By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

A Federal High Court in Abuja, has ordered the interim forfeiture of N110.4 million traced to the bank accounts of one Mr. James Erebuoye and seven other suspects by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) for allegedly being proceeds of crime.

By Sharon Ngozi Nwabiani (Senior Correspondent, in Lagos)

The Lagos Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, January 12, 2022, arraigned Ismaila Mustapha, also known as Mompha, and Ismalob Global Investment Limited before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in continuation of the review of its operational activities for 2021 has disclosed that it recovered the aggregate sum of N152, 088,698,751.64, (One Hundred and Fifty-two Billion, Eighty-eight Million, Six Hundred and Ninety-eight Thousand, Seven Hundred and Fifty-one Naira, Sixty-four Kobo), $386,220,202.84 ( Three Hundred and Eighty-six Million, Two Hundred and Twenty Thousand, Two Hundred and Two Naira, Eighty-four Kobo), £1, 182,519.75 ( One Million, One Hundred and Eighty-two Thousand, Five Hundred and Nineteen Pounds, €156,246.76( One Hundred and Fifty-six Thousand, Two Hundred and Forty-six Euro), 1,723,310.00 Saudi Riyal, 1,900.00 South African Rand, and 1, 400.00 Canadian Dollar between January and December 2021.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

The trial of a former Director, Legal Services of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Grace Taiga, for alleged fraud in the case involving Process and Industrial Development Limited (P&ID) before Justice O.A Adeniyi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court Abuja continued today, January 10, 2022, with the EFCC presenting its fourth prosecution witness.

By Sharon Ngozi Nwabiani (Senior Correspondent, in Lagos)

Operatives of the Lagos Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have re-arrested a suspected internet fraudster, Ismailia Mustapha, for laundering funds obtained through unlawful activities and retention of alleged proceeds of crime.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), secured a total of 2220 (Two Thousand Two Hundred and Twenty) convictions across all its Commands in 2021. The figure which emerged from a review of the Commission’s performance in the outgone year, shows that the Lagos Command of the Agency recorded the most convictions-481, closely followed by the Ibadan Command with 324 convictions, while the Port Harcourt Zonal Command had 230 convictions.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), said it's has attention has been drawn to a trending audiotape in social media, where Mohammed Idris, a lawyer and seconded police officer with the Commission, purportedly made unsubstantiated claims regarding the influence of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN , on the Commission.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), was, on Saturday, recognized and presented with an award for “Diligent Investigation” at the 2021 Security and Emergency Management Awards (SAEMA).

By Ankeli Emmanuel (In Sokoto State)

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) on Saturday, started a 5-day workshop to sensitize Sokoto community and their leaders especially those in border towns on the ills of human trafficking.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye (SAN), has called on the United Nations and global community to unmask the owners of artificial legal entities in order to combat money laundering, Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) and hidden ill-gotten wealth.

By Sharon Ngozi Nwabiani (Senior Correspondent, in Lagos)

The Lagos Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, December 17, 2021, secured the conviction and sentencing of one Linda Mabi-Praise, a self-acclaimed prophetess, before Justice S.O. Solebo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos for an alleged N128 million fraud.

By Sharon Ngozi Nwabiani (Senior Correspondent, in Lagos)

The Lagos Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Friday, December 17, 2021, arraigned Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Minister of Aviation, before Justice O.O. Abike-Fadipe of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on 12 counts bordering on use of false documents, use of fabricated evidence, procuring execution of documents by false pretence, and fabricating evidence.