A bill seeking to strip the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Offences Commission(ICPC) and other anti-graft agencies of the power to manage proceeds of crime has passed second reading in the Senate. The bill, titled the Proceeds of Crime (Recovery and Management) Act Amendment Bill, seeks to create a…
Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has filed a no-case submission in response to the N6.9bn fraud charges brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court in Lagos heard the no-case submission and subsequently reserved a ruling on it. Fayose was represented by a former…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate 1, have arrested 120 suspected internet fraudsters in a coordinated raid across multiple locations in Lagos State. The suspects, comprising 95 men and 25 women, were apprehended on Monday, May 19, 2025, following actionable intelligence and weeks of surveillance on their alleged cybercrime…
Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, has sentenced a 27-year-old fashion designer, Haruna Musa Tolani, to 12 months imprisonment for impersonating and defrauding Callitus Egwuonwu, an investigating officer with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ilorin Zonal Directorate. Tolani, an indigene of Ilorin East Local Government Area…
A Federal High Court sitting in the Jabi area of Abuja has sentenced Danji-Fari Ubadallah to two months imprisonment for defrauding an American $50. In a statement by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday that the convict was arraigned on a count bordering on Internet fraud. The statement noted that the defendant cheated…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has admitted that it wrongly declared Ellie Bitar wanted over the CBEX ponzi scheme. The anti-graft agency, in a statement on Wednesday, made this admission a few days after FIJ first published the story on how Mr Bitar was wrongly declared wanted by the EFCC. “Ellie Bitar of…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared that ex-militant leader Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, is not above the law and will be investigated for allegedly abusing the naira during his 54th birthday celebration. This reaction comes after a viral video surfaced online showing Tompolo stepping on naira notes while guests lavishly…
A public debate has erupted online as Nigerians challenge the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to take action against Chief Government Ekpemupolo, widely known as Tompolo, over an alleged case of naira abuse. The controversy was ignited by a viral video posted on X.com on Sunday by Harrison A who tweets as #harreceipts with the…
An Ikeja special offences court has ordered the return of the $20,000 tendered as an exhibit in the alleged fraud charges involving Olalekan Abdul, the managing director and chief executive officer (CEO) of Cleanserve Integrated Energy Solution Limited. Mojisola Dada, the presiding judge, gave the order on April 30, and also lifted the lien placed…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Friday, received a petition against the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle. Some protesters, All Progressives Congress Young Leaders Alliance, arrived at the agency’s headquarters in Abuja to submit their petition against Matawalle. In a statement signed by the leader of the protesters and convener of the…