News Category - Corruption
EFCC SECURES FINAL FORFEITURE OF ABANDONED MULTIBILLION NAIRA GALAXY COMPANIES, HOSPITAL, PETROL STATIONS, LANDS, BANK DEPOSITS
The forfeited assets include: Galaxy Hospital, Plot No. BO/12340, Bolori Layout, Maiduguri, Borno State; a duplex, BO/12340, Maiduguri, Borno State; residential apartments, Plot 12, Equilibrium Estate; No. 7, Cadastral Zone DO2, Karsana District, Abuja; and Plot 12 (820.99sqm); ...
Read More →EFCC INVESTIGATES SUSPECT FOR UNDECLARED $20,000, CFA110,000
The Customs officers, during a patrol on Sunday, July 13, 2025, along the Babapupa bush paths near the Seme Border, intercepted a Nissan Almera car suspected of being a smuggled vehicle, which was abandoned by the driver upon sighting the officers.
Read More →COURT ORDERS FORFEITURE OF UNDECLARED FOREIGN CURRENCIES RECOVERED FROM FRAUDSTER
Salisu was intercepted by Customs operatives during a routine check on Monday, July 7, 2025, at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano.
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ALLEGED $6B MAMBILLA PROJECT FRAUD: COURT ADMITS MORE EVIDENCE AGAINST AGUNLOYE
The former minister is facing prosecution on seven counts of official corruption and fraudulent award the of Mambilla Power Project contract to the tune of $6billion (Six Billion US Dollars).
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LAGOS POLICE SMASHES ₦500M MILLION VISA SCAM, ARREST 4 SUSPECTS
The suspects are Blessing Wefsutu ‘f’ aged 27, Chineye Christian ‘f’ aged 36, Archibong Udeme Ifereke ‘m’ aged 23, and Maurine Peter ‘m’ aged 25.
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COURT SENTENCES MAN TO 50 HOURS COMMUNITY SERVICE FOR POSSESSION OF FRAUDULENT DOCUMENTS
The Judge also ordered that the convict be registered in the Public Offenders Register, in addition to signing an undertaking with the EFCC never to commit any financial crime within and outside the shores of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Read More →COURT JAILS MOHAMMED GOBIR 7 YEARS FOR DEFRAUDING AFROMEDIA
The EFCC first arrested GOBIR on September 12, 2015, following a petition received by an outdoor advertising company, Afromedia, which accused him of alleged fraud.
Read More →NDLEA DETAINS FAMILY OF 4, OTHERS FOR HARD DRUGS DISTRIBUTION, TRAFFICKING
NDLEA spokesman, FEMI BABAFEMI, said the couple was first arrested with over two hundred and seventy-seven kilograms of Skunk on Friday, June 13, 2025, in the Ojo area of Lagos.
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792 CHINESE CYBERCRIME SYNDICATE: COURT JAILS 8 MORE GANG MEMBERS
They were arraigned on separate charges bordering on cyber-terrorism and internet fraud.
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EFCC BURST INTERNET FRAUDSTERS IN NASARAWA STATE
EFCC spokesman, DELE OYEWALE, said the suspects were arrested yesterday in Toto Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.
Read More →LAGOS COURT JAILS 5 CHINESE NATIONALS FOR INTERNET FRAUD, CYBERTERRORISM
The judge also ordered that upon completion of their sentences, the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service should ensure that they are repatriated to their country of origin within seven days.
Read More →2ND WITNESS TESTIFIES IN TRIAL OF CHINESE NATIONALS FACING CYBERTERRORISM, INTERNET FRAUD CHARGES IN LAGOS
Justice OSIAGOR adjourned the matter till Friday, July 4, 2025, for further hearing.
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COURT ORDERS FORFEITURE OF TRUCK, CONSIGNMENT OF SOLID MINERALS
The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the EFCC, through its counsel, SESAN OLA, told the court that no one had come forward to take possession of both the vehicle and the consignment.
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NDLEA ARREST EX-INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALLER FOR COCAINE SMUGGLING
NDLEA operatives picked up SEGUN GEORGE following the arrest of one NTORUKA EMMANUEL CHINEDU on June 24, at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos with twenty-two-point-six kilograms of cocaine.
Read More →N80.2B FRAUD TRIAL: EFCC OPPOSES YAHAYA BELLO REQUEST FOR OVERSEAS MEDICAL TREATMENT
The application was presented before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, during the resumed hearing of Bello’s alleged ₦80.2 billion money laundering trial.
Read More →14 CHINESE NATIONALS JAILED FOR CYBERTERRORISM, INTERNET FRAUD IN LAGOS
They initially pleaded “not guilty” to the charges preferred against them. However, during Friday’s sitting, they all changed their “not guilty plea” to “guilty.”
Read More →MAMA BOKO HARAM, 2 OTHERS JAILED 14 YEARS FOR N11M CONTRACT FRAUD IN MAIDUGURI
The convicts’ journey to the Correctional facility started as a result of their dubious act of awarding purported contracts for the supply, installation and services of two units of X- Ray Machine Model 1800 to the petitioner and his company.
Read More →COURT JAILS 17 CHINESE NATIONALS FOR INTERNET FRAUD AND CYBERCRIME IN LAGOS
The convicts were among seven hundred and ninety-two suspects involved in cryptocurrency scam, who were arrested following a mass raid by the EFCC on December 19, 2024, code-named ‘Eagle Flush Operation’.
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EFCC ARRAIGNS LAGOS PONZI SCHEME OPERATOR FOR ALLEGED N10B FRAUD
Adonu Kingsley Ifeanyi pleaded not guilty to the five count-charge of money laundering to the tune of N10 Billion.
Read More →$397.106 FRAUD: COURT ADJOURNS TRIAL OF MUSIC PROMOTER TILL SEPT 26
Ezekiel Onyedikachukwu ThankGod, also known as Eezee Tee, alongside his company, Eezee Global Concepts Limited, are facing seven counts of foreign exchange malpractice.
Read More →LAGOS BANKER JAILED ONE-YEAR FOR N2.4M CYBERCRIME
While working as a Relief Teller with the bank, he fraudulently represented himself as one Miss Omowunmi Ajoke, a customer of the Bank, by posting false deposits into her Ecobank account and moving the total sum of N2,404,000.
Read More →COURT JAILS 2 INTERNET FRAUDSTERS IN PORT HARCOURT
Justice AJOKU convicted and sentenced the defendants to thirty months imprisonment each, with an option of Two Hundred Thousand Naira fine respectively.
Read More →PORT HARCOURT-BASED PONZI DIRECTOR PLEADS ‘NOT GUILTY’ TO N13.8B FRAUD
The EFCC alleged that PRECIOUS WILLIAMS committed the crimes through registered businesses sometime between August, 2019 and February, 2020.
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PSC PLANS EXPOSURE OF POLICE PERSONNEL TO FORENSIC AND DNA STUDIES
This is based on the Commission’s assessment that crimes and criminality have gone scientific and operate across national boundaries
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LAGOS CP ORDERS INVESTIGATION OF OKOKO TACTICAL SQUAD COMMADER
DCP, State CID will work with other senior officers, including the OC Legal, in the investigation of the allegations against the Okokomaiko Tactical Squad commander and submit their findings within a week.
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BUSINESSMAN CONFESSES TO NDLEA AFTER INGESTING 53 WRAPS OF COCAINE, PLUS OTHERS
NDLEA spokesman, FEMI BABAFEMI, disclosed in a statement that the suspect claimed to have gone into the criminal drug trade two years ago, moving between the West African sub-region and Iran.
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COURT JAILS 4 FILIPINOS, 7 NIGERIANS FOR INTERNET FRAUD, CYBERTERRORISM
The EFCC alleged that the Filipinos hired their Nigerian accomplices and engaged them in the crime of identity theft and to pretend to be persons of foreign nationality, with the intent to gain financial advantage.
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NDLEA BURST HARD DRUG PACKAGED AS GREEN TEA AT LAGOS AIRPORT, OTHERS
The seizure was made on Thursday, June 5, 2025, based on credible intelligence which was received ahead of the arrival of the consignment at the cargo wing of the airport.
Read More →COURT ADJOURNS N1.38BN FRAUD TRIAL OF FORMER P-SQUARE MANAGER, JUDE OKOYE
Jude Chigozie Okoye is the elder brother of the due of Paul and Peter Okoye, formerly known as P-Square on stage.
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TWO CHINESE NATIONALS FACE CHARGED WITH ILLEGAL DEALING IN MINERAL RESOURCES IN LAGOS
EFCC alleged that they engaged in the exportation of Mica Products, Copper bearing and Lithium bearing mineral resources out of Nigeria,
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