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No fewer than 35 lottery operators allegedly doing business without core licenses and permits have been uncovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday. This was disclosed in a series of tweets posted via its…
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A former Commissioner in Adamawa state identified as Sanda Lamurde has been arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for allegedly misappropriating N379 million meant to feed internally displaced persons (IDPs).…
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Operatives of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested former Head of the Federal Civil Service, Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita on Sunday. WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that Mrs Oyo-Ita was picked by the anti-graft agency ahead of…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday filed an application to stop social media celebrity Ismaila Mustapha, aka Mompha, from travelling abroad to see his family. Mompha is on trial at a Federal High Court in…
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No fewer than 13 persons suspected to be interent fraudsters have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ilorin Zonal Office over alleged involvement in internet fraud. The suspects were identified as …
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A witness of the Economic and Financial Commission EFCC, Aminu Muhammed, Tuesday absolved former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Engineer Babachir Lawal of any wrong doings in the controversial N544m contract that led to…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office, on Thursday arrested 48 suspected internet fraudsters in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The suspects, many of whom claimed to be undergraduates, range between…
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No fewer than 42 people have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for allegedly involving in internet-related fraud in Ogun state. WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the suspects were arrested in Ilaro area of…
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Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Thursday, opposed an application before a Federal High Court, Lagos, seeking final forfeiture of two of his Ikoyi, properties. The said properties are located at 17 and 17A McDonald Road, Ikoyi.…
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A suspected criminal syndicate of bankers have been arrested by the Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for allegedly specialising in forging signatures of deceased bank customers and stealing from their…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday accused former Senate President Bukola Saraki of diverting N10 billion belonging to Kwara State. The anti-graft agency told the Federal High Court in Lagos that Saraki…
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Days after pictures of alleged anti-graft agency's cell in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers state went viral, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the blogger behind the 'fake photos'. The arrest of the…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan zonal office, has arrested three persons; namely, Babatunde Ologunja, Olusola Olaoye Babatunde and Olufemi Lawal – for allegedly duping the Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, High Chief…
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A Federal High Court sitting in Enugu has sentenced three undergraduates  to 7-year jail sentence over fraud in Enugu state. The undergraduates identified as 22-year-old Cynthia Nwankwo Ifunanya, 27-year-old Kingsley Omenazu and…
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The Kano Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday, quizzed the current Minority Leader and former speaker of the Kano State House of Assembly, Isiyaku Ali Danja for alleged abuse of office and misappropriation…
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A serving Kano State Commissioner for special duties, Mukhtar Ishaq has been arrested by the Kano Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for allegedly diverting N76 million. The spokesperson of the anti-graft…
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Rivers State High Court has sentenced a former staff of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to one year imprisonment after being found guilty of stealing exhibits. WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the former staff of the…
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