EFCC

April 08, (THEWILL) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Sirajo Muhammad Jaja, the Bauchi state accountant-general, before the Federal High Court in Abuja for alleged fraud. Jaja was arraigned on Monday, alongside Aliyu Abubakar, a bureau...

April 03, (THEWILL) – A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the forfeiture of $20,000 confiscated from a U.S.-bound traveller, Olusola Okunfulure, to the Federal Government. Justice Dehinde Dipeolu issued the forfeiture order after convicting Okunfulure on a one-count...

March 20, (THEWILL) – A Lagos Special Offences Court, Ikeja, has rejected a document presented by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in the ongoing trial of a former Managing Director of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON),...

March 20, (THEWILL) – Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested the Accountant General of Bauchi State, Sirajo Jaja, over an alleged N70 billion fraud. Jaja was apprehended in Abuja on Wednesday alongside Aliyu...

March 17, (THEWILL) – The Chairman of Honeywell Group, Oba Otudeko, and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have disclosed plans to reach an Out-of-Court settlement over an alleged N30 billion fraud case. Wole Olanipekun, Counsel to Oba...

March 12, (THEWILL) – The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed appeals filed by the Attorney General of Rivers State and the Speaker of the State House of Assembly challenging the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s (EFCC) bid to investigate...

March 11, (THEWILL) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has uncovered 58 fraudulent entities masquerading as investment firms, operating illegal Ponzi schemes and defrauding unsuspecting Nigerians. Ponzi schemes, which promise unrealistic returns with little or no...

March 05, (THEWILL) – A legal practitioner in Akwa Ibom State and media aide to the former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Barr Stephen Abia, has debunked the widespread rumours, mostly on social media, that Mr Udom Emmanuel was...

March 04, (THEWILL) – The immediate-past governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). THEWILL gathered that the former Governor was arrested and taken into custody shortly after he...

March 03, (THEWILL) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has dismissed reports of a bandit attack at White Hotel on Shiroro Road in Chanchaga Local Government Area of Niger State. In a statement released on Sunday, the agency...