The Department of State Security(DSS) and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) are currently in a battle royal over a building in Lagos. The situation almost get out of hands on Monday as operatives of the state security stormed the Lagos office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, preventing officials of the anti-graft agency
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Adhoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Anambra State in the 2023 general elections have protested non-payment of their stipend by the electoral body. The protest is coming barely two months after the polls that reportedly gulped about N305bn. The commission had recruited about 1.4 million adhoc staff to complement its personnel
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…EFCC obtained the order from Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court in Lagos The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, on Tuesday obtained an order to retrieve all the documents it tendered as exhibits in the N4.6bn money laundering trial of a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode. The EFCC obtained the order
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…the actress was seen in a viral video flaunting wads of the new Naira notes Operatives of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Fraud Related Offences Commission, ICPC, have arrested actress Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin. The actress was arrested on Wednesday, February 1, 2023 in Lagos for allegedly tampering with the redesigned Naira notes, an offence contrary
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, in collaboration with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, busted a criminal syndicate involved in the trafficking of fake United States dollar notes. A total of $269,000 counterfeit were recovered at Oniru in the Shoprite area of Lekki, Lagos State, where three suspects were also
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The Special Offences Court, in Ikeja, Lagos State has sentenced a 21-year-old man, Ifeanyi Egbuwu to one-year imprisonment for Internet fraud. Egbuwu was arrested on August 2, 2022, by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission during a raid on some Internet fraudsters at 42, Ola Williams Street, Kay Farm Estate, Iju, Lagos State. During
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…the arrest was part of ongoing operation to sanitise the foreign exchange sector and rid it of speculators An alleged currency speculator, Mustapha Muhammed also known as Muaspaha Naira, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in Abuja. The commission made the announcement in a Twitter post on Wednesday and also
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…the operatives allegedly seized phones of arrested forex traders The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) on Wednesday arrested eighty seven forex traders in Abuja, Lagos and Kano. Sources claimed that that the EFCC detectives stormed several forex trading hubs in Abuja, ransacking their vaults for stash of dollars and naira. The operatives were said to
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‘The bankers allegedly stole funds from some dormant accounts’ The Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, October 14, 2022 arrested twelve (12) bankers for suspected insider fraud. The suspects are: Odeniyi Anthony, Deki Kingsley Onyekachi, Oguchukwu Ene, Elendu Chizaram, Anyakora Uchenna, Onah Kingsley, Akwe Elizabeth and Chinenye Grace
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‘Specifically, he allegedly collected the sum of N12 million from potential investors in his company (Saphire Scents)’ The Managing Director of Saphire Scents Limited, Adewale Aladejana has been arraigned before Justice M. A Madugu of the Federal High Court sitting in Bwari, Abuja, for allegedly obtaining the sum of N12 million under false pretense. Aladejana
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Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested five persons for suspected currency counterfeiting in Abuja. The suspects are alleged to have gotten involved in currency counterfeiting, totalling $113,400 (One Hundred and Thirteen Thousand, Four hundred United States Dollars). Our Source said that the suspects: Sule Sani, Abba Sulaiman, Abraham Amengwa James,
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Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic And Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) have arrested sixteen persons over an alleged case of cybercrime and possession of fraudulent funds in Ilorin. They were arrested following credible intelligence worked upon by the Commission. The suspects, including two siblings: Ahmed Ismail and Toheeb Ismail, are: Suleiman Abduqudrib
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Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in Benin City, Edo State have arrested owners of yahoo schools: Internet Fraud Coaching Centre (aka HK) in the state. The Benin Zonal Command of the commission made arrest on September 13, 2022. THE DAILY VENDOR gathered that seven other suspected internet fraudsters were also arrested
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Two internet fraudsters have been convicted and sentenced to five years, six months imprisonment by Justice Nasiru U. Sadiq of the Kaduna State High Court, sitting in Kaduna, for internet-related offences and cheating. The fraudsters: Peter Uzorchukwu Sharon (a.k.a Drew Mason) and Peter Prince John, were jailed on Monday, September 12, 2022 after pleading guilty to one-count separate
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Justice E. Enenche of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, Maitama, Abuja has convicted and sentenced Moses Ogbu to one year imprisonment. Ogbu was standing trial on allegations of fraud running into fourteen million Naira.
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