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- 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,…
- 16 Dec 2024
EFCC Arrests 193 Foreigners, 599 Others over Alleged Crypto, Romance Fraud
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said that it has arrested 792 suspects in one operation over alleged a cryptocurrency investment fraud and romance scam. Wilson Uwujaren, director,…
- 5 Nov 2014
EFCC Recovers $11Bn Stolen Funds in 11 Years
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said that it has recovered a total of $11billion by stolen looters of government treasuries from its inception in 2003. Wilson Uwujaren, head of Media…
- 13 Aug 2013
EFCC Grills Saraki over Defunct SGBN
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday, grilled Bukola Saraki, former Kwara State governor over the failure of family-owned Societe Generale Bank of Nigeria (SGBN). Societe…
- 30 Jan 2026
EFCC Seeks Suspension, Prosecution of Banks for Aiding N162Bn Crypto Scams
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has called for the suspension and prosecution of deposit banks, Fintechs and microfinance banks aiding and abetting fraudsters in defrauding Nigerians…
- 17 Jun 2015
EFCC Swoops on Ex-Govs over Allegations of Fraud
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), may have decided to swoop on some immediate past governors in the country, with their constitutional immunity stripped, according to National Mirror.…
- 29 Jul 2015
FG Targets ‘Super Rich’ Civil Servants in New Anti-Corruption Push
Federal government anti-corruption operatives have been sent after ‘super rich’ public officers who have multiple properties and other assets suspected to have been the rewards of graft, according to…
- 1 Aug 2015
EFCC Boss, Others Corner 500 FG Houses in Lagos, Abuja
Influential ministers and aides of for­mer President Goodluck Jonathan were among those who allegedly shared over 500 Federal Government houses located in highbrow areas of Abuja and Lagos as…
- 17 Oct 2015
EFCC Arrests Akpabio, Former Akwa Ibom Gov over Alleged N108Bn Fraud
Senator Godswill Akpabio, Senate Minority leader and former Governor of Akwa Ibom State was yesterday, arrested and quizzed by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at…
- 11 Jan 2016
EFCC Arrests Mba, NBC DG
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Emeka Mba, Director General of the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission over an alleged N15 billion fraud, Premium Times can…
- 12 Jan 2016
EFCC Arrests Mba, NBC DG over Alleged $170m MTN Fund
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday, arrested Emeka Mba, director-general, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), over an alleged $170m fraud. Mba was arrested in Abuja and…
- 13 Feb 2016
EFCC Arrests NAMA MD, GM over Alleged Shady Contract Awards
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday arrested Mr. Ibrahim Abdulsalam, managing director of Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) as well as Mr. Nurudeen Segun Agbolade,…
- 30 Apr 2016
EFCC Hunts Diezani’s Son over N23Bn
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), is on the trail of Ugonna, son of Diezani Alison-Madueke, former minister of Petroleum Resources, over his alleged roles in the disbursement of $115m…
- 14 Mar 2013
EFCC Nabs 5-Man Internet Gang in Enugu
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nigeria’s anti-corruption watch-dog announced last night it successfully busted the activities of an Enugu based five-man internet fraud gang and…
- 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…
- 26 Jul 2017
Fraud: Oando, Others Cough out N328.9Bn, EFCC Seals SPAR
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it has recovered a total of N328.9 billion from nine major oil marketers after quizzing their chief executives. This is coming as the agency also…
- 26 Sept 2019
Unity Bank Manager Accused of Stealing N11.6m Meant for ATMs
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Adam Kaka Adam, an employee of Unity Bank Plc, for the criminal appropriation of N11.6 million. Adam was a service manager in…
- 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…
- 23 Nov 2020
Dawaki, Ex-Union Bank Staff Jailed 17 Years for Fraud, to Refund N93m
The Kano State High Court has convicted one Rabiu Dawaki, former head of Operations, Bello Road Cash Center of Union Bank Plc in Kano, of charges of conspiracy and criminal breach of trust. A…
- 9 Feb 2021
FG Plans Forfeited Assets Database- Solicitor-General
Dayo Apata, SAN, solicitor-general, has said the Federal Government would establish a database of forfeited assets. He said this would be done by the Inter-Ministerial Committee on the Disposal of…
- 26 Apr 2021
Beware of Schemes that Promises Quick Gains- EFCC
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday warned Nigerians to be wary of fraudulent schemes that promises quick returns and gains. The commission said it is alarmed at the rate…
- 23 Jul 2021
Court Jails Ex-Banker, Wife, Mother-in-Law 60 Years for Stealing ₦21m
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction of Ebenezer Adeolu Alonge, a former bank cashier, alongside Isakunle Olamide Oyinlola, his wife, and Isakunle Eunice…
- 17 Mar 2022
EFCC Nabs Nigerian Church Founder Wanted by FBI for Wire Fraud
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Kelechi Vitalis Anozie, founder of Praying City Church located in Owerri, the capital of Imo. The suspect is on the watch list of the…
- 18 May 2022
Finance Minister Suspends AGF over Alleged N80Bn Fraud
Zainab Ahmed, minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, has suspended Ahmed Idris, the embattled Accountant-General of the Federation, from office over his alleged involvement in N80billion…
- 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…
- 17 Dec 2024
ESET Warns of Rising Online Scam Threat Amid EFCC's Major Fraud Bust
ESET, a global leader in digital security, has provided insights on the rising threat of online scams. In a significant operation earlier in the week, Nigeria's anti-graft agency, the Economic and…
- 13 May 2016
EFCC Quizzes First Bank Chief over Bank Transactions
FBN Holdings Plc, Nigeria’s biggest lender by assets, said one of its directors was invited and questioned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as part of a wider probe into alleged…
- 11 Sept 2013
US Jails Nigerian Fraudster 3 Years for 419
Emmanuel Ehkator, a Nigerian who was investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) for criminal conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud in the United States of America has…
- 13 Sept 2014
Nigerian Hackers Break into Bank System, Steal N6Bn
A group of criminals aided by an insider gained access to a bank’s computers, stealing a jaw-dropping sum. How did they do it? According to Weekly Trust, Godswill Oyegwa Uyoyou worked in the…
- 18 Aug 2014
EFCC Recovers N5Bn from Oil Subsidy Thieves
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), said it has so far recovered about N5 billion from persons and organisations indicted in the fuel subsidy probe which began over two years ago in…