By Abdulwaheed Oloyede (Kwara State Correspondent)

The Zonal Head of Ilorin Office of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Usman Muktar, on Wednesday, July 14, 2021, charged students of the Kwara State University, KWASU, Malete, to embrace the culture of integrity, hard work, and national pride.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

The Post Master General and Chief Executive of the Nigerian Postal Service, NIPOST, Ismail Adebayo Adewusi on Wednesday, July 14, 2021, reiterated his desire to strengthen ties with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for the mutual benefit of the Agencies.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday, July 13, 2021, arraigned Omosebi Fred Adeola before Justice A.O Otaluka of the Federal High Court sitting in Apo, Abuja on an 11-count charge bordering on conspiracy, abuse of office and diversion of funds to the tune of N15,619,000 (Fifteen Million, Six Hundred and Nineteen Thousand Naira).

By Sharon Ngozi Nwabiani (Senior Correspondent, in Lagos)

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday, July 13, 2021, arraigned one Jamiu Jimmy Ajose on a three-count charge bordering on forgery, possession of forged documents and making false statements to an officer of the EFCC before Justice Chukwujekwu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

The Abuja Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Commission, EFCC, today July 12, 2021, arraigned a company, Glotech Resources Limited, before Justice E. Okpe of the FCT High Court, Apo, Abuja for an offense bordering on the issuance of a dud cheque.

By Sharon Ngozi Nwabiani (Senior Correspondent, in Lagos)

The trial of Patrick Akpobolokemi, a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, and three others for an alleged N8.5billion fraud before Justice Ayokunle Faaji of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos continued on July 12, 2021, with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, presenting its sixth witness.

By Sharon Ngozi Nwabiani (Senior Correspondent, in Lagos)

Justice I. Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday, July 12, 2021, adjourned till October 5, 2021, for the continuation of trial in the case of Afeez Adeshina Fashola, also known as Naira Marley, who was arraigned sometime in 2019 on an 11-count charge of credit card fraud preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

A former Surveyor-General of the Federation (SGOF), Dr. Ebisintei Awudu, has been arraigned by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), for alleged fraudulent diversion of N2.8 billion.

By Musa Yusuf (Gombe State Correspondent)

The Gombe state Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, July 5, 2021, secured the conviction of two former staff of Gombe State Ministry of Lands and Survey, Yahaya Umaru Waja and Muhammed Manga, who was sentenced to nine years imprisonment each on four of the five-count charge of conspiracy, forgery, and cheating, by Justice Fatima Musa of the Gombe State High Court, Gombe.

Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

Nigeria requires strong institutions and systems to fight corruption and Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs), the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, SAN, has recommended.

By Shehu Shinkafi (Sokoto State Correspondent)

The Sokoto Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, June 28, 2021, arraigned five senior officials of the Sokoto State Primary Education Staff Pension Board before Justice Muhammad Muhammad of the Sokoto State High Court, Sokoto, on a 27-count charge bordering on alleged conspiracy, forgery. criminal breach of trust and misappropriation of the sum of N553,985,624.10 (Five Hundred and Fifty Three Million, Nine Hundred and Eighty Five Thousand, Six Hundred and Twenty Four Naira, Ten Kobo).

By Bitrus Pam (Kaduna State Correspondent)

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Kaduna Zonal office have arrested one Mrs. Mary Aweh Olaleye,, promoter of Victoria Travels Resorts Ltd for allegedly obtaining Eight Million Four Hundred and Eighty Thousand Naira (N8,480,000.00) from two prospective travelers by false pretence.