By Miriam Humbe The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has strengthened its collaboration with the British High Commission in the fight against organised immigration fraud through a specialised training on document forgery. Dele Oyewale, EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity disclosed this in a statement signed on Friday. The training, organised by the Home Office International Operations of the British Deputy High Commission, held on Thursday, 15 May, 2025, for the two Directorates in Lagos, at 15A Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos. The training was designed to enhance the capacity of EFCC officers in detecting forgeries and preventing document-related fraud.…
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By Emiola Daniel A new industry has mushroomed in the last few weeks in Nigeria. Let us, for want of a better phrase, call it “Pay As You Go” media market in which a litigant loses in court and the next thing, they pay hack writers, “TV pocket lawyers” and online hustlers to make a false interpretation of the court ruling. The shame of it all is the absurd length some of these hirelings would, for few shekels of silver, go in insulting public intelligence with illogic while inadvertently mortgaging the interests of their own fatherland. As a keen follower…
By Miriam Humbe The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, May 15, 2025, presented its first prosecution witness, PW1, Abdulmajeed Agboola, a staff of Access Bank Plc, in the alleged N5,726,994, 110.23 (Five Billion, Seven Hundred and Twenty Six Million, Nine Hundred and Ninety Four Thousand, One Hundred and Ten Naira, Twenty three kobo) fraud involving a former employees of the bank, Olajide Ogunmoroti, , Michael Igbomina, David Onyeike and Moses Iruolaje before Justice O.O.Abike-Fadipe of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. Dele Oyewale, EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity disclosed this in a statement signed…
By Miriam Humbe The Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested one Bashir Bello Ibrahim, a former Kaduna State government contractor and Chief Executive Officer, CEO, Formal Act Legacy Limited for alleged multiple fraud to the tune of N30 billion. Dele Oyewale, EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity disclosed this in a statement signed on Friday. Although his contract with the state government had been terminated, no less than 251 complaints received by the Commission against the suspect pointed to the allegation that Ibrahim was parading himself to unsuspecting victims as consultant for the…
The Anambra State Chapter of the Social Democratic Party has disowned former Senator who represented Anambra South in the National Assembly, Dr Ugochukwu Uba, stating that he is not a registered or card carrying member of the party in Uga Ward 1, Aguata local government of Anambra State. The Anambra SDP State chairman warned Dr Ugochukwu Uba to stop parading himself as member of SDP. In a press release jointly signed by SDP Aguata Local government chairman, Chief Umeh Wisdom Chimaobi and Anambra SDP State Chairman Chief Vincent Chukwura in Awka, the capital of Anambra State on Friday, the party’s…
By Miriam Humbe Nigeria’s Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Jumoke Oduwole, on Thursday and Friday, hosted Trade and Investment Ministers in the ECOWAS subregion at the 4th Joint Meeting of ECOWAS Ministers of Trade and Industry (ECOMOTI) in Abuja. The meeting convened by the ECOWAS Commission, aimed to advance intra-regional trade and investment, economic diversification, and job creation through regional trade integration. It aligned with the ECOWAS Vision 2050, which aspired to deepen economic growth, employment, structural transformation, and private sector development across Member States. The meeting was anchored in three languages; English, French and Portuguese. The Minister…
On Wednesday, May 14, 2025, the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), in collaboration with law enforcement, carried out an enforcement operation at No. 214 Aba-Owerri Road, Aba, Abia State, where it sealed the premises of an unlawful entity operating as the Community Crime Prevention Initiative of Nigeria (CCPIN). The FCCPC’s action followed credible intelligence that CCPIN was falsely claiming affiliation with the Commission and misleading the public by representing itself as an “Authorised Consumer Protection NGO” of the FCCPC. The entity had issued public notices alleging joint surveillance operations with FCCPC and was soliciting consumer complaints through unauthorised…
By Miriam Humbe The Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, May 13, 2025 arraigned one Alhaji Abba Umar before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri. Dele Oyewale, EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity disclosed this in a statement signed on Wednesday. The defendant was arraigned on a one-count charge bordering on criminal misappropriation to the tune of N1, 600,000.00 (One Million and Six Hundred Thousand Naira) The charge reads: “That you, Alhaji Abba Umar, sometimes in March, 2022 in Maiduguri, Borno State, within the Jurisdiction of this Honourable Court,…
By Miriam Humbe The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Wednesday, May 14, 2025 presented the Ninth and last Prosecution Witness, PW9, Ape Sunday against the former Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam. Dele Oyewale EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity disclosed this in a statement signed on Wednesday. The Commission is prosecuting Suswam alongside his then Commissioner of Finance, Omodachi Okolobia on amended 11-count charge, bordering on diversion of public funds to the tune of N3.1 billion (Three Billion, One Hundred Million) being part of the proceeds from the sale of the state government’s shares, held on its…
By Miriam Humbe Justice R.M.Aikawa of the Federal High Court, sitting in Kaduna has convicted and sentenced one Samuel Ezekiel Godfrey and Yahaya Mustapha to jail for fraud. Dele Oyewale, EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity disclosed this in a statement signed on Wednesday. The duo was prosecuted by the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes, EFCC on separate one-count charge, bordering on criminal impersonation, cybercrime and money laundering. The charge against Godfrey reads: “That you Samuel Ezekiel Godfrey (a.k.a Dixon Kelvin), (m) sometime in 2025 in Bida, Niger State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court,…
By Miriam Humbe Justice Abike-Fadipe of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, issued a warrant for the arrest of one Ekweozor Peter, a suspected internet fraudster, for failing to appear in Court for his arraignment. Dele Oyewale, EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity disclosed this in a statement signed on Tuesday. The suspect was arrested alongside others on May 13, 2024, following credible intelligence received by the Commission about the alleged criminal activities of a syndicate of internet fraudsters operating at the Indy-Pool Hotel, ldowu Street, Ajegunle, Olodi Apapa Lagos State. Investigation revealed…
By Miriam Humbe The Special Control Unit against Money Laundering, SCUML and the Ogun State Ministry of Solid Minerals Development, have resolved to strengthen their collaboration towards effective enforcement of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) laws in Nigeria. Dele Oyewale, EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity disclosed this in a statement signed on Tuesday. The resolve was reached on Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at a strategic engagement held at the Federal Secretariat, Abeokuta, Ogun State. The session was aimed at sensitizing stakeholders, particularly dealers in precious metals and stones, on the regulatory obligations under the…