Crime & Metro
NDLEA bursts Lagos warehouse, seized N4.7bn cocaine, meth, arrests siblings in Aba
Stanley Ihedigbo A cartel controlled by a drug baron, 49-year-old Kelechi Monday Nwaobasi and his 50-year-old elder sister, Ms. Chinwe Rose Nwaobasi, has been taken down by officers of the Special Operation Unit of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), following the arrest of the siblings and seizure…
Read More »EFCC arrests 18 for suspected illegal mining activities in Ilorin
Stanley Ihedigbo Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have arrested eighteen suspects for offences bordering on illegal mining activities. According to the Head, Media and Publicity, EFCC, Mr. Dele Oyewale, 13 truckloads with assorted solid minerals suspected to be…
Read More »Yahaya Bello: Appeal court quashes contempt charge against EFCC, Olukoyede
Gov. Bello Stanley Ihedigbo Court of Appeal, Abuja has quashed a previous ruling made by a Kogi State High Court against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and its Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, concerning a contempt case and restraining order filed by former Governor of Kogi State,…
Read More »Alleged N80.2b money laundering: Court shifts Yahaya Bello’s arraignment to June 27
Stanley Ihedigbo Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, June 13, 2024 adjourned the arraignment proceedings of a former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Adoza Bello to June 27, 2024. According to the Head, Media and Publicity, Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),…
Read More »Witness narrates how Agunloye received N5.2m in alleged $6b Mambila power project contract fraud
Stanley Ihedigbo A prosecuting witness in the trial of former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye, has narrated before Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal Capital City, FCT High Court, sitting in Apo, Abuja, how multiple transfers were made in favour of Agunloye by Jide Sotirin, a staff of…
Read More »EFCC secures final forfeiture of N204.8m, 15 properties for fraud victims
Stanley Ihedigbo Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) secured the final forfeiture of the sum of N204, 849, 859:00 , 15 properties and eight high-end vehicles before Justice Inyang.E. Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja for fraud victims. According to the Head, Media and Publicity,…
Read More »EFCC secures final forfeiture of 20 properties, 10 vehicles, others for Arthur Eze
Stanley Ihedigbo Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has through the Court of Appeal, Abuja recovered 20 properties, 10 vehicles and three princely wristwatches from two brothers, Olisaebuka Eze and Onyeka Nnadozie Eze for a petitioner, Arthur Eze. According to the Head, Media and Publicity, EFCC, Mr. Dele Oyewale,…
Read More »Court jails woman six months for currency racketeering in Lagos
Stanley Ihedigbo Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos has convicted and sentenced one Adeyinka Bilikis Gbadamosi to six months imprisonment for currency racketeering. According to the Head, Media and Publicity, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Dele Oyewale, Gbadamosi was arraigned by…
Read More »EFCC set records straight on arrests of 127 suspected internet fraudsters in Akure
Stanley Ihedigbo Arising from the misinformation and distortion of facts about the arrest of 127 suspected internet fraudsters by operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Saturday, June 8, 2024, it becomes imperative to present the facts of the…
Read More »SERVICOM commends EFCC on handling of Naira abuse
Stanley Ihedigbo Chief Executive Officer and National Coordinator of Service Compact with All Nigerians (SERVICOM), Mrs. Nnenna Akajemeli has commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on its deft and professional handling of issues involved in currency mutilation, racketeering, and other instances of naira abuse. According to…
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