Olayiwola Oshunrinade The arraignment of the chairman of Honeywell Group, Oba Otudeko, and the former Managing Director of First Bank, Olabisi Onasanya, suffered a setback on Monday following their absence at the Federal High Court, Lagos. In a charge marked FHC/L/20C/2025, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission preferred 13 counts against Otudeko, Onasanya and a […]
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Olayiwola Oshunrinade The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, expresses grief on the loss of one of its officers, Assistant Superintendent of the EFCC, ASE II Aminu Sahabi Salisu who was killed in cold blood while on a legitimate duty on January 17, 2025 by a suspected internet fraudster, Joshua Chukwubueze Ikechukwu. Additionally, the Commission […]
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Olayiwola Oshunrinade Operatives of the Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 25 suspected internet fraudsters in a alleged cybercrime training centre in Benin City, Edo State. A statement by the commission yesterday said the suspects were arrested on Thursday. The EFCC said the suspects arrested at their hideout […]
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Olayiwola Oshunrinade Family sources have said that Oba Otudeko, the former chairman of the First Bank of Nigeria (FBN), did not run away from Nigeria. We were informed that Otudeko left the country on a medical trip. Although the family sources said he did not leave Nigeria through land borders, they were silent on the […]
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Olayiwola Oshunrinade Armed internet fraudsters, popularly referred to as Yahoo Boys, have killed an officer after opening fire on a team of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Anambra. The incident which occurred yesterday, left another critically injured as the officers scampered to safety due to the unexpected gunshots, reports Daily Trust. The […]
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Olayiwola Oshunrinade Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court, sitting in Ilorin on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, convicted and sentenced one Odeyemi Hammed Oluwaseun to one year imprisonment for internet fraud. The convict, a self-styled spiritualist was prosecuted by the Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on a […]
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Olayiwola Oshunrinade The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been informed by Oyomesi chiefs, Lamidi Oyewale and Asimiyu Atanda, that Lukman Gbadegesin offered each of the five kingmakers N15 million during the Alaafin selection process. This revelation came to light when S.M. Galadanchi, the EFCC counsel, addressed a high court in Oyo State, stating […]
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Olayiwola Oshunrinade The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has invited Subomi and Wahab, sons of billionaire business mogul, Razaq Okoya, over a viral video of them spraying Naira notes. In the invite signed by Michael Wetkas, Acting Director of EFCC, Lagos directorate, the anti-graft agency directed the brother to report to the Head, Special […]
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Olayiwola Oshunrinade In its ongoing efforts to clean the nation of internet fraud and other acts of corruption, operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested four Chinese and 101 Nigerians in a business apartment in the Gudu axis of Abuja. They were arrested on Thursday, January 9, 2025. The suspects, comprising […]
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Olayiwola Oshunrinade Former Governor of Abia State, Senator Theodore Orji, has condemned a recent publication linking him to an interim forfeiture of N228.4million and the fraudulent activities linked to Effdee Nigeria Limited. In a statement issued by his liaison office, he vehemently faulted the reports, saying the publishers were out to tarnish his hard earned […]
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