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…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, June 27, 2025, opposed an application filed by former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello, seeking leave of court to travel abroad for medical treatment. The application was presented before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, during the resumed hearing of Bello’s…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested a former Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Umar Isa, over an alleged $7.2 billion fraud linked with the rehabilitation of the Kaduna, Warri and Port Harcourt refineries. Also in the custody of the EFCC is Jimoh Olasunkanmi,…
Governor of Benue State, Rev. Fr. Dr. Hyacinth Iormem Alia, has ordered the indefinite suspension of Mr. Mkor Aondona, his Special Adviser on Documentation, Research, and Planning, following his arrest by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over allegations of sextortion, cyberbullying, and blackmail. In a statement issued by his media aide,…
Operatives of the Makurdi Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested Dr. Mkor Aondona, Special Adviser to the Benue State Governor on Documentation, Research, and Planning, on allegations of “sextortion and cyber bullying.” Dr. Aondona was taken into custody on Friday, June 20, following a petition by several female students….