A 31-year-old gospel singer, Otitoju Moses Sesan, and eight others have been sentenced to six months’ imprisonment for cybercrime offences. Their varying offences bordered on cybercrime, conspiracy, and misappropriation of funds. They were prosecuted by the Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The gospel artiste, Otitoju, from Iyamoye in Ijumu…
The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory FCT has said that the international Passport of the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, was not in its custody but in the custody of the Federal High Court, Abuja. At the resumed hearing of the alleged money laundering case instituted by the Economic and…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has jailed fifteen Chinese of Cyber-terrorism and Internet fraud. The conviction was secured by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Disclosing the development on X formerly Twitter, EFCC on their official page said the suspects were arraigned on…
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, July 14, 2025, secured the conviction and sentence of two Chinese for cyber-terrorism and internet fraud before Justice Dehinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. The suspects are: Huang Xiao Liang (a.k.a Liu Xiao Liang) and…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has described Saturday’s local government election in Lagos State as peaceful and orderly. The Acting Zonal Director of the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the EFCC, ACE I Ahmed Ghali, gave the assessment while monitoring the election process across various polling units in the state. He said, “From the…
Ola Olukoyede, the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, has announced that the body has recovered lost funds from the CBEX fraud scheme. Olukoyede did not announce the amount recovered, but he assured Nigerians that the EFCC is taking action against the promoters of the scheme. The EFCC Chairman emphasised that…
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, on Wednesday begged the National Assembly to urgently pass a law to criminalise unexplained wealth. He said Nigeria cannot win the anti-corruption war without legal backing to hold public officers accountable for assets far beyond their legitimate earnings. Speaking during the National Conference…
Justice Marianne Anineh of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on Tuesday, July 8, 2025, reserved ruling till July 17, 2025, on an application filed by former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello, seeking permission to travel to the United Kingdom for medical treatment. Bello is standing trial alongside Umar Shuaibu Oricha…
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday, okayed the application filed by Mr Ali Bello, the Chief of Staff (CoS) to Gov. Usman Ododo of Kogi to travel to the United Kingdom (UK) for medical attention. Justice Obiora Egwuatu granted the request after the motion was moved by Zakari Abbas, who appeared for Bello,…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja and presided over by Justice Emeka Nwite has rejected the bail application filed by three promoters of Crypto Bridge Exchange (CBEX) in the alleged $1 billion fraud. Justice Nwite, in a ruling on Monday, June 30, 2025, held that available evidence against the defendants was strong. The defendants…
