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Court Orders EFCC, Multichoice To Pay Metro Digital N10m Over Unlawful Raid

NewsDeskNgMay 11, 2026May 11, 20260

A Rivers High Court has ordered EFCC and Multichoice to pay Metro Digital N10 million over unlawful raid and arrests. A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and Multichoice Nigeria Limited to pay N10 million to Metro Digital Limited...

EFCC Declares Ex-Minister Sadiya Umar Farouq Wanted Over Alleged N37bn Fraud

NewsDeskNgMay 10, 2026May 10, 20260

EFCC accuses former humanitarian affairs minister Sadiya Umar Farouq of abuse of office and diversion of public intervention funds. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared a former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, wanted for alleged abuse of office and diversion of public...

EFCC Re-Arraigns Bauchi Accountant-General Over Alleged N1.63bn Money Laundering

NewsDeskNgApr 30, 2026April 30, 20260

EFCC charges Bauchi Accountant-General and firm over alleged diversion of N1.63bn public funds, as trial continues in Abuja court. Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday re-arraigned Bauchi State Accountant-General, Sirajo Muhammad Jaja, and an unlicensed Bureau de Change operator, Aliyu Abubakar of Jasfad Resources Enterprises, before Justice O....

EFCC Suspect Henry Ikeji Denies Role In Dubai Crown Prince Impersonation Scandal

NewsDeskNgApr 10, 2026April 10, 20260

Suspect Henry Ikeji denies defrauding Romanian woman, claims mistaken identity and insists funds traced to him are legitimate business proceeds, not fraud. Detained businessman, Mr. Henry Nzube Ikeji, arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has denied allegations he posed as a Dubai Crown Prince to defraud a...

EFCC Nabs 20, Seizes N17m Over Alleged Vote Buying In FCT Polls

NewsDeskNgFeb 23, 2026February 23, 20260

EFCC operatives detain suspects across FCT for vote buying, seize over N17 million cash. Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Saturday, February 21, 2026, arrest 20 suspects over alleged electoral offences during the just-concluded Federal Capital Territory (FCT) local government elections. According to the commission, the...

EFCC arrests four ‘bank hackers’ in Abuja

NewsDeskNgOct 30, 2024October 30, 20240

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, says its operatives have arrested about four suspected bank hackers in Abuja. A statement issued on Tuesday by the spokesperson of the anti-graft agency, Dele Oyewale said they were nabbed for alleged conspiracy, unauthorised access to banks’ computer systems and fraudulent withdrawal of...

EFCC re-arraigns ex-Kwara gov Abdulfatah Ahmed over alleged N5.78b fraud

NewsDeskNgOct 21, 2024October 21, 20240

Former Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State was on Monday re-arraigned alongside his finance commissioner, Ademola Banu, on a 14-count charge bordering on alleged stealing and mismanagement of N5.78 billion public funds. The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, arraigned them before Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar...

Godwin – Court gives nod to EFCC’s request to present witness

NewsDeskNgOct 18, 2024October 18, 20240

An FCT High Court in Maitama has accepted the request of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to present two witnesses virtually in the trial of former Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor Godwin Emefiele. Justice Maryanne Anenih in a ruling on Thursday granted EFCC’s application in which it...

We’re not in military era – NUJ condemns EFCC invasion of radio station

NewsDeskNgOct 15, 2024October 15, 20240

The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, has faulted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC for invading a radio station in Enugu State. Earlier reported that the EFCC on Monday evening raided Urban 94.5FM, disrupting a live broadcast to whisk away a broadcaster, Favour Ekoh in the process. The staff...

Courts jail bureau de change operator, two others for fraud

NewsDeskNgOct 15, 2024October 15, 20240

Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin has sentenced one Yakubu Aminu to 200 hours community service for carrying out bureau de change businesses without a valid licence. Similarly, a Kwara State High Court presided over by Justice Hammed Gegele also jailed the duo of Abdulalahi...