The attention of the Defence Headquarters has been drawn to a news article published in a national daily, which misrepresents recent remarks made by the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Gwabin Musa, regarding the tragic Yelewata incidence. We categorically state that the interpretation and portrayal of the CDS’s comments by the National Coalition Against Mass Killings and Impunity (NCAMKI), as reported, are both misleading and taken out of context. At no point did the CDS intend to blame victims or justify the heinous acts perpetrated by criminal elements in Benue State or elsewhere. The CDS’s statement was aimed…
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By Miriam Humbe The Nigeria Police Force has recorded several significant breakthroughs across various State Commands in the country, underscoring the effectiveness of intelligence-led policing in dismantling criminal networks and curbing insecurity. ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO) disclosed this in a statement signed Saturday. Humsimedia gathered that the breakthroughs were achieved in line with the commitment of the Nigeria Police Force to sustaining its efforts in internal security through crime prevention and the protection of lives and property across the country. In Katsina State, operatives of the Command acting on a complaint received on February 20,…
By Miriam Humbe The Gombe Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned Abulrazak Yusuf, Maxwell Gyang, Amos Samson, Abdulgawiy Jamilu and Abel Dung Davou before Justice Amina A. Muhammad of the Federal High Court, sitting in Gombe, Gombe State. Dele Oyewale, EFCC’s Head, Media and Publicity disclosed this in a statement signed on Monday. They were arraigned on separate one-count charge, bordering on impersonation and intent to defraud. The charge against Gyang reads: “That you, Maxwell Gyang, sometimes in 2025 at Gombe, Gombe State within the jurisdiction of this honorable court with intent to defraud…
By Miriam Humbe The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, June 23, 2025, secured the conviction and sentence of 17 Chinese nationals to one year imprisonment each for cyber-terrorism and internet fraud before Justices D. E.Osiagor and Justice D.I. Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. Dele Oyewale, EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity disclosed this in a statement signed on Monday. The convicts are: Yu Hui,( a.k.a A.Bin), Huang Jin Hui, Fei Fan, LU Qiang , HU Xi Zheng, Sun Zhi Peng, WU Hao, Cong Bing and LI…
By Miriam Humbe Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has charged all stakeholders involved in tackling money laundering, including Designated Non-Financial Businesses and Professions (DNFBPs), Licensing Authorities and Self-Regulatory Bodies, to strictly adhere to the rules and regulations of the ongoing reforms in Anti-Money Laundering Law/ Countering Terrorist Financing/ Countering Proliferation Financing AML/CFT/CPF. Dele Oyewale, EFCC’s Head, Media and Publicity disclosed this in a statement signed on Monday. Olukoyede gave the charge on Thursday, June 19, 2025 at a stakeholders’ engagement in Abuja. In his opening address, Director, Special Control Unit against Money…
By Miriam Humbe The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, June 23, 2025, presented its first prosecution witness, PW1, Chidubem Ogbura, a banker with Union Bank Plc, in the trial of Friday Audu, Huang Haoyu and An Hongxu over an alleged N3.4bn, $2,562,203 cybercrime before Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. Dele Oyewale, EFCC’s Head, Media and Publicity disclosed this in a statement signed on Monday. They are among the 792 –member syndicates of cryptocurrency investment and romance fraud arrested on December 19, 2024 in Lagos in a surprise operation tagged “Eagle…
The Action Alliance (AA) has warn the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Commission not to tamper with the list of its State Chairmen across the 36 State and the FCT in the Commission’s State offices including the list of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party in the Commission official website . This warning is necessary because the party has gotten intelligence that the Commission is considering tempering with the list of its duly elected 36 State Chairmen and the FCT currently in the Commission ‘s State offices and the List of National Executive…
By Miriam Humbe The Chief of Training (Army), Major General Abubakar Ndalolo, has tasked the Nigerian Army training institutions to focus on the conduct of courses that are relevant, adaptive and mission focused training to fight the contemporary operational challenges. Sani Uba, the Acting Deputy Director Army Public Relations, Training and Doctrine Command Nigerian Army disclosed this a statement signed on Saturday. Maj Gen Ndalolo stated this during the week-long Training and Doctrine Command Nigerian Army (TRADOC NA) 2025 Mid-Year Courses Appraisal Conference for the Nigerian Army Training Institutions and formation training schools, held from Wednesday June 18 to Saturday…
By Miriam Humbe Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on Friday, June 20, 2025, adjourned till September 26, 2025 further hearing in the case involving a music promoter, Ezekiel Onyedikachukwu ThankGod, also known as Eezee Tee. Dele Oyewale, EFCC’s Head, Media & Publicity disclosed this in a statement signed on Friday. ThankGod, alongside his company, Eezee Global Concepts Limited, was arraigned by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, on an amended seven-count charge bordering on alleged foreign exchange malpractice and money laundering…
By Miriam Humbe Greater opportunities for sensitization and education on the dangers of corruption, economic and financial crimes are now available for the public, courtesy of a new drama series on EFCC Radio 97.3 FM, titled Eagle Theatre. Dele Oyewale, EFCC’s Head,, Media & Publicity disclosed this in a statement. The drama series was presented on Thursday, June 19, 2025 at the corporate headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC to the Commission’s Executive Chairman, Mr. Ola Olukoyede by the Director General of the National Film and Video Censors Board, NFVCB, Dr. Shuaibu Husseini. As a product of…
By Miriam Humbe The Port Harcourt Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, June 19, 2025 arraigned one Dr. Nekabari Dambere Nathan, a Port Harcourt-based medical doctor before Justice P. I. Ajoku of the Federal High Court, sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State for fraud. Dele Oyewale, EFCC’s Head, Media & Publicity disclosed this in a statement. Nathan was arraigned alongside his Global Horizons Academy Ltd on a one-count charge, bordering obtaining by false pretence and advance fee fraud to the tune of N N39,157,000,00 (Thirty-nine Million, One Hundred and Fifty-seven Thousand Naira). The charge…
By Miriam Humbe The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has called on students across the country to shun negative use of the internet, stressing that it could be counter-productive and criminal. Dele Oyewale, the EFCC’s Spokesperson disclosed this in a statement signed on Saturday. The call was made in Lagos on Friday, June 20, 2025, at an interactive session with students from the Department of International Relations, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, who came on an educational visit to the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the EFCC. Speaking during the engagement, the Zonal Director, CE Michael Nzekwe encouraged…