By Miriam Humbe Operatives of the Makurdi Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested eight trucks conveying suspected illegal solid minerals. Dele Oyewale, EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity disclosed this in a statement signed on Friday. The suspects were arrested on Wednesday, March 12, 2025 at Katsina-ala Local Government Area of Benue State. Solid minerals suspected to be fluorite and iron stones were recovered from the trucks. The minerals were mined from some illegal mining sites in the Logo Local Government Area of Benue State. The suspects will soon be charged to Court upon…
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By Miriam Humbe The Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), Prof. Charles Anosike has charged staff of the Agency to implement the 2025 budget in line with the established strategic objectives Professor Anosike was speaking at the Budget retreat of the Agency on Tuesday, 11th March 2025. “We have to prioritize our work and projects and ensure that the projects and our activities conform with the established strategic objectives of the agency. “These objectives are covered through five critical themes, namely, Infrastructure development, sufficient finance, effective stakeholder partnerships, employees growth and welfare, and efficient…
By Miriam Humbe The Commander, Training and Doctrine Command, Nigerian Army (TRADOC NA), Major General Kevin Aligbe, has urged students of the Government Army Day Secondary School Minna, to utilise the social media platforms positively for their career development. Lieutenant Colonel Sani Uba, the Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Training and Doctrine Command Nigerian Army disclosed this in a statement signed on Friday. Represented by the Commanding Officer, TRADOC Administration Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Ganiyyu Banire, Maj Gen Aligbe gave the advise during an intra-school debate competition organised by National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members serving in Minna Military Cantonment…
By Miriam Humbe Justice Nasiru Saminu of the Kano State High Court has convicted and sentenced Bulama Abdulrahman to seven years imprisonment without an option of fine, for posing as an auctioneer assigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to sell some properties forfeited to the Federal Government on the Commission’s behalf. Dele Oyewale, EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity disclosed this in a statement signed on Friday. He was jailed after facing trial on two-count charges bordering on intent to defraud and obtaining under false pretences to the tune of N35,000.000 (Thirty-five Million Naira only). One of…
By Miriam Humbe Operatives of the Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday March 14, 2025 arrested 30 suspected internet fraudsters in Asaba, Delta State. Dele Oyewale, EFCC’s Head, Media & Publicity disclosed this in a statement signed on Friday. The suspects were arrested based on credible intelligence on their alleged involvement in internet-related fraud. Items recovered from them at the point of arrest include five exotic cars and phones The suspects will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.
By Miriam Humbe The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned a husband and wife, Baba Sule Abubakar Sadiq and Hafsat Kabir Lawal, alongside two others, Abdullahi Bala and Ladani Akindele, before Justice Amina Bello of the Kaduna State High Court for obtaining money by false pretence, money laundering and stealing to the tune of N197,750,000 (One Hundred and Ninety Seven Million, Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira. EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale disclosed this in a statement signed on Thursday. The couple were arraigned on six-count charges on Monday, March 9, 2025. Specifically, the defendants…
By Miriam Humbe Justices Ladiran Akintola, O.S. Adeyemi, K.B. Olawoyin, G.A. Sunmonu of the Oyo State High Court and Justice Nkeonye Maha of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ibadan. Oyo State, have convicted and sentenced 32 persons to prison for fraud. EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale disclosed this in a statement signed on Wednesday. They were prosecuted by the Ibadan Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on separate one-count charges bordering on impersonation and internet-related offences. The convicts are: Kolade Olayinka Akinlosotu, Adetoro Kolawole Jelili, Olatunji Opeyemi Matthew, Ehifowoju Kehinde Emmanuel, Basit…
By Miriam Humbe The trial of the immediate past Governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, and his Finance Commissioner, Ademola Banu, over alleged misappropriation of N5.78 billion public funds continued on Wednesday, March 11, 2024, before Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin. Dele Oyewale, EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity disclosed this in a statement signed on Thursday. At the resumed hearing on Wednesday, the EFCC presented its second witness, PW 2, Dr. Musa Oladimeji Dasuki, a retired Permanent Secretary at the Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), who served between 2011…
By Miriam Humbe The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, hereby alerts Nigerians on the operations of 58 companies posturing as investing entities and defrauding innocent Nigerians of their hard-earned money. Dele Oyewale EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity disclosed this in a statement signed on Tuesday. The warning came in line with the EFCC’s commitment to sanitising the financial space of the nation and offer the investing public adequate and reliable information on the activities of illegal ponzi scheme operators across the country. EFCC said that the companies are neither registered with the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, nor…
By Miriam Humbe The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, His Excellency, Richard M. Mills Jr. has reaffirmed that the robust working relationship between the United States government and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, would continue in order to achieve significant success in the fight against economic and financial crimes and other acts of corruption. Dele Oyewale, EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity disclosed this in a statement signed on Tuesday. The envoy was speaking in Abuja on Tuesday, March 11, 2025 when he led a delegation of the US Mission in Nigeria on a familiarization visit to the…
By Miriam Humbe In a landmark ruling on Monday, March 10, 2025, the Supreme Court of Nigeria dismissed appeals filed by the Attorney General of Rivers State and the Speaker of the State’s House of Assembly against the leave granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, by the Court of Appeal to contest an order of perpetual injunction of Federal High Court, Port Harcourt that barred the Commission from investigating Dr. Peter Odili’s tenure as governor of the state. This was contained in a statement signed on Tuesday by Dele Oyewale EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity. The dismissal…
By Miriam Humbe The First Prosecution Witness, PW1 in the ongoing trial of Kore Holdings Limited, Temitope Erinomo, on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, told Justice J. O. Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court Abuja, that the company didn’t report its activities to the appropriate authority in accordance with the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022. Dele Oyewale, EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity disclosed this in a statement signed on Tuesday. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is prosecuting Kore Holdings Limited on a four-count amended charge alongside Muhammed Kuchazi (now deceased), for failing to comply with the…