Justice Tijjani Garba Ringim of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos has ordered the interim forfeiture of the funds as well as properties traced to the suspended aide to Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, Abidemi Rufai. Justice Ringim gave the order, following an ex parte application filed by the Economic and Financial…
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa has warned celebrities and social media influencers to stop promoting fraudulent businesses or face arrest. Speaking during an engagement at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja, the EFCC boss urged them to use their platforms and crafts to educate Nigerians and promote the fight…
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa has urged banks in the country to investigate the kind of businesses their potential customers does before opening an account for them. Bawa made this known on Tuesday when members of the Association of Chief Audit Executives of Banks in Nigeria, ACAEBIN, led…
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has sought greater collaboration with financial institutions in the country as a way of tackling fraudulent election financing, foreign exchange malpractices and money laundering. Speaking on Thursday, August 19, 2021 during an interactive session with managing directors of banks in Nigeria at the…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abuja Zonal Command on Wednesday, August 18, 2021 arraigned Princess Carol Ngozi alongside her company, Carolina Luxury Homes. She was arraigned before Justice Hamza Muázu of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Maitama Abuja on a 30-count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence. She allegedly on…
Justice M.M. Abubakar of Bauchi State High Court, Bauchi on Monday, August 11, 2021 convicted and sentenced Sarita Aliyu Hello, Managing Director of Workman Microfinance Bank, Bauchi, to four years imprisonment. She was sentenced on a two -count charge bordering on misappropriation and forgery brought against her by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.…
Justice Taiwo of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja has ordered the forfeiture of cash and properties belonging to two Nigerian fraudsters, Tobilola Ibrahim Bakare and Alimi Seun Sikiru to the Federal Government. This followed the arrest and successful prosecution of the fraudsters by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Wilson Uwujaren Head, Media…
The Kano Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC yesterday arraigned one Yusuf Yakubu before Justice Sanusi Ma’aji of the Kano State High Court on a one count charge of misappropriation. The defendant allegedly obtained the sum of $870,000 (Eight Hundred and Seventy Thousand Dollars) only from the complainant under the pretext…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has recovered N5.4billion for the National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS. Professor Muhammad Nasir Sambo, Executive Secretary, NHIS, disclosed this on Thursday July 29, 2021 when he led the management of the agency on a courtesy visit to the headquarters of the EFCC, Jabi, Abuja. “In total, the EFCC…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, July 27, 2021 secured the conviction of Abubakar Abdulbashit Opeyemi, a final year Student of the University of Ilorin and two other undergraduate students charged with offences bordering on love scam and internet fraud. They two other convicts are Alimi Abiodun, a student of the Kwara…