fraud

The leadership of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the Department of State Service, DSS, in Edo State have resolved to collaborate in tackling fraud and other forms of economic and financial crimes. This…

A Nigerian, Adetomiwa Seun Akindele, has been sentenced to 71 months in a United States federal prison for defrauding a Colorado woman of over $1.6 million in a romance scam. He will be deported to Nigeria upon completion of his jail term.…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has issued a new directive that will shut down PoS devices that are used outside of a merchant’s registered address. In a circular released on August 25, 2025, the regulator ordered all…

EFCC have arrested a former Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Umar Isa, over an alleged $7.2 billion fraud linked with the rehabilitation of the Kaduna, Warri and Port Harcourt…

The Accountant General of Bauchi State, Sirajo Muhammad Jaja has been arraigned before a Federal High Court, sitting in Maitama, Abuja. Jaja was arraigned alongside a bureau de change operator, Aliyu Abubakar, and his company.…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, February 24, 2025 presented its first witness against a former governor of Kogi State,  Yahaya Bello. Bello is facing a 19-count charge by the EFCC bordering on…

A Federal High Court, sitting in Calabar, Cross River State, presided over by Justice Rosemary Oghogho-rie has convicted and sentenced Dr. Geraldine Orok Ita to prison for fraud. Ita was prosecuted by the Uyo Directorate of the…

A former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Adoza Bello, on December 13, 2024, apologized to Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, for failing to appear in court for his trial. Bello, through his counsel,…

A contractor, Olugbenga Obadina who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC for receiving payments from the Office of the National Security Adviser, (NSA) on November 28, 2015 without any contractual…

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has called on youths across the country to stay away from internet fraud to safeguard their future. This call was made on Wednesday, May…