By Miriam Humbe Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri, Borno State, on Thursday, July 31, 2025, convicted and sentenced the duo of Abubakar Rabiu Wada (a.k.a Sadiq Gali) and Abba Mohammed to various jail terms. This was contained in a statement signed on Friday by EFCC’s Spokesperson, Dele Oyewale. The defendants were arraigned by the Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a one-count separate amended charges. While Wada was docked on charges bordering on criminal misappropriation and theft to the tune of N7,000,000.00 (Seven Million Naira), Mohammed was arraigned for…
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By Miriam Humbe The Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mrs. Zubaida Umar, was invited to the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting held on Thursday, 31st July 2025, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Manzo Ezekiel, NEMA’s Head of Press Unit disclosed this in a statement signed on Friday. The meeting, chaired by the Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, featured a presentation by the DG NEMA on the current status of flood incidents across the country. Mrs. Zubaida Umar also provided a detailed briefing on NEMA’s flood preparedness strategy, ongoing risk assessments, early warning dissemination, and coordinated response…
By Miriam Humbe Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu has warned Corps Members against exposing themselves to danger during their service year. Caroline Embu, NYSC’s Acting Director Information and Public Relations disclosed this in a statement signed on Friday. The NYSC DG gave the word of caution on Friday while addressing the 2025 Batch ‘B’ Stream I Corps Members at Niger State Orientation Camp, Paiko. He said that NYSC had mapped out different strategies to ensure adequate security of all Corps Members throughout their service year. General Nafiu, who urged the Corps members to…
By Miriam Humbe The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abuja Zonal Directorate, on Tuesday, July 29, 2025 has arraigned eight suspected internet fraudsters before Justice Anyalewa Onoja-Alapa of the Federal High Court Lafia, Nasarawa State. Dele Oyewale, EFCC’s Spokesperson disclosed this in a statement signed on Thursday. The suspects were arraigned on one-count separate charges bordering on obtaining by false pretences. The suspects are Timileyin Jude, Kelvin Godwin, Benedict Simon Udoh and Israel Ugwu. Others are Friday Onigbe, Ismaila Jemilu, Salifu Mustapha Achema and Paul Attah. Godwin’s count reads: “That you Kelvin Godwin sometime in the year 2025 at…
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…
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…