***Calls for Support from All Relevant MDAs In February 2023, Nigeria was placed on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list, designating the country as a high-risk jurisdiction for money laundering and terrorism financing. In response to this critical situation, the Nigeria Police Force has been actively tackling these issues through the establishment of specialized units such as the Special Anti-Fraud Unit (SFU), the National Cybercrime Centre, and the newly launched Anti-Money Laundering Unit. Collectively, these initiatives aim to enhance Nigeria’s compliance with international standards and facilitate the country’s removal from the FATF grey list. Over the past year,…
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By Miriam Humbe The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on January 28, 2025, re-arraigned one Murtala Adebayo, before Justice R.A. Oshodi of a Special Offences Court, sitting in Ikeja, Lagos for an alleged N19 million fraud. This was disclosed in a statement signed on Tuesday by EFCC’s Head of Media & Publicity, Dele Oyewale. Adebayo was initially arraigned before Justice Mojisola Dada on January 24, 2024 on a three-count charge to which he pleaded “not guilty”. In the course of the trial, a petitioner alleged that the defendant used “phony” Corporate Affairs Commission documents as well as fake tax…
By Miriam Humbe Justice Muhammad Maina of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri on Tuesday, January 28, 2025, convicted and sentenced one Ahmed Saleh Mubi to one-year imprisonment for criminal misappropriation. This was disclosed in a statement signed on Tuesday by EFCC’s Head of Media & Publicity, Dele Oyewale. Mubi was arraigned on Thursday, September 19, 2024, by the Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, on a one-count bordering on criminal misappropriation to the tune of N19,691, 200.00 (Nineteen Million, Six Hundred and Ninety One Thousand, Two Hundred Naira). The lone count reads: “That you…
By Miriam Humbe The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Mr. Ola Olukoyede has restated the Commission’s commitment to combating cyberbullying and online harassment in Nigeria. Olukoyede reiterated this in Abuja at the National Association of Nigeria Students, NANS’ conference on Cyber Security Awareness and Best Practices at the weekend. This was disclosed in a statement signed on Tuesday by EFCC’s Head of Media & Publicity, Dele Oyewale. Speaking through Assistant Superintendent of the EFCC, ASE Olalekan Ogunjobi, the Chairman emphasized the need for collective action against the crime. “Cyberbullying and online harassment have become significant…
By Miriam Humbe The Nigerian Exchange Group, NGX, has sought enhanced collaboration with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), in enhancing compliance with digital trading of assets and ridding the country’s stock market of fraud. This was disclosed in a statement signed on Tuesday by EFCC’s Head of Media & Publicity, Dele Oyewale. The request was made in Abuja on Tuesday, January 28, 2025 when the Chief Executive Officer of NGX , Olufemi Shobanjo led a staff delegation on a courtesy visit to EFCC’s Executive Chairman, Mr. Ola Olukoyede at the Commission’s corporate headquarters. Shobanjo said that the evolution…
By Miriam Humbe The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, January 28, 2025 handed over four landed title documents recovered from criminal syndicates to their owners. This was disclosed in a statement signed on Tuesday by EFCC’s Head of Media & Publicity, Dele Oyewale. The title documents were falsified by a syndicate of land fraudsters in Abuja; who allegedly forged the documents and deprived the lawful owners of their property. EFCC’s investigators, working on actionable intelligence, rounded up the fraudsters and recovered the documents for the legitimate owners. At the handing over of the documents to the victims…
Barely a week after the nation witnessed a horrendous tanker explosion that claimed over 70 lives at Dikko-Maje Junction in Niger State with several injuries sustained by some of the victims, Nigerians woke up again to another similar incident along Enugu-Onitsa road on Saturday, 25 January, 2025, where a tanker laden with petroleum products rammed into several vehicles caught up in a traffic hold up. In the aftermath of the crash, the fallen tanker caught fire which led to loss of 18 lives and destruction of several vehicles in the inferno. The Enugu incident was yet another sad reminder of…
By Miriam Humbe Troops of 1 Brigade of the Joint Task Force Operation Fansan Yamma, in collaboration with operatives of the Department of State Services, have intercepted a cache of arms in the Kaura Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State. Lt Col Abubakar Abdullahi, the Coordinator, Joint Media Coordinator Centre, Operation Fansan Yamma disclosed this in a statement signed on Tuesday. The operation, conducted on 27 January 2025, was based on intelligence regarding suspected arms dealers operating from the Niger Republic. The troops launched a covert operation to track the suspects, resulting in a pursuit along the Kaura Namoda-Zurmi…
By Saadatu Muhammed As the sun sets over the bustling streets of Nigeria, The once-familiar sight of petrol tankers has morphed into a daily nightmare, striking fear into the lives of millions, menace of petrol tankers bursting in flames as a result of avoidable crashes. In recent years, Nigeria has witnessed a surge in petrol tanker-related accidents, resulting in devastating loss of life, property damage, and environmental degradation. The most vulnerable areas, such as Lagos, Anambra, Abuja, Niger, Kano, Jigawa and Enugu States have become hotspots for these tragedies. The root causes of these accidents are multifaceted, ranging from reckless…
By Miriam Humbe The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Minna Operations Office and the Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) are working together in response to the dynamite explosion incident. A statement from the Press Unit at NEMA headquarters on Monday said that the Agency had been alerted of a dynamite explosion in a residential area of Sabon Pegi, Mashegu Local Government Area of Niger State. The incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday, 26th January 2025, at about 7:30 am. The exploded dynamite was reported to have been kept by a local artisan miner in the wrecked apartment…
By Miriam Humbe The Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arraigned one Barrister Benjamin Chukwuemeka Nwobodo before Justice F. O. Giwa-Ogunbanjo of the Federal High Court sitting in Independence Layout, Enugu State on a five-count charge bordering on forgery and obtaining by false pretence to the tune of N12,000,000. 00 (Twelve Million Naira only). This was disclosed in a statement signed by the EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, on Monday. Count three of the charge reads: “That you, Benjamin Chukwuemeka Nwobodo on 15th day of January, 2014 within the jurisdiction of…
By Miriam Humbe The Gombe Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), has arraigned Habu Gambo on a one-count charge bordering on intent to defraud and fraudulently obtaining the gross sum of N14,907,000 (Fourteen Million Nine Hundred and Seven Thousand Naira) before Justice Mashkur Salisu of the Federal High Court Jalingo, Taraba State. Dele Oyewale, the EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity disclosed this in a statement signed on Monday. The charge reads: “That you Habu Gambo (a.k.a Abubakar Gambo) sometimes between November 2020 and February 2022 at Jalingo, Taraba State within the jurisdiction of this honourable…