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Supreme Court Approves Extradition of Ex-Mint Boss Okoyomon To UK For Trial

— Emmanuel Okoyomon By Muyiwa Akinola The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the extradition of the former Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company (NSPM), Emmanuel Okoyomon, to the United Kingdom to face bribery charges. In a unanimous decision, a five-member panel of the apex court dismissed an appeal Okoyomon filed to set aside the June 6,… []

University Of Benin Staff In EFCC Net Over Alleged N3.2million Salary Fraud

— The suspect, Segun Bode Adedeji By Adeola Idris A staff member of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Segun Bode Adedeji has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and arraigned , before the Edo State High Court over an alleged N3.2million fraud. Adedeji was arraigned before Justice E. G. Adekanmbi on a four-count charge bordering on fraudulent practices involving the sum… []

Alleged N10.2b Fraud: EFCC Presents 17 Witnesses Against Ali Bello, Closes Case

— Alli Bello By Muyiwa Akinola The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, June 2, 2026, closed its case against Ali Bello, a nephew of former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello, and his co-defendant, Dauda Suleiman, after presenting 17 witnesses before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja. The defendants are being prosecuted on amended 16-count charges, bordering on… []

Alleged N15.7bn Fraud Trial: Abuja Court Gants Tunde Ayeni N200m Bail

— Tunde Ayeni By Muyiwa Akinola An Abuja High Court on Monday granted bail to a former Chairman of the Board of Directors of Skye Bank Plc, Tunde Ayeni, in the sum of N200 million over an alleged N15.7 billion fraud suit instituted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Ayeni is facing a 17-count charge bordering on alleged fraud amounting to N15.6 billion…. []

How EFCC Arrested Convicted Ex-Power Minister, Saleh Mamman Who Went Missing

— Mamman Saleh By St. Johnson Adegboyega The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has arrested Saleh Mamman, a former minister of power who was recently convicted. Ola Olukoyede, chairman of the commission, said Mamman was arrested at about 3:30am on Tuesday in Kaduna state. On May 7, Mamman was convicted on all 12 counts preferred against him by the EFCC and… []

EFCC Arraigns Female Bank MD Over Alleged N19m, $30,000 Fraud

— The accused, Blessing Gozi-Anyaokei By Bunmi Onakan Managing Director of Viscount Microfinance Bank, Blessing Gozi-Anyaokei has been arraigned by the Abuja Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC over allegations of unlawful conversion of investment funds amounting to N19 million and $30,000. Gozi-Anyaokei was brought before Justice Y. Halilu of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on a two-count charge bordering… []

EFCC Arraigns Former Skye Bank Chairman, Tunde Ayeni for N15.6b Fraud

— Tunde Ayeni By Muyiwa Akinola The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, May 4, 2026, arraigned a former Chairman, Board of Directors of the defunct Skye Bank Plc, Tunde Ayeni before Justice Jude Onwuzuruike of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Apo, Abuja. Ayeni was arraigned on a 17-count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust, misappropriation and conversion of investors’… []

How Popular Lagos Socialite Bagged 45 Years Imprisonment For Cocaine Trafficking

— Funmilola Arike Ogbuaya (Ariket) By Muyiwa Akinola Justice Dehinde Dipeolu, of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, has sentenced a Lagos-based socialite and drug kingpin, Funmilola Arike Ogbuaya, popularly known as Ariket, to 45 years’ imprisonment for the unlawful exportation of 1.595 kilograms of cocaine to Saudi Arabia. The judge specifically handed down a 15-year sentence on each of the three counts bordering… []

How Virgin Forest Energy Limited Allegedly Lost $75,000 To A Businessman – EFCC Witness Tells Court

EFCC Logo By Muyiwa Akinola An operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Felicia Paul, on Monday, March 16, 2026, narrated before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, how a businessman, Peter Otomewu, allegedly defrauded a petroleum services company, Virgin Forest Energy Limited, of $75,000. The witness told the court that the defendant obtained the money under… []

Jigawa Former Gov, Sule Lamido, Sons, Family Firms To Face Fresh Trial Over Alleged N1.3bn Fraud

— Sule Lamido By Adeola Idris Fresh arraignment of former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, over the N1.3 billion corruption charge brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has been fixed for April 1 by Justice Peter Odo Lifu of the Federal High Court in Abuja. Lamido is to be arraigned on the day alongside his two sons, Aminu Lamido… []

Alleged Forex, Investment Fraud: Court Orders Interim Forfeiture of N1.3bn Hotel Linked to Ikeja Chamber MD, Edward Olutoke

–– (The property) – Responsible Leaders Hotel By Adeola Idris Justice A.O. Owoeye of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday, March 12, 2026, ordered the interim forfeiture of a hotel, Responsible Leaders Hotel, linked to Edward Olutoke, Managing Director, Ikeja Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture. The property, located at 1, Ostra Close, Jobi Fele Way, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos, is valued… []

Alleged N91.7m & N3.4m Fraud: EFCC Arraigns Four for Theft in Lagos

— EFCC Headquarters By Adeola Idris The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Directorate 1, has arraigned four suspects : Adetunji Mathew, Victor Damilare Olaomo, Douglas Agorom Ikwugwu and Arowolo Adeniyi Abiodun, before different judges at the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja, Lagos, over alleged fraud and theft. Mathew and Olaomo were arraigned before Justice O. A. Okunuga of the Lagos State… []

Alleged N120m Fraud: Court Dismisses Abebe, Co-defendant’s No-Case Submission

— John Abebe (middle) guarded by two EFCC officers By Muyiwa Akinola Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Thursday, March 5, 2026, dismissed the no-case submission filed by Dr. John Abebe and his company, Inducon Nig. Ltd, who are standing trial over an alleged N120m fraud. The defendants were arraigned on September 19, 2022 on a six-count charge… []

EFCC Parades Two Bank Officials Over Alleged $306,667, €50,250 Fraud

— The two suspects, Bakare Oladimeji Surajudeen and James Olukayode Imokwede By Bunmi Onakan The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC, has arraigned two officials of FSDH Merchant Bank Limited over an alleged fraud involving $306,667.81 and €50,250.0 This was disclosed in a statement posted on the official page of the Commission. In the statement, the defendants, Bakare Oladimeji Surajudeen and James Olukayode Imokwede, were on… []

Not Yet Uhuru: Jide Omokore May Face Fresh Legal Battle as Alison-Madueke’s Trial Reveals New Details

— Diezani Alison-Madueke, Jide Omokore, Albert Bassey By St. Johnson Adegboyega Despite a February 7, 2023 judgment by the Federal High Court in Abuja that discharged and acquitted oil businessman Olajide Omokore, chairman of Atlantic Energy Drilling Concepts Nigeria Limited, over alleged fraud and money laundering involving about $1.6 billion in petroleum proceeds, fresh developments abroad may reopen public scrutiny around the case. Omokore and… []

Alleged N247.5m Fraud: EFCC Presents First Witness Against Titilayo Eboh in Lagos

— EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede By St. Johnson Adegboyega The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, February 27, 2026, presented its first prosecution witness, PW1, Dr. Ifeoma Atoh, a consultant paediatrician, in the trial of one Titilayo Funmilayo Eboh for an alleged N247, 500,000( Two Hundred and Forty-seven Million Five Hundred Thousand Naira) fraud. Eboh,… []

EFCC Arraigns Three NRC Staff for Alleged ₦2.04bn Money Laundering in Lagos

— The suspects; Felix Njoku, Benjamin Chinwuba Iloanusi, Oche Jerry Ogbole-Inalegwu By St. Johnson Adegboyega The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, February 25, 2026, arraigned three senior officials of the Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC, before Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja over alleged fraud and money laundering offences. The defendants are: Felix Njoku, a former Director of Finance of the Nigerian… []

Breaking! DSS Captures Sixth Owo Church Attacker, How He Hid In Edo Village For 4 years

— The suspect, Sani Yusuf By Adeola Idris Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested the sixth person involved in the 2022 attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo state, in which over 40 worshippers lost their lives and scores more were left injured. The DSS is currently prosecuting five persons — Idris Omeiza (25), Al Qasim Idris (20), Jamiu Abdulmalik… []

Court freezes FDGS Energy Group Assets Over $7.9m, N399m Debts

—Chijioke Arinze Onyeagba, CEO FDGS Energy Group of Companies Limited ByAdeola Idris For an alleged indebtedness of $7,999,405.19 and N399,893,550.44 to Keystone Bank Limited the Federal High Court in Lagos has granted interim orders freezing the assets and operations of FDGS Energy Group of Companies Limited Justice A. Lewis-Allagoa made the orders following an ex parte application filed on… []

From Indictment to Investment: How Orji Uzor Kalu Channelled Billions Into US Real Estate Despite Corruption Charges

— Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu with EFCC operatives By Cyril Kingsley A new investigation reveals that Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, former governor of Nigeria’s Abia State, spent millions of dollars on properties in the United States as he faced indictment at home on multiple accounts of corruption and money-laundering, said The Platform to Protect Whistleblowers in Africa PPLAAF today. Documents uncovered by PPLAAF and The… []