Tag: EFCC

Malabu Oil Deal: EFCC Dis-satisfied With Adoke’s Discharge, To Review Case

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Malabu Oil Deal: EFCC Dis-satisfied With Adoke’s Discharge, To Review Case

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it is reviewing the developments leading to the discharge of Bello Adoke in the fraud case involving the controversial Oil Prospecting License (OPL) 245, widely known as the Malabu Oil deal. Mr Adoke, who was the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice in the former…

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Crime Watch, Financial Crimes

More Troubles For Emefiele, Faces 26-Count Fresh Fraud Charges

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More Troubles For Emefiele, Faces 26-Count Fresh Fraud Charges

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed fresh charges, including alleged fraudulent foreign exchange allocation of $2 billion, against former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele. In the fresh 26-count charge filed at the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja, the anti-graft agency said Mr Emefiele while being CBN governor arbitrarily…

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Financial Crimes

Bobrisky Pleads Guilty, Convicted For Abusing Naira

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Bobrisky Pleads Guilty, Convicted For Abusing Naira

Famous cross-dresser, Idris Olanrewaju Okuneye popularly known as Bobrisky, has been convicted by Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court, Lagos, after he pleaded guilty to abuse of the naira. The judge has reserved judgement on Bobrisky’s sentencing till April 9, ordering his remand in EFCC’s custody. Before his conviction, Bobrisky pleaded with the…

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Celebrities

EFCC Arrests 74 Internet Fraudsters in Ogun

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EFCC Arrests 74 Internet Fraudsters in Ogun

Men of the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, arrested seventy-four (74) suspected internet fraudsters in Ogun State. The anti-graft agency said the alleged fraudsters were arrested at Government Residential Area, G.R.A, Shagamu, in Ogun State. According to the Commission in a statement on its Twitter page, their…

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Financial Crimes

EFCC Slams $35m Money Laundering Charges Against Binance, Moves To Extradite Escaped Executive

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EFCC Slams $35m Money Laundering Charges Against Binance, Moves To Extradite Escaped Executive

Binance Holdings Limited alongside two of its senior executives, Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla, have been slammed with charges of $35,400,000 in money laundering, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The EFCC, having taken over the case from the Office of the National Security Adviser, has detained Gambaryan and secured a court warrant…

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Financial Crimes

Binance Executive Sues Nigeria’s National Security Adviser, EFCC

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Binance Executive Sues Nigeria’s National Security Adviser, EFCC

The detained Binance executive, Tigran Gambaryan, has sued the National Security Adviser (NSA) Nuhu Ribadu, and the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over the alleged violation of his fundamental rights. Mr Gambaryan, in the originating motion dated and filed 18 March by his lawyer, Olujoke Aliyu, from Aluko and Oyebode Law Firm, sought five reliefs…

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Cryptocurrencies

SERAP Urges Akpabio To Reinstate Ningi And Refer Allegations To EFCC, ICPC

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SERAP Urges Akpabio To Reinstate Ningi And Refer Allegations To EFCC, ICPC

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President Mr Godswill Akpabio to “urgently refer the allegations that lawmakers padded the 2024 budget by irregularly inserting projects worth N3.7 trillion to appropriate anti-corruption agencies for investigation and prosecution.” SERAP urged him “to immediately reinstate whistleblower Abdul Ningi who was recently suspended from the…

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Budget and Expenditures, Civil Society Organizations, National Assembly

We Recovered N60bn In 100 Days – EFCC Boss

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We Recovered N60bn In 100 Days – EFCC Boss

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr Ola Olukoyede, says in less than 100 days of his assumption of office, the anti-graft agency received over 5,000 fraud petitions and recovered N60bn loot. Of the 5,000 petitions, he said the EFCC had approved 3,000 for investigation. President Bola Tinubu appointed Olukoyede EFCC chairman…

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Financial Crimes

EFCC Arraigns former Governor Ahmed tomorrow

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EFCC Arraigns former Governor Ahmed tomorrow

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission , EFCC, has finally prepared a 12 count charge against the former governor Abdulfatah Ahmed. According to reliable sources, the former governor will be arraigned at the Federal High Court in Ilorin tomorrow by 10 am. As at press time, full details of the charges are not available to…

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Financial Crimes

Betta Edu: EFCC Goes After More Heads As Fresh N17bn Fraud Unfolds

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Betta Edu: EFCC Goes After More Heads As Fresh N17bn Fraud Unfolds

The fraud and sleaze rocking the Ministry of Humanitarian and Social Inclusion has taken another dimension as operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) investigating the sleaze have reportedly uncovered a fresh fraud of N17bn linked to the ministry. A source confirmed on Saturday in Abuja that the EFCC officials, who were originally…

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Financial Crimes