Lagos Court Restrains EFCC From Arresting Honda Nigeria, 200 Others
A Lagos State High Court has restrained the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from arresting or detaining Honda Manufacturing (Nigeria) Limited, Honda Automobile Western Africa Limited and more than 200 other applicants in connection with a…
IVD Celebrates Blessing CEO’s Release From Detention After Months in Custody
Nigerian businessman Ikechukwu Ogbonna, popularly known as IVD, has celebrated the release of his partner, Blessing CEO, from detention after months in custody over alleged fraud-related offences. IVD expressed his happiness by sharing a video of the…
EFCC Chairman Olukoyede Raises Alarm Over Alleged Diversion of Public Funds
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has raised concerns over the alleged continued diversion of public funds by some government officials. Naija News reports that Olukoyede made the remarks on Thursday in…
Emefiele Trial: Finance Ministry Unaware of N124.86bn CBN Withdrawal, Court Hears
A director in the Federal Ministry of Finance has told a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Maitama that the ministry and the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (OAGF) were unaware of the withdrawal of N124.86 billion from the…
Court Dismisses Aisha Achimugu’s ₦10bn Suit Against EFCC Over Search of Residence
The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by Abuja-based businesswoman Aisha Achimugu against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over the search of her residence and seizure of her…
Tinubu Urges Judiciary to Strengthen Fight Against Digital Financial Crimes
ABUJA, Nigeria — President Bola Tinubu has urged Nigeria’s judiciary to strengthen its capacity to tackle emerging challenges in the administration of justice, particularly the growing sophistication of economic and financial crimes driven by digital…
Agbonayinma Asks EFCC to Reopen Atiku’s Alleged Financial Crimes Case
A former member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ehiozuwa Johnson Agbonayinma, has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to reopen investigations into alleged financial crimes involving former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar…
DSS Arrests Faisal Maina After Four Years on the Run, Hands Him Over to EFCC
The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested Faisal Abdulrasheed Maina, the fugitive son of former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, and handed him over to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).…