Crime & Metro
N9m visa fraud: EFCC takes MD of Echendu GPC Limited to court in Port Harcourt
Stanley Ihedigbo Port Harcourt Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned Echendu Ndubuisi Endy, Managing Director of Echendu GPC Limited before Justice E . A . Obile of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, for allegedly defrauding his…
Read More »$6bn fraud case: Judge warns Agunloye’s lawyers over delay
Stanley Ihedigbo Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal High Court, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), High Court, Apo, Abuja, on Thursday, November 14, 2024, berated Adeola Adedipe, SAN, counsel to former Minister of Power, Olu Agunloye for employing delay tactics to stall the pace of progress in…
Read More »Naira mutilation: EFCC arrests two in Uyo, ensuring financial sanity
Stanley Ihedigbo Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have arrested two men in Uyo for alleged mutilation of the Nigerian Naira notes. According to the Head, Media and Publicity, EFCC, Mr. Dele Oyewale, the suspects, Ejiofor Joseph Abuju and Temple Sunday Kachi were…
Read More »CBN’s naira redesign: Emefiele disregarded Presidential approval witness claims
Stanley Ihedigbo Trial of former Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN), Governor Godwin Emefiele, continued on Thursday, November 14, 2024, at the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court in Maitama, with a fifth prosecution witness, Kingsley Obiora, former CBN Deputy Governor in charge of policy, disclosed…
Read More »Four-Man syndicate arrested for impersonating EFCC chairman in $1m fraud
Stanley Ihedigbo Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned two members of an alleged syndicate, Ojobo Joshua and Aliyu Hashim, for impersonating and attempting to blackmail the commission Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, in $1m fraud. According to the Head, Media and Publicity, EFCC, Mr Dele…
Read More »EFCC cracks down on currency racketeers: 11 suspects arrested in Port Harcourt
Stanley Ihedigbo Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arrested 11 suspected currency racketeers and internet fraudsters in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. According to the Head of Media and Publicity, EFCC, Mr Dele Oyewale, they…
Read More »Seven internet fraudsters sentenced in Benin City
Stanley Ihedigbo Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), secured the conviction and sentence of seven internet fraudsters before Justice A.N Erhabor of Edo State High Court, sitting in Benin City. According to the Head, Media and Publicity, EFCC, Mr Dele Oyewale, the convicts…
Read More »Abuja internet fraud ring exposed: EFCC nabs seven suspects in Kubwa axis
Stanley Ihedigbo Operatives of the Abuja Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abuja have arrested seven suspected internet fraudsters. According to the Head, Media and Publicity, EFCC, Mr Dele Oyewale, they were arrested in Abuja at Kubwa axis of the Federal…
Read More »Chinese siblings, two Nigerians detained for attempting to export solid minerals without permit
Stanley Ihedigbo Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested two Chinese brothers, Wang Jiang and Wang Richard, along with two Nigerians, Donatus Agupusi and Michael Benneth Agu, for allegedly attempting to export solid minerals without the required permit. Jiang was apprehended at the…
Read More »Couple’s alleged N2.7bn fraud trial: EFCC presents second key witness
Stanley Ihedigbo Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has presented its second prosecution witness, PW2, Adesola Adeyinka, founder and CEO of Credit PRO Business Limited, in the trial of a couple, Ruth Idowu and Oriyomi Idowu, who are being prosecuted for an alleged N2.7bn fraud before Justice…
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