By Miriam Humbe The Imo State Division of Court of Appeal, has upheld the conviction and three-year sentence of Prince Laseberry Okafor Anyanwu, a former Commissioner of Transport in the Rochas Okorocha administration of Imo State, for N180, 000, 000 (One Hundred and Eighty Million Naira, only) fraud. Dele Oyewale, EFCC’s Head, Media & Publicity disclosed this in a statement signed on Thursday. Anyanwu was arraigned by the Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on November 26, 2020 before Justice E. F. Njemanze of the Imo State High Court on a four-count charge bordering on…
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By Miriam Humbe The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) responded promptly to a flash flood incident that affected parts of Maiduguri and Jere Local Government Areas in the morning of today, Wednesday, 30th July 2025, following hours of intense rainfall. Upon receiving reports of the incident, NEMA, through its Maiduguri Operations Office, immediately activated its emergency response mechanism and deployed Rescue team in collaboration with the Borno State Emergency Management Agency (BOSEMA), Federal Fire Service, the Nigerian Police, the State Fire Service, and other critical stakeholders to affected communities to assist residents and mitigate the impact of the flooding. The…
The Federal Government has reiterated its commitment to strengthening collaboration between government institutions and the civil society through the Open Government Partnership (OGP) platform. The Minister of Youth Development and State Actor Co-Chair of the OGP, Nigeria, Mr Ayodele Olawande, reiterated this while receiving a delegation from the civil society actors and representatives of the OGP secretariat, in Abuja on Wednesday. Olawande said that the critical role of non-state actors in advancing transparency, accountability, and citizen participation in governance could not be over emphasised. “The OGP platform have consistently proven to be an effective channel for sustained engagement between ministries…
By Miriam Humbe Operatives of the Uyo Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested eleven suspected illegal miners for engaging in mining activities without requisite licences. Dele Oyewale, EFCC’s Head Media and Publicity disclosed this in a statement. The suspects were arrested on Thursday July 24, 2025, at Emem-Asuk community, Eastern Obolo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The suspects are seven Chinese identified as: Yang Chaobao, 32, Zhong Dun Yi , 33, Cheng Jiang , 35, Zhong Dun Long , 37, Pan Peiming , 33, Lai Yiping, 37 and Zhu Lekun, 35. Their…
By Miriam Humbe Justice Haleema Saleeman of the Kwara State High Court, Ilorin has ordered the final forfeiture of two tractors and two auto rickshaws by Kayode Oyin-Zubair, a former Special Assistant on Community Intervention to ex-Kwara State governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed in favour of Self Reliance Economic Advancement Programme, SEAP in the state. Dele Oyewale, EFCC’s Head, Media & Publicity disclosed this in a statement. In giving the ruling on Thursday, July 24, 2025, Justice Saleeman dismissed an application filed by Oyin-Zubair, seeking to set aside an earlier interim forfeiture order on the items and upheld the arguments of EFCC’s…
By Miriam Humbe The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede has tasked the House of Representatives to join hands with the EFCC to make the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, (NELFund) a model that works. Dele Oyewale, EFCC’s Head, Media & Publicity disclosed this in a statement signed on Wednesday. He gave the charge on Tuesday, July 29, 2025 when Members of the House of Representatives Committee on Students Loans, Scholarships and Higher Education Financing, led by its Chairman, Honourable Ifeoluwa Ehindero came on a working visit to the Commission. “It is important to make…
By Miriam Humbe The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC, has restated its commitment to strengthening its partnership with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in the fight against corruption, cybercrime, illicit financial flows and all other organized crimes. Dele Oyewale, EFCC’s Head, Media & Publicity disclosed this in a statement signed on Wednesday. The commitment was made in Abuja on Tuesday, July 29, 2025, when a delegation of the UNODC, led by its Country Representative, Mr. Cheick Ousman Toure, paid a courtesy visit to EFCC’s Executive Chairman, Ola Olukoyede at the corporate headquarters of the Commission.…
Against the backdrop of The Vanguard’s Editorial of Tuesday, July 29, 2025 entitled: “EFCC’s SCUML Certification Conundrum” where some glaring inaccuracies and unverified issues are raised about the workings of the Special Control Unit Against Money Laundering, SCUML, it is helpful that salient facts about the Unit are laid bare to the public. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is sensitive to the significance of SCUML’s responsibilities and services to the nation. To this effect, the portal for online registration for SCUML’s certificate is accessible, functional and effective. Available statistics indicate that the traffic of applications for the Unit’s…
The Director-General of the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), Dr Adebowale Adedokun, has reaffirmed the government’s dedication to transparency and public trust. Adedokun spoke in Abuja on Wednesday while receiving a delegation from the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Global Support Unit. He stressed that trust is built through proper management of scarce government resources, which BPP is committed to ensuring. “Even when everything fails, BPP must not fail,” he said, adding that procurement remains the last hope for the common man. Adedokun stated that BPP has shown commitment to ensuring procurement adds value, curbs corruption, and stops wealth accumulation through…
By Miriam Humbe President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has offered automatic employment, Scholarship within Nigeria up to Doctorate level and cash awards of N250,000 each, to a total of 210 ex-Corps Members drawn from 2020 – 2023 service years. Caroline Embu, NYSC’s Acting Director, Information and Public Relations disclosed this in a statement signed on Wednesday. This number is comprised of 200 who went beyond the call of duty to distinguish themselves in the course of their National Service, with outstanding contributions in all the four cardinal programmes of the Scheme, and 10 who sustained life-transforming injuries in the course of…
By Miriam Humbe The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has notified of its intention to strike off some companies from the Register. In a Public Notice signed in Tuesday, Management of the CAC said that companies whose names to be struck off have been published on the Commission’s website. CAC therefore advised the General Public to check the website for the list of the affected companies. CAC emphasized that any company that fails to comply with the provisions of the 2020 CAMA Act in taking steps to file its Annual Returns (and by extension Persons with Significant Control/Beneficial Ownership information) up…
By Miriam Humbe The Nigeria Police Force has achieved yet another significant operational success in recent intelligence-led operations across the country. This is in continuation of the Force’s launched offensive against violent crimes and armed criminal syndicates that threaten the country’s peace and stability. ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the Force Public Relations Officer, FPRO disclosed this in a statement. Sequel to a series of coordinated tactical operations conducted in the month of July 2025, across Taraba, Plateau, Adamawa, Nassarawa, and Niger States, operatives of the Force Intelligence Department- Intelligence Response Team( FID-IRT) have successfully neutralized three armed bandits during several armed…