Crime & Metro
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…
Read More »Court grants final forfeiture of NOK University, hotel, factory in Kaduna
Stanley Ihedigbo Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, ordered the final forfeiture of every asset of NOK University, Gwasmyen Water Factory, Gwasmyen Event Center and Gwasmyen International Hotel in Kaduna State. According to the Head, Media and Publicity, EFCC, Mr. Dele Oyewale, the commission …
Read More »EFCC arrested three for Naira mutilation in Benin, four internet fraudsters in Abuja
Stanley Ihedigbo Operatives of the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have arrested three persons for suspected naira mutilation and abuse. Four suspected internet fraudsters were also arrested in Abuja. According to the Head, Media and Publicity, EFCC, Mr. Dele Oyewale, the suspects were…
Read More »EFCC arrests 11 for suspected illegal mining activities in Ilorin
Stanley Ihedigbo Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have arrested eleven persons and impounded eight truckload of assorted minerals for suspected involvement in Illegal mining activities in Ilorin, Kwara State According to the Head, Media and Publicity, EFCC, Mr. Dele Oyewale, …
Read More »Oyo courts jail 36 internet fraudsters in Ibadan
Stanley Ihedigbo Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has secured the conviction and sentence of 36 internet fraudsters to various jail terms before Justices Uche Agomoh and E.U. Akpan of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, Oyo State; Ladiran Akintola, K.B. Olawoyin, Bayo Taiwo and…
Read More »Hajj 2024: NDLEA arrests four intending pilgrims with cocaine consignments in Lagos
Stanley Ihedigbo Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), have raided Emerald Hotel, Ladipo area of Oshodi, Lagos State where some intending pilgrims to the ongoing hajj in Saudi Arabia were lodged and caught in the act of ingesting wraps of cocaine ahead of their flight to…
Read More »Codeine syrup, loud consignments worth over N2.1bn intercepted at Lagos, P/H ports
Stanley Ihedigbo Large consignments of codeine-based syrup and Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis worth over N2,185,000,000.00, in street value have been intercepted at the Port Harcourt seaports, Onne and the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA). According to the…
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