By JKnewsMedia Reporter THE NIGERIAN Presidency has dismissed claims by opposition politicians alleging threats to multi-party democracy and the “weaponisation” of anti-corruption agencies. In a statement signed by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, the government described the opposition’s claims as “...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent THE ECONOMIC and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared former Bayelsa State Governor and Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, wanted in connection with an alleged case of conspiracy and dishonest conversion of $14,859,257. EFCC spokesperson Dele Oyewale, in a stat...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent THE ECONOMIC and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), working in collaboration with the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) and the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), has completed the deportation of 192 foreign nationals convicted for cyber-terrorism, internet fraud, and other financial crime...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent NAIRA ABUSE has come under renewed scrutiny as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it is intensifying efforts to enforce currency laws and restore national pride. Speaking at a stakeholder engagement in Lagos, the EFCC Executive Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, called on key player...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter OPERATIVES OF the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Lagos have launched an investigation into Rajesh Kumar, who was apprehended at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, for allegedly failing to declare $29,000 in his possession. The suspect, bound for India, was intercepted by ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent FOREIGN NATIONALS involved in financial cybercrime across Nigeria are now serving jail terms in the country following a major crackdown by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), which successfully prosecuted and secured convictions for 146 out of 194 individuals arrested. The anno...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia CRACKDOWN OPERATIONS by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have resulted in the arrest of 120 individuals suspected of internet fraud across Lagos State. Operatives from the commission’s Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 executed the coordinated raids at multiple locations, recovering 26 exotic vehicles, l...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter ALLEGATIONS OF money laundering, asset concealment, and billion-naira oil bloc deals have escalated into a fierce legal showdown, with the Federal High Court in Abuja ordering the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to release detained businesswoman Aisha Achimugu within 24 hours. A dram...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter ALLEGATIONS OF high-level financial misconduct surrounding a $25 million oil block deal and the operation of 136 bank accounts prompted the arrest of a Nigerian businesswoman, Aisha Achimugu, at Abuja’s Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport on Tuesday morning. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commis...
By Bola BOLAWOLE God, grant me the serenity to accept things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference – Reinhold Niebuhr. “THE SERENITY Prayer” is what the above quotation is generally called. The wisdom of my own elders that equates it says, “M’oja m’osa […]
