on Friday, Olukoyede spoke on Thursday when a delegation of the National Association of University Students led by its President, Obadi Marshal, […]

The Senate Ad-hoc Committee investigating the N30 trillion Ways and Means loans to the Federal Government has found 13 violations in the loan acquisition process. The Senate also announced that it will call the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Olayemi Cardoso. This came to the fore when the Chairman of the Committee, […]

The Abuja Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has handed over documents of properties and 324 houses recovered for Kano State pensioners to the affected individuals. The development was a result of an investigation carried out by the EFCC into a N4.1bn Pension Trust Fund denied pensioners by successive Kano State government […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission's Abuja Zonal Command has transferred the paperwork and 324 homes recovered for Kano State pensioners to the affected individuals. This happened after the EFCC looked into a case involving N4.1 billion Pension Trust Fund contributed by pensioners for the purpose of owning houses; […]

A witness for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ijeoma Maltida, revealed how Emmanuella-Eteta Ita, the Head of the Stakeholders Unit at the Federal Inland Revenue Services, siphoned and diverted funds meant for stakeholders’ assignments to her private school, Surestart School Limited. The EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, […]