By Miriam Humbe A prosecution witness, Ajayi Michael Folaseye, has told a Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos how he rejected a $7,000 bribe allegedly offered by a colleague seeking unauthorized access to Premium Trust Bank’s internal systems. Dele Oyewale, EFCC’s Head, Media & Publicity disclosed this in a statement signed on Monday. Folaseye, the first prosecution witness (PW1), testified in the ongoing trial of Kehinde Odeyemi and Matthew Adeniyi Damilola, both employees of Premium Trust Bank before Justice Alexander Owoeye of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos on Monday, June 30, 2025 The defendants are facing trial alongside…
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By Miriam Humbe Justice U. J. Mogboh of the Enugu State High Court sitting in Agbani, Enugu State on June 19, 2025 convicted and sentenced one George Amechi Igwesi to seven years imprisonment for land fraud. Dele Oyewale, EFCC’s Head, Media and Publicity disclosed this in a statement signed on Monday. Igwesi was arraigned alongside his company, Georgeann Enterprises Limited by the Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on October 19, 2023 on a two-count charge bordering on Stealing and obtaining by false pretence to the tune of Eleven Million, Four Hundred Thousand Naira (N11,…
By Miriam Humbe Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 74 suspected internet fraudsters. Dele Oyewale, EFCC’s Head, Media and Publicity disclosed this in a statement signed on Monday. They were arrested on Monday, June 30, 2025 at Joyous Hotel, Nyanya in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT following actionable intelligence on their suspected involvement in internet-related offences. Items recovered from them include 86 phones, one rifle pistol and three motorcycles. The suspects are to be charged to Court soon.
The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been drawn to some media reports insinuating that it disobeyed an order of Justice Musa Liman of the Federal High Court, Abuja directing its operatives to vacate a property situated at House 6, Aso Drive, Asokoro, Abuja. While it is not in the character of the EFCC to respond to insinuations against it regarding judicial procedures and processes, it is imperative that the miscarriage of facts contained in the media reports are corrected to avail the public ungarnished truths about the matter. The EFCC is renowned for its avowed…
By Miriam Humbe The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has recorded a major milestone in the development of its New Academy at Giri, Abuja, with the completion and commissioning of an access road to the permanent site. Dele Oyewale, EFCC’s Head, Media and Publicity disclosed this in a statement signed on Monday. Executive Chairman of the Commission, Mr. Ola Olukoyede, on Monday, June 30, 2025, commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, for their strategic roles in making the road project a reality. Speaking through the Secretary to the Commission,…
By Miriam Humbe The First Prosecution Witness, PW1, Hamma Adama Bello in the trial-within-trial of the former Head of Service, HoS, Winifred Oyo-Ita on Monday, June 30, 2025 presented before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, a video evidence of the defendant writing down her confessional statements unperturbed in the office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Dele Oyewale, EFCC’s Head, Media and Publicity disclosed this in a statement signed on Monday. The witness tendered the video recording of the confessional statements while being led in evidence by prosecution counsel Faruk Abdullahi to prove…
By Miriam Humbe Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Monday, June 30, 2025, adjourned till July 1, 2025 further hearing in the trial of Mallam Ahmed Kuru, a former Managing Director of Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, and four others, over alleged N76bn and $31.5m fraud. Dele Oyewale, EFCC’s Head, Media and Publicity disclosed this in a statement signed on Monday. Kuru, alongside Capt. Roy Ilegbodu, Managing Director of Arik Air, Kamilu Omokide, Receiver Manager of Arik Air, Union Bank Nigeria Plc and Super Bravo Limited is facing trial on a six-count…
By Miriam Humbe The Nigeria Police in collaboration with CLEEN Foundation has launched a specialized capacity-building workshop for Police Public Relations Officers (PPROs) focused on Social and Behavioural Change Communication (SBCC) and Preventive Strategies Against Gender-Based Violence (GBV). ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi the Force Public Relations Officer FPRO, disclosed this in a statement. Humsimedia gathered that this was part of the active efforts of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, to engender behavioural change in the Force. The northern cohort of the 3-day training, holding in Kaduna from Tuesday 24th June, 2025, aims to equip PPROs with strategic communication…
By Miriam Humbe The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu, has appealed for more support for the Scheme in Rivers State. Caroline Embu, NYSC’s Acting Director, Information and Public Relations disclosed this in a statement signed on Thursday. He made the appeal when he paid an advocacy visit to the Sole Administrator of the State, Vice-Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas, at the Government House, Port Harcourt, the State Capital. Nafiu who commended the State Government for its notable assistance to the NYSC River State Secretariat, informed the Administrator that the State’s Orientation Camp requires additional…
By Miriam Humbe The Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), Professor Charles Anosike, has emphasized the critical importance of weather forecasting in ensuring the safety and efficiency of ferry operations across Nigeria’s coastal and inland waterways. Speaking at the Regional Ferry Safety Conference held from June 25–26, 2025, at the Continental Hotel in Lagos, Professor Anosike highlighted the challenges posed by rapidly changing weather conditions to maritime transportation, particularly for ferry operators who serve as a vital lifeline for many communities. Prof Anosike noted that “Maritime regulation must ensure that ferries and ports adopt…
By Miriam Humbe The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Gwabin Musa, on 26 June 2025, met with prominent traditional rulers and elders in Benue State, following the recent attacks and killings in the Yelewata town of the State. Director, Defence Information, Brigadier General Tukur Gusau disclosed this in a statement signed on Thursday. During the engagement, the Defence Chief gave a firm assurance of the Armed Forces’ commitment to restoring peace and stability in the region. The meeting, which involved extensive interaction, brought together the Tor Tiv, Och’Idoma, first-and second-class chiefs, and elders from various zones of the…
By Miriam Humbe The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has reaffirmed its commitment to deepening strategic cooperation with the Indian Customs Administration, as both sides advanced discussions on key customs issues on the margins of the 92nd Session of the World Customs Organisation (WCO) Policy Commission on 24 June 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. Led by the Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, the Nigerian delegation met with Mr Surjit Bhujbal, a senior member of India’s Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), to evaluate progress made under the Customs Mutual Administrative Agreement (CMAA) signed between both countries on 16 November 2024.…