By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, November 15, 2021, flagged off a nationwide risk assessment of Non-profit Organizations. The programme which is a collaborative initiative of the EFCC through the Special Control Unit against Money Laundering, SCUML, and relevant stakeholders in the public and private sectors, according to the EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, is meant to determine the vulnerabilities of the organizations to money laundering and terrorism financing.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offices Commission (ICPC) has said its attention has been drawn to what it described as an "inaccurate report" titled “Certificate, Age Scandal Rocks ICPC” published on Monday, 15th November 2021 by the Daily Trust Newspaper.

By Cosmas Enahoro (Edo State Correspondent)

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Benin Zonal. Command on Monday, November 8, 2021, arraigned one Emmanuel Eromosele Okojie, on a nine count charge bordering on stealing before Justice A.O. Akpovi of the Delta State High Court sitting in Warri, Delta State.

By Abubakar Goni (Borno State Correspondent)

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Maiduguri Zonal Command, on Wednesday, November 10, 2021, arraigned one Tope Jimi Fagun before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri on an a-two count charge of impersonation and obtaining N70, 000,000.00 (Seventy Million Naira) by false pretence.

By Abubakar Goni (Borno State Correspondent)

The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC,), on Monday, November 8, 2021, re-arraigned a former Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Abdu Bulama before Justice Fadima Murtala Aminu of the Federal High Court sitting in Damaturu, Yobe State, on a seven-count charge of criminal conspiracy and money laundering to the tune of N450 Million (Four Hundred and Fifty Million Naira).

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been drawn to a report captioned, EFCC whistle-blower app stalls at 15,000 downloads, critics allege data theft, which appeared in The Punch Newspaper of Tuesday, November 9, 2021, alleging dissatisfaction by “users” and low downloads of the Commission’s whistle-blower App, Eagle Eye, among others.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

The trial of former Chairman of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Dr. Ngozi Olejeme continued today, November 8, 2021, before Justice Maryam Hassan Aliyu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Jabi Abuja with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), presenting its first witness.

By Sharon Ngozi Nwabiani (Senior Correspondent, in Lagos)

The ongoing trial of Nnamdi Henry and Vitalis Umunna, also known as Colonel Sambo Dasuki, for an alleged $45,000 fraud continued on November 8, 2021, before Justice S.O. Solebo of the Ikeja Special Offences Court, Lagos, the with Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), presenting its first witness and tendering several documents to prove the case against them.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court Abuja, today, November 8, 2021, convicted former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT) Abdulrasheed Maina on charges of money laundering brought against by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) and sentenced him to eight years imprisonment.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, wishes to disclaim a trending photograph in the social media purported to have been taken by socialite Obi Cubana in the premises of the Commission, crowded by people described as staff of the EFCC.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

The trial of a former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, his two sons, Aminu and Mustapha, Aminu Wada Abubakar, Bamaina Holdings Ltd and Speeds International Ltd for an alleged N1.35 billion fraud continued today November 5, 2021, before Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, Abuja with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, presenting its sixteenth witness, a Certified Ethical Hacker, and forensics analyst of the Commission, Mercy Titus.

By Alex Oduyemi (Kwara State Correspondent)

The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, November 4, 2021, secured the conviction of one Shitu Labeeb Adebowale, accused of parading as Sheryl Sandberg, a Chief Operative Officer of one of the leading social media platforms, Facebook, to swindle unsuspecting victims.