The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has defended the agency’s intensified crackdown on internet fraudsters, popularly known as Yahoo boys, emphasizing the broader security threat they now pose. Speaking at the EFCC’s corporate headquarters in Abuja on Thursday while hosting The PUNCH’s management team, Olukoyede revealed that Nigeria … Read more
A Federal Court in Lagos has fixed March 17, 2025 to rule on various applications challenging its jurisdiction to hear a 13-count charge filed against former chairman of First Bank Nigeria (FBN), Oba Otudeko and others. The court fixed the date following arguments heard from counsel representing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and … Read more
A Nigerian man, Precious Uzondu has been arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a two-count charge bordering on his alleged refusal to accept the Naira as a legal tender. The commission via its verified X handle made this known on Tuesday, where it disclosed that Uzondu, refused to accept Naira, Nigeria’s official currency, … Read more
The Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede has disclosed that the Commission has started monitoring funds going into local governments across the country. Olukoyede made the disclosure when leaders of National Christian Youth Professionals (NCYP) led by Isaac Abrak paid a courtesy visit to him at the corporate headquarters of the … Read more
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday raided the headquarters of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) in Abuja over allegations of fraud. Arriving in a white bus at exactly 11 a.m. with a valid warrant of arrest, the operatives took the commission’s spokesperson, Fatimah Usara, along with three other … Read more
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has celebrated the court judgement which declared him innocent in the medical forgery case brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Fani-Kayode said he is happy to be free after 18 long and difficult years of prosecuting the case. Henzodaily recalls the Special Offences Court, … Read more
The Special Offences Court, located in Ikeja, Lagos State, has absolved former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, of any guilt in a medical forgery case brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Olubumni Abike-Fadipe, in her ruling on Tuesday, held that the EFCC failed to establish any connection between Fani-Kayode … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday re-arraigned former Minister of Power and Steel, Dr Olu Agunloye before a Federal Capital Territory(FCT) , high court Apo. He was re-arriagned on allegations bordering on award of contract for construction of 3,960MW Mambilla Hydroelectric Power Station in Taraba. The anti-graft agency re-arraigned him on an … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, tendered into evidence more documents against the social media celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha, popularly known as Mompha charged with six billion naira money laundering. The case is before an Ikeja Special Offences Court. Mustapha, still at large, is standing trial alongside his company, Ismalob Global … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday re-arraigned former Minister of Power and Steel, Dr Olu Agunloye before a Federal Capital Territory(FCT) , high court Apo. He was re-arriagned on allegations bordering on award of contract for construction of 3,960MW Mambilla Hydroelectric Power Station in Taraba. The anti-graft agency re-arraigned him … Read more