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The United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation, Monday, said it had arrested 74 ’email scammers’, 29 of them Nigerians in a global operation. The bureau also said the criminal scheme, which was used by the suspects, originated…

Joshua Dariye, former governor of Plateau state, has been found guilty of six counts out of the 23 counts of corruption filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Dariye was accused of diverting over…

The Enugu Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today, Thursday, June 7, 2018 obtained the conviction of one Chimankpa Nwakuna, who has been sentenced to two years imprisonment by Hon. Justice Lewis Algoa of the…

Peter Toluwabori, an alleged internet fraudster, was on Monday remanded at the Kirikiri Prisons in Lagos by an Ikeja Special Offences Court for allegedly destroying some evidence to be used by the Economic and Financial Crimes…

A former Governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Ramalan Yero, was on Wednesday detained at the Kaduna zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Detained alongside Yero were a former Kaduna State Peoples Democratic Party’s…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has revealed that it has recovered over N500b since 2015. It also said it has recorded 603 convicts in the period as President Muhammadu Buhari marks his third year in office. According to…

Following representations made by some civil society groups, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has set machinery in motion to probe the controversy surrounding the $16 billion allegedly spent on power projects during the…

There was commotion at the Kano state office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as supporters of a former Kano state governor Ibrahim Shekarau attempted to block his rescheduled visit to the office. A witness said…

The newly built EFCC headquarters located along Airport Road, Jabi, in the Federal Capital Territory, was commissioned today by President Buhari. President Buhari while commissioning  the 10-storey building said that his main…

Nigerian activist and PDP’s former director of new media, Deji Adeyanju, had waded into the social media controversy surrounding the arrest of 13 yahoo boys at Club 57 in Lagos. Deji Adeyanju who commended EFCC over the arrest, also…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday closed its case in the trial of a former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, who is being prosecuted for an alleged fraud of N2.9bn. Kalu was re-arraigned on October 31, 2016 by the…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, in the early hours of today May 11th, stormed a popular Night club in Ikoyi, Club 57 along Awolowo Way and arrested over 12 suspected yahoo boys during the raid.…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission( EFCC) has traced 61 assets  to former Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Oceanic Bank Mrs. Cecilia Ibru in Dubai in its ongoing tracking of looted funds. The assets include 41…

The Special Adviser on International Relations to Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Bamikole Omishore,and his wife, Abiola Aiyegbayo-Omishore, are currently under probe by the EFCC over an alleged ghost worker scam. The…

Paul Boroh, former coordinator of the presidential Amnesty programme for Niger Delta Militants was on Monday arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), ThisDay reports. His house in Gwarimpa, Abuja, was raided…