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Kano Court Sentences Woman to Five Years’ Imprisonment for N22.35m Investment Fraud
The Kano Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction and sentencing of Janet Theophilus Danjuma for investment fraud amounting to N22,350,000.
US Court Jails Nigerian Tochukwu Nnebocha Eight Years for Multimillion-Dollar Inheritance Fraud
A United States court has sentenced Tochukwu Albert Nnebocha to eight years’ imprisonment for his role in a multimillion-dollar inheritance fraud that targeted hundreds of Americans.
Man Jailed for Refusing to Refund ₦1.5bn Mistakenly Credited to His Account
A customer of First Bank Plc, Ojo Eghosa Kingsley, has been convicted and sentenced to prison for refusing to refund over ₦1.5 billion mistakenly credited to his bank account.
Farouk Ahmed Steps Down as NMDPRA CEO Amid Controversy with Dangote
The Chief Executive of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Farouk Ahmed, has officially resigned, with his counterpart at the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), Gbenga Komolafe, also stepping down.
EFCC seeks assistance from victims of CBEX fraud in ongoing investigation
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Friday, invited victims of the fraudulent cryptocurrency trading platform, Crypto Bridge Exchange, to report to its Ibadan and Lagos Zonal Directorates for further investigations.
EFCC prosecutes three suspects, including two Chinese, for cyber-terrorism, money laundering involving N3.4bn and $2,562,203
The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, arraigned Huang Haoyu and An Hongxu, two Chinese nationals, and Audu Friday, a Nigerian, before Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on Monday, March 17, 2025
EFCC gets Supreme Court’s nod to investigate Odili’s tenure as Rivers State governor
The Supreme Court has quashed two appeals lodged by the Attorney General of Rivers State and the Speaker of the state's Assembly, which sought to overturn the leave granted to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to contest an order prohibiting the investigation of Peter Odili's tenure as governor of the state.
Alleged N80.2bn Fraud: Yahaya Bello Made Advance Payments of Children’s School Fees in Dollars
The Third Prosecution Witness, PW3, Nicholas Ojehomon in the trial of a former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, on Thursday, March 6, 2026, narrated before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja, how the defendant paid his children's school fees in dollars and in advance until their graduation.
Alleged N60.85bn Fraud: EFCC Arraigns former Abia Governor, Orji 4 Others
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, February 28, 2025, arraigned former Abia State Governor, Theodore Ahamefule Orji, Engr. Chinedum Orji, Dr. Philip Nto, Onwumene King Obioma and Romanus K. Madu before Justice Lilian Abai of the Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, Abia State on a sixteen-count charge bordering on conspiracy, official corruption, stealing, and diversion of public funds.
Alleged Cybercrime: EFCC Arraigns 18 More Foreigners, Court Orders Remand
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday arraigned 18 Chinese nationals and a company, Genting International Co. Ltd, before Justice Daniel Osiagor, of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos.