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JUST-IN: EFCC Arrests, Detains Delta Accountant General Over Alleged Diversion Of N1.3Trillion By Ex-Gov Okowa

GISTSMATE 013 weeks ago06 mins

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested the Accountant General of Delta State, Mrs. Joy Enwa, amid the commission’s ongoing investigation of the state’s former governor, Ifeanyi Okowa. The EFCC is investigating the alleged diversion of N1.3 trillion state funds, SaharaReporters has learnt. The commission arrested and detained former governor Okowa…

Court Remands Refinery MD In Kuje Correctional Centre Over Alleged $35m Fraud

GISTSMATE 013 weeks ago06 mins

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Monday, December 23, 2024, arraigned the Managing Director of Atlantic International Refinery and Petrochemical Limited, Akindele Akintoye at the Federal High Court, Abuja, over an alleged $35 million fraud. He was arraigned before Justice Emeka Nwite on charges bordering on money laundering and contract fraud. On October 31,…

FLASH: EFCC Invites Suspended Edo Local Govt Chairmen For Questioning

GISTSMATE 014 weeks ago06 mins

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has invited the suspended chairpersons of the 18 local councils in Edo State to its office for interrogation. The EFCC invitation was contained in a letter by the agency’s Director of Investigation, Abdulkarim Chukkol, and addressed to the Secretary to the Edo State Government. In a letter dated…

BREAKING: Court Grants Yahaya Bello N500 Million Bail Over N110.4 Billion Alleged Fraud

GISTSMATE 014 weeks ago4 weeks ago14 mins

The immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, who has been in prison detention since December 10, on Thursday, secured fresh N500million bail from a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, sitting at Maitama. The court, in the ruling that was delivered by Justice Maryann Anenih, equally ordered him to provide…

FLASH: EFCC Arrests 792 Suspects, Including 148 Chinese, 40 Filipinos In Major Crypto Fraud

GISTSMATE 011 month ago16 mins

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has announced the arrest of 792 suspects, including 193 foreign nationals, for their involvement in cryptocurrency investment fraud and romance scams. The arrests were made on December 10, 2024, following a months-long investigation and surveillance operation at a high-rise building on Oyin Jolayemi Street in Victoria Island, Lagos….

FLASH: Court Grants Yahaya Bello N500m Bail, Fixes Trial Date

GISTSMATE 011 month ago03 mins

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, granted bail to the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, to the tune of N500 million with two sureties in the like sum. The court, in the ruling that was delivered by trial Justice Emeka Nwite, held that the sureties must be…

EFCC Is Fighting Corruption To Protect Your Future – Olukoyede Tells Students

GISTSMATE 011 month ago06 mins

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, has stated that the Commission is fighting corruption and internet crimes to protect the future of students across the country, charging them to be more committed to the fight. The EFCC boss stated this recently in Abuja when students of Britmax International…

EFCC Harvests 23 Suspected Internet Fraudsters In Ibadan

GISTSMATE 011 month ago03 mins

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has apprehended 23 individuals suspected of involvement in internet fraud in the Akobo area of Ibadan, Oyo State. The arrests were carried out by operatives from the Ibadan Zonal Directorate of the EFCC, following credible intelligence linking the suspects to fraudulent online activities. In a statement released on…

Lawyer Apologises For Claiming EFCC Operatives Raided Bello el-Rufai’s Residence

GISTSMATE 011 month ago04 mins

Sabrina Ezeoku, a legal practitioner, has apologised for claiming that the residence of Bello, the son of Nasir el-Rufai, the former governor of Kaduna, was raided by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). On December 5, Ezeoku posted on her X account that EFCC operatives busted Bello’s home in Kaduna. She added…

JUST-IN: Court Refuses Yahaya Bello’s Bail Application

GISTSMATE 011 month ago04 mins

Justice Maryann Anenih of the Federal Capital Territory High Court has refused to grant a bail application filed by the former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, saying it was filed prematurely. Delivering the ruling, Justice Anenih, said having been filed when he was neither in custody nor before the court, the instant application was…

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JUST-IN: EFCC Arrests, Detains Delta Accountant General Over Alleged Diversion Of N1.3Trillion By Ex-Gov Okowa

Court Remands Refinery MD In Kuje Correctional Centre Over Alleged $35m Fraud

FLASH: EFCC Invites Suspended Edo Local Govt Chairmen For Questioning

BREAKING: Court Grants Yahaya Bello N500 Million Bail Over N110.4 Billion Alleged Fraud

FLASH: EFCC Arrests 792 Suspects, Including 148 Chinese, 40 Filipinos In Major Crypto Fraud

FLASH: Court Grants Yahaya Bello N500m Bail, Fixes Trial Date

EFCC Is Fighting Corruption To Protect Your Future – Olukoyede Tells Students

EFCC Harvests 23 Suspected Internet Fraudsters In Ibadan

Lawyer Apologises For Claiming EFCC Operatives Raided Bello el-Rufai’s Residence

JUST-IN: Court Refuses Yahaya Bello’s Bail Application