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EFCC Explains Freeze On Osun Govt Account, Alleges N11bn Fund Mismanagement

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has defended its decision to freeze the Osun State Government’s bank account, insisting that the action was taken to prevent the alleged diversion of public funds and was not influenced by the forthcoming governorship election in the state. In a statement on Thursday, the anti-graft agency disclosed that it had been investigating the Osun State Government since March 2026 over the alleged fraudulent handling of about N11 billion drawn from Ecology Funds, Intervention Funds and the Federal Account Allocation Committee (FAAC). According to…

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EFCC Arraigns Ex-Banker For Alleged N294.5m Theft In Lagos

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  ‎The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, July 9, 2026 arraigned a former staff of a new generation bank, Chinonso Akujobi, for an alleged N294,595,992 theft before Justice I.O. Ijelu of the State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. Chinonso is being prosecuted on a five-count charge bordering on stealing to the tune of N294.5m. One of the charges reads:”That you, Chinonso Akujobi, sometime between January and December, 2025, in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with a dishonest…

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EFCC Arrests Ex-Delta Gov Okowa For Alleged Fraud

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  Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested a former Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, for alleged diversion of N1.3 trillion 13% derivation fund from the federation account between 2015 and 2023. Okowa was arrested on Monday, November 4, 2024, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, when he reported at the Port Harcourt Directorate of the EFCC on the invitation of investigators handling his matter. The former governor was alleged to have failed to render accounts of the funds as well as another N40 billion he…

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Activist Israel Joe Takes On EFCC Over Selective Arrest And Prosecution

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Known global activist, Comr. Israel Joe has taken a swipe on some of the activities of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, over its operations aimed at one section only.   Israel Joe, who harsh tag himself as TableBreaker, had in a statement on his verified Facebook account accused the commission of undermining the current economic hardship and loopside arrest to distract angry Nigerians from the proposed protest while they could not locate the whereabouts of higher personalities in the country.   According to him, “I have been challenging…

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SCUML Seals Tongyi Group Over Alleged Non-compliance with Anti-money Laundering Laws

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The Special Control Unit against Money Laundering, SCUML of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Tuesday, June 4, 2024 sealed up Tongyi Group, located in Ebitu Ukiwe Street, Jabi, Abuja for alleged non-compliance with Anti-Money Laundering/Combating Financing of Terrorism, (AML/CFT) regulations. Officers of SCUML shut down the construction and mining entity after it paid no heed to a series of the Unit’s attempts to be compliant with AML/CFT regime. By SCUML’s regulations, the seal of non-compliance and closure pasted on the business premises would remain in force until…

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EFCC Arrests 35 for Alleged Internet Fraudsters In Plateau

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Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Kaduna Zonal Command have arrested a total of 35 suspects for alleged cybercrimes in Plateau State. The suspects comprise 32 males and three females. They were rounded up along Bauchi Road Bye Pass in Jos, Plateau State capital. Their arrest followed actionable intelligence on their fraudulent activities. Items found in their possession upon arrest include 47 phones, five laptops, two Macbooks, one black 406 Peugeot saloon car with registration number JJN 140 BX, one black Mercedes Benz car with registration number BSA…

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Ibrahim Lamorde Death Is Painful, Sad Development-MD/CEO Of IASL

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  The Management, Staff and Board of Directors of Inter-Atlas Synergy Ltd (IASL), have been thrown into mourning over the untimely demise of their Executive Chairman, Ibrahim Lamorde, expressing shock about the development. The former EFCC boss, Ibrahim Lamorde died on Saturday, May 25th, 2024 in Egypt. The Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer of Inter-Atlas Synergy Ltd (IASL), Olufemi Meshe, in a Press Statement on Monday, May 27th, 2024, described his death of the former EFCC boss as painful and a sad development.   While saying that they are deeply…

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Fmr EFCC Boss, Ibrahim Dies At 61

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Former chairman of the Nigeria  Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Lamorde, has been reported dead. It was learned that Mr Lamorde, 61, died in Egypt where he had travelled for medical treatment, a close associate revealed on Sunday morning. Born on 20 December 1962, Mr Lamorde joined the Nigerian Police in 1986 and retired as a Deputy Inspector General of Police in 2021. While a police officer, he served as EFCC chairman between 2011 and 2015. According to his profile on the EFCC website, Mr Lamorde was the third…

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EFCC Arraigns Enugu Couple, One Other for Alleged Land Fraud

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  The Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arraigned a couple, Mr Udeani Simon Sunday and his wife, Udeani Dorcas Amaka before Justice M.G. Umar of the Federal High Court sitting in Enugu. They were arraigned on three-count charges bordering on obtaining the sum of N2,750,000.00 (Two Million, Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira) by false pretence in an alleged land fraud One of the charges against the Udeanis read: “That you Udeani Simon Sunday and Udeani Dorcas Amaka, between 10th July 2019 to…

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N2.9 Billion: EFCC Jails Orubebe, George Turnah, Others, For Six Years

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Justice A. T. Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has convicted and sentenced a former Special Adviser to Dan Abia, erstwhile managing director of Niger Delta Development Commission, George Turnah, and two others: Ebis Orubebe and Uzorgor Silas Chidebere, to six years imprisonment for obtaining money under false pretence, money laundering, conversion of funds and forgery contrary to Section 1 (1) (a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and punishable under Section 1(3) of the same Act. They…

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