The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been given 72 hours to arrest and investigate former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, over allegations of mismanaging N423 billion during his tenure. The demand was issued by the Northern Christians Accord (NCA), which, in a statement on Thursday, criticized the EFCC’s delay in acting ...

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned 11 Chinese nationals and Genting International Co. Ltd. on Tuesday at the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, on charges of cyber terrorism, internet fraud, identity theft, and possession of fraudulent documents. The defendants, whose names include Liu Ke Fan, Huang Hai Tao, Zhang Kian Feng, ...

  Security Watch Africa has commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for its relentless fight against corruption, describing the agency as a “beacon of courage and direction” in tackling financial crimes in Nigeria and across Africa. During a visit to the EFCC’s corporate headquarters on Wednesday, the Editor-in-Chief and Chief Executive Officer of ...

  A Lagos Special Offences Court has discharged and acquitted former Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode of alleged medical forgery charges filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Delivering the ruling on the no-case submission filed by Fani-Kayode’s counsel, Wale Balogun (SAN), Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe stated that the prosecution failed to establish a prima ...

  A Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, has ordered the final forfeiture of N1,168,602,877.44, $392,818.01, and £35,070 recovered from Muiz Tijani Adeyinka, a former employee of First Bank of Nigeria (FBN), to the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN). Justice A.O. Owoeye issued the ruling following a motion on notice filed by the Economic and ...

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Usman Yusuf, former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), on fraud-related charges before a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court. Yusuf, who pleaded not guilty to the five-count charge, was arraigned before Justice Chinyere Nwecheonwu on Monday. Following his plea, his lawyer, ...

  The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has criticized Nigerians for their contradictory stance on corruption, condemning the menace yet defending corrupt leaders when they face prosecution. Speaking in Abuja on Friday during a visit by officials of the Centre for Crisis Communication (CCC), led by Chris Olukolade, Olukoyede ...

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned 13 Chinese nationals and a company, Genting International Co. Limited, before Justice Deinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court in Lagos on charges related to cybercrime, identity theft, and financial fraud. The arraignment follows the landmark arrest of 792 individuals—including 193 foreigners and 599 Nigerians—on ...

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned an Enugu-based lawyer, Benjamin Nwobodo, before Justice F. O. Giwa-Ogunbanjo of the Federal High Court, Enugu, on charges of forgery and obtaining by false pretense involving ₦12 million. In a statement on Monday, EFCC spokesperson Dele Oyewale confirmed that Nwobodo faced a five-count charge and ...

  A Federal High Court in Apo, Abuja, presided over by Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie, has granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) permission to amend charges against former Minister of Power, Olu Agunloye, in connection with the alleged billion fraud involving the Mambilla Power Project. Agunloye faces seven counts of charges related to official ...

  A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to former Acting Accountant-General of the Federation, Anamekwe Nnabuoku, in the sum of N500 million over allegations of a N1.96 billion fraud. Justice James Omotosho, who presided over the hearing on Wednesday, stipulated that the bail must include two sureties owning landed properties in Abuja, ...

  A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted Mr. Akindele Akintoye, Founder and Chairman of Platform Capital Investment Partners Limited, bail in the sum of N500 million with two sureties in like amount, following charges of alleged financial misconduct. Justice Emeka Nwite delivered the ruling on Wednesday, emphasising the seriousness of the allegations against ...

  A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the interim forfeiture of ₦228.4 million allegedly linked to Theodore Orji, the former governor of Abia State, over suspected money laundering activities. Justice Emeka Nwite granted the order following an ex parte application filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The funds, held in ...

  The Ikeja Special Offences Court on Wednesday dismissed former Central Bank Governor Godwin Emefiele’s application challenging its jurisdiction in his ongoing case involving alleged abuse of office resulting in losses of billion and ₦2.8 billion. Emefiele faces 26 counts filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), while his co-defendant, Henry Omoile, is ...

  In a groundbreaking decision, the Federal High Court of Nigeria has granted Export Development Canada (EDC) the right to repossess and export a CRJ1000 aircraft previously operated by Arik Air. The ruling, delivered on November 27, 2024, by Justice Alexander Oluseyi Owoeye, marks the first application of the Cape Town Convention since Nigeria ratified ...