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14 FUTA Undergraduates, 19 Others In EFCC Net For Suspected Internet Fraud

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14 FUTA Undergraduates, 19 Others In EFCC Net For Suspected Internet Fraud

Operatives of the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,  EFCC, have arrested fourteen undergraduates of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State. They were arrested alongside nineteen( 19) others in the early hours of Wednesday,  February 14, 2024, for suspected internet crimes. The suspects were arrested at different residential locations within the Akure…

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Financial Crimes

EFCC Declares Emefiele’s Wife, In-law, Two Others Wanted

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EFCC Declares Emefiele’s Wife, In-law, Two Others Wanted

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared the wife of a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Margaret Emefiele, wanted for alleged fraud. Also wanted by the anti-corruption agency are Mrs Omoile’s cousin, Jonathan Omoile, his wife, Anita Omoile, and one other person who appears to be a CBN official,…

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Financial Crimes

Nigeria Air Deal: EFCC Investigating Ex-minister Hadi Sirika

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Nigeria Air Deal: EFCC Investigating Ex-minister Hadi Sirika

Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo has disclosed that the EFCC, is investigating the former minister, Hadi Sirika, over the controversial Nigeria Air deal. He made this disclosure while featuring on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday Keyamo said: “The EFCC is investigating that deal. There is a criminal investigation going on….

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Civil aviation and Travels

EFCC Expose Religious Bodies Engaged In Terrorist Money Laundering

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EFCC Expose Religious Bodies Engaged In Terrorist Money Laundering

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, has revealed that the anti-graft agency has uncovered a religious sect in Nigeria laundering money for terrorists. Olukoyede revealed that another religious body was found to be protecting a money launderer after some money suspected to have been laundered was traced to the organisation’s…

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Financial Crimes

Betta Edu: EFCC quizzes senior ministry officials

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Betta Edu: EFCC quizzes senior ministry officials

Investigators of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have questioned several civil servants over the financial scandal rocking the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. The EFCC is investigating the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, ex-minister Sadiya Umar-Farouq, and Halima Shehu, the suspended National Coordinator and CEO of…

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Crime Watch, Financial Crimes

Court Remands Former Minister Agunloye In Prison Over Mambilla Power Project

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Court Remands Former Minister Agunloye In Prison Over Mambilla Power Project

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday ordered the remand of former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye, in Kuje Correctional Service over an alleged $6 billion fraud. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arraigned Agunloye before the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday, where he pleaded not guilty to the charges…

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Crime Watch, Financial Crimes

EFCC Releases Betta Edu, List Conditions For Bail

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EFCC Releases Betta Edu, List Conditions For Bail

The suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, has been released on bail. This follows an investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) into an alleged N585 million cash transfer scandal that took place under her ministry. The suspended minister, who was at the office of the EFCC on Tuesday,…

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Crime Watch, Financial Crimes

Betta Edu: EFCC Takes Three Banks CEOs Into Custody For Interrogation

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Betta Edu: EFCC Takes Three Banks CEOs Into Custody For Interrogation

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is currently interrogating Chief Executive Officers and Managing Directors of Zenith Bank, Providus Bank, and Jaiz Bank in connection with the over N44 billion fraud allegedly uncovered in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. Rextun City Updates gathered that the senior bank executives are currently being quizzed…

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Financial Crimes

N39.8bn Recovered Out Of N44.8bn Allegedly Embezzled From NSIP – EFCC

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N39.8bn Recovered Out Of N44.8bn Allegedly Embezzled From NSIP – EFCC

Probes Banks Over Transfer of N44.8bn Meant for NSIP Schemes Investigating Fraud in Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has recovered about N39.8 billion out of N44.8billion allegedly embezzled from the government account by former National Coordinator of the National Social Investment Programme (NSIPA), Halima Shehu. This came as the…

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Crime Watch, Financial Crimes

Dangote Group Reacts To EFCC’s Visit To Its Headquarters

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Dangote Group Reacts To EFCC’s Visit To Its Headquarters

The management of Dangote Industries Limited has doused the concerns of stakeholders following the visit to its Head office in Lagos by officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) saying it was ready to assist the Commission in its investigations. The foremost indigenous conglomerate in a statement disclosed that it received a letter…

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Financial Crimes