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An INTERPOL-led operation targeting malware cyber fraud across Southeast Asia has resulted in the arrest of three Nigerians suspected of engaging in global scamming. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arrested the suspects in a sting operation conducted simultaneously in a Lagos suburb called Ajegunle and in Benin City, Edo …

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, granted bail to the detained former governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha, to the tune of N500million with one surety in like sum. Trial Justice Inyang Ekwo okayed Okorocha’s released on bail, after he dismissed a counter-affidavit the Economic and Financial …

Operatives of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday, arrested the former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Nsima Ekere for an alleged diversion of N47 billion through registered contractors of the agency. EFCC’s spokesperson Wilson Uwajaren, confirmed this to Channels Television, yesterday. Nsima Ekere, a politician …

The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, has suspended the Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr. Ahmed Idris, over N80 billion fraud allegation. Idris was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in Kano, on Monday. 2nd Niger Bridge very dear to President, says ZainabThe …

The Commission of Economic and Financial Crimes (EFCC) says on Wednesday that it has arrested 34 suspected internet scammers in Ado-Ekiti and Ilorin, the capitals of Ekiti and Kwara states, respectively. EFCC spokesman Wilson Uwujaren said the commission arrested 30 of the suspects, 28 men and two women, at different …

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, also a presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to disband the two anti-graft agencies in the country, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC. He stated …

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba has ordered the dismissal of no fewer than nine policemen over allegations that they were the ones demanding wage increase and planning to lead the rank and file into an industrial action. It was reported that the police headquarters had ‘sleepless nights’ in …

Awka—Wife of the immediate past Governor of Anambra State, Dr. Mrs. Ebelechukwu Obiano has reacted to the altercation between her and the wife of former Biafran warlord, Mrs Bianca Ojukwu. According to a statement signed by her media aide, Chidiebele Obika, “Mrs Obiano has expressed shock over the attitude of …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested twenty (20) suspected internet fraudsters in Cross River State. The suspects were arrested by the Uyo Zonal Command of the EFCC on Tuesday, November 2, 2021 at three different locations in Calabar, Cross River State capital. The agency said while some …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Command, has arrested 22 “Yahoo Boys” for alleged involvement in internet fraud. The suspects were identified as Akintunde Ibrahim Olajide, Yusuf Taiye Afeez, Jimoh Idris Okikiola, Adeyemo Wariz Adegoke, Ademola Olalekan Saheed, Anif Abayomi Busayo, Oriade Sunday Oluwatobi, Ajadi Opeyemi Damilola. …