financial crimes
EFCC records 2,700 convictions in 2022, highest since inception — Bawa
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday disclosed that it has recorded over 2,701 financial crimes convictions as of October 7,...
Ex-South African President, Jacob Zuma, goes to jail
For aiding and abetting the plundering of state funds during his nine-year rule, a former South African President, Jacob Zuma, is to cool...
N900m fraud: Ex-JAMB, NECO Registrar, Prof. Ojerinde, to be haled to court July 6
Erstwhile Chief Executive Officer of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, is due to be hauled up before an Abuja...
Alleged ₦4.5bn fraud: EFCC re-arraigns three FIRS Directors, six other officials
Three directors and six other officials of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) were on Wednesday in Abuja rearraigned by the Economic and...
Ex-Gov. Kalu’s N7bn fraud case retrial: Court fixes July 2 for ruling
Barely two days after the EFCC Chairman indicated plans to retry ex-Abia Governor and currently, senator representing Abia North, Orji Uzor Kalu, a...
Laundering: EFCC to beam searchlight on real estate, jewelry barons
About 90 or 100 per cent of stolen public funds in Nigeria is boatloaded into buying houses and lands, the Chairman of...
Three-man local and foreign currency counterfeiting gang busted in Lagos
Three men, who allegedly specialize in local and foreign currency counterfeiting, are cooling their heels at the anti-graft agency in Lagos. The Lagos...
Female banker bags 98 years in jail for stealing bank’s N49m, $368,000
Caught stealing N49.3 million and another $368,203 belonging to her employer, First Bank Plc, a woman, Oreoluwa Adesakin, has bagged 98 years imprisonment...
Financial crimes: CBN, EFCC to monitor politically exposed persons
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have disclosed that they are collaborating on anti-money laundry...
