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- 14 Jul 2021
EFCC Launches Eagle Eye App for Online Reporting of Economic Crimes
Economic and Financial Crimes commission, (EFCC), has launched Eagle Eye, an App, designed to ease the process of reporting economic and financial crimes in Nigeria. Abdulrasheed Bawa, executive…
- 25 Nov 2018
SEC Pledges Commitment to Financial Inclusion for Economic Growth
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Sunday restated commitment to pursue initiatives that would aid financial inclusion of Nigerians to grow the nation’s economy. Securities and Exchange…
- 9 Oct 2016
EFCC Partners MTN to Fight Crimes
Mr. Ishaq Salihu, south- south Zonal head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has said the commission will partner with MTN in the fight against economic and financial crimes in…
- 7 Jul 2019
AU Commission Seeks Financial Input for NEPAD-IPPF Special Fund
The 29th Oversight Committee (OC) meeting of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development Infrastructure Project Preparation Facility (NEPAD-IPPF) Special Fund held at the headquarters of the African…
- 5 Mar 2024
Banking Sector Becoming Cesspool of Financial Crimes- EFCC
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has revealed that approximately 70 percent of financial crimes in Nigeria are connected to banks. Ola Olukoyede, chairman, EFCC, stated this during…
- 21 Oct 2024
NBC Knocks EFCC over Invasion Urban RadioFM in Enugu
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has expressed disappointment over the recent invasion of Urban Radio 94.5 FM in Enugu by the officials of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC).…
- 6 Mar 2015
SEC, NFIU to Collaborate to Check Money Laundering, Terrorism Financing
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have pledged stronger collaboration to fight…
- 22 Nov 2024
EFCC Says Nigerian Banks are Notorious Conduits of Financial Crimes
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has warned banks against making themselves available as instruments of fraud. Ola Olukoyede, charman, EFCC, issued the warning on Friday when the…
- 18 Aug 2008
EFCC Gets Data Centre, Thanks EC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has commissioned an ultra modern Data Centre, which will serve as the nerve centre and data bank for the commission, at its headquarters in Abuja.…
- 19 Oct 2020
EFCC Confirms Attack on Commission’s Website
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday admitted that its official website was attacked by yet-to-be identified cyber criminals during the weekend. A group of activists with a…
- 16 May 2024
SEC Partners EFCC to Tackle Market Infractions
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have announced collaboration to minimise trade manipulations in the virtual sphere. Emomotimi Agama,…
- 8 Aug 2014
EFCC Partners NCC on Corruption
Ibrahim Lamorde chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has commended the partnership between the EFCC and the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), in the fight against…
- 8 Mar 2026
EFCC Seals Anti-Corruption Alliance with Anambra Security Chiefs, Traditional Rulers
In a strategic drive to bolster inter-agency and institutional synergy against economic and financial crimes, the Anambra Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has…
- 28 Mar 2026
Anti Graft Agencies Raise Alarm over Rising Crypto-Linked Financial Crimes
Ola Olukoyede, chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has raised concerns over the growing threat of cryptocurrency-related crimes in the country. Olukoyede made this known at the…
- 25 Jun 2026
EFCC, CAC Raise Concerns over Unregistered PoS Operators
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) have expressed concern over the growing activities of unregistered Point of Sale (POS) operators and warned…
- 17 Jul 2014
Senate Moves Financial Intelligence Unit to CBN
Senate yesterday moved the Financial Intelligence Centre from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Senators unanimously adopted the report…
- 3 Jul 2026
How Fraudsters Emptied a Judge's Account of N7.2 Million in Midnight Attack
Ola Olukoyede, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has disclosed that the commission recovered more than N7.2 million stolen from the bank account of a serving judge by…
- 30 Sept 2020
SEC, EFCC Partner Against Ponzi Schemes
The Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, are committed to strengthening the partnership between the agencies with a view to tackling the…
- 8 Apr 2017
EFCC Discovers N.5Bn Hidden in Lagos Plaza
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday recovered N449 million in an abandoned bureau de change (BDC) in Victoria Island, Lagos. Wilson Uwujaren, spokesman of the commission,…
- 10 Aug 2016
PIN Seeks Release of Arrested Blogger, Cybercrime Law Review
The arrest of blogger, Abubakar Sidiq Usman, by heavily armed operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday, August 8, 2016, in his residence has again highlighted the…
- 26 Apr 2014
Bankers, Foreigners top EFCC’s Most Wanted List
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has released list of wanted persons for various financial and economic crimes, just as the anti-graft agency said it has intensified efforts to…
- 16 May 2023
EFCC Raises Alarm over Fake Recruitment Portal
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has, again, raised the alarm over the activities of fraudsters who use a fake website purportedly belonging to the Commission to defraud unsuspecting…
- 15 Mar 2016
NIPOST, EFCC Seize Fake Currencies, Money Order worth N83Bn
Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST working with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) intercepted fake financial transaction tools such as cheques, International Money Order and credit…
- 15 Feb 2019
EFCC Asks Banks to Report Suspicious Transactions to it
Mr Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has asked financial institutions in the country to report any suspicious transactions to the agency. Mr Magu…
- 24 Feb 2019
Steer Clear Politicians’ Money, EFCC Warns Banks, Others
Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, has warned financial institutions in Benue State to stay away from politicians’ money during the period of elections so as not to run foul of the law.…
- 13 Nov 2024
EFCC Cracks Down on Currency Racketeering: 50 Convicted
Ola Olukoyede, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says the commission has convicted over 50 persons for currency racketeering and dollarisation of the Nigerian economy…
- 6 Jan 2025
EFCC Sacks 27 Officers for Fraud, Misconduct
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has dismissed 27 officers from its workforce in 2024 for various offences related to fraudulent activities and misconduct. In a statement issued on…
- 30 Apr 2026
EFCC Warns Fintech Firms over Rising Fraud, Ransom Payments
Mr. Ola Olukoyede, chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has called on financial technology companies in Nigeria to strengthen their systems and safeguard their platforms against…
- 23 Jan 2017
EFCC Are Liars Says Diezani
Diezani Alison-Madueke, embattled former minister of Petroleum Resources, has denied allegations levelled against her by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) She went ahead to dare the…
- 15 Nov 2021
FG Raises Joint Committee to Probe Rights Abuse in Money Lending
Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have commenced rights violation investigation in the…