* Arrests Woman for N3m Fake EFCC Job

By Sam Ejiogu (Lagos Correspondent) and Zainab Yusuf (Financial Crime Correspondent)

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos zonal office, has arrested 13 suspected internet fraudsters, around the Alagbado axis of Lagos State.

By Suzan Okenwa (Senate Correspondent, NASS)

Senate Committee Chairman on Information Communication Technology( ICT) and Cyber Crime, Senator Yakubu Oseni, and other Committee members have commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for its robust ICT, Cyber Crime and Forensic infrastructures.

By Abubakar Goni (Maiduguri Correspondent)

The Maiduguri zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has re-arraigned the Chief Executive Officer( CEO) of Complete Care and Aid Foundation, Aisha Alkali Wakil, popularly known as Mama Boko Haram, before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri, on amended four-count charges bordering on conspiracy, giving false information and cheating to the tune of N6million.

By Mike Nwekeani (Enugu Correspondent)

The Chief Judge of Enugu State, Justice Priscilla Ngozi Emehelu, has assured the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of the unalloyed support and partnership of the Enugu State Judiciary in its fight against economic and financial crimes.

* As Katsina Chief Judge Commends EFCC On Professionalism

By Zainab Yusuf (Financial Crime Correspondent)

Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), Mr. Umar Abba Mohammed, has renewed calls for the establishment of Special Courts to try corruption cases.

By Rose Nwankwu (Awka Correspondent)

Operatives of the Enugu zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) has arrested fourteen suspected internet fraudsters from different parts of Awka, Anambra State.

By Musa Ubandawakin (Sokoto Correspondent)

Justice Muhammad Sa'idu Sifawa of the Sokoto State High Court, sitting in Sokoto , on Thursday, 27 August, 2020 convicted and sentenced one Bolanle Adefemiwa to ten (10) years imprisonment, with an option of fine of Two Hundred Thousand Naira (N200,000.00).

By Zainab Yusuf (Financial Crime Correspondent)

The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), and the National Examinations Council (NECO), have indicated their readiness to partner with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in its quest to rid the nation of all forms of corrupt practices.

By Sam Ejiogu (Lagos Correspondent)

The Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of four Internet fraudsters, Kunle Omoniyi; Bassey Odo, Paul Adebisi and Temitope Samson, who were arrested in different parts of the state recently.

By Zainab Yusuf (Financial Crime Correspondent)

The trial of former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Mohammed Bello Adoke and Aliyu Aliyu Abubakar kicked off on Thursday, August 13, 2020, before Justice I.E.Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, with the presentation of prosecution witnesses, one and two (PW 1 and 2) by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

By Thelma Vera Cruse (Portharcourt Correspondent)

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has commenced investigation of two Lebanese: Dina Jihad Khali and Chamseddine Waell Mohmmed, who were arrested by officers of the Customs Area Command, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, for attempting to smuggle a total sum of $890,000 USD( Eight Hundred and Ninety Thousand United States Dollars) out of Nigeria, through the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa.

By Madina Ahmed (Kano Correspondent)

Justice Nasiru Saminu of the Kano State High Court on Friday, convicted and sentenced one Chidi Okafor to one year imprisonment for fraud. The convict was prosecuted by the Kano Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on one-count amended charge of criminal breach of trust to the tune of N3,135,000 (Three Million, One Hundred and Thirty-Five Thousand Naira).