Ibadan, Nigeria – Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ibadan, has convicted and sentenced two siblings, Amos Remilekun Ilesanmi and Olanrewaju Samuel Ilesanmi, alongside Ugbeh Emmanuel Ukali, for naira notes mutilation. The Ilesanmi brothers were ex-convicts, sentenced to three months community service each on 2nd October 2024, for internet fraud, impersonation and obtaining money by false pretence by Justice Ladiran…
Jos, Nigeria – Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Kaduna Zonal Directorate on Saturday, 8th March 8 2025, arrested 31 suspected illegal miners in Jos, Plateau State capital. They were arrested on the premises of Jiasheng Nigeria Limited, located at Dura Rayfield, Mangu Road, Jos, following credible intelligence linking the company to…
Ilorin, Nigeria – Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court, Ilorin, on Friday, 7th March 2025, convicted and sentenced two Chinese, Yang Chao and Wu Shan Chuan, to prison for illegal mining of solid minerals in Kwara State. Converseer learned that they were convicted along with their company Crius Chemical Nigeria Limited. They were prosecuted on a…
The Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arraigned 16 (sixteen) suspected internet fraudsters (aka Yahoo Boys) before Justice Folashade O. Giwa-Ogunbanjo of the Federal High Court, sitting in Independence Layout, Enugu State. The defendants are: Ibemere Gerald Ifechukwu, Ngwu Chidozie Henry, Onwugbolu Charles, Okeke Emmanuel Ebubechukwu, Ikechukwu Augustine Ibeanu,…
A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River State, has sentenced a medical doctor, Geraldine Orok Ita, to seven years imprisonment for fraud and diversion of N127 million. This was disclosed on Saturday, Feb. 8, in a statement by the prosecuting agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). According to the statement, the…
ABUJA – The trial of former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman continued on Wednesday, January 22, 2025, at the Federal High Court, Abuja, presided over by Justice James Omotosho with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) presenting its 8th witness, PW8. The witness, PW8 Abdullahi Suleman, a bureau de change operator, narrated how more than N22 billion…
Abuja, Nigeria – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has dismissed 27 officers from its workforce in a bid to maintain integrity and rid the agency of corruption. The dismissals, which occurred in 2024, were based on allegations of fraudulent activities and misconduct. The EFCC disclosed that the decision followed the recommendation of its…
Abuja, Nigeria – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, December 24, 2024, arraigned a businessman, Akindele Akintoye before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on charges bordering on money laundering and contract fraud. Akintoye allegedly collected $35 million from the Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) to…
Lagos, Nigeria – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has re-indicted Francis Atuche, former Managing Director of the defunct Bank PHB Plc, on charges of forgery and conspiracy. The anti-graft agency disclosed this in a statement via its official X handle on Monday, confirming that the arraignment took place before Justice O. O. Abike-Fadipe…
Lagos, Nigeria – The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has disclosed that the Commission, in a landmark raid, arrested 792 suspects for their alleged involvement in cryptocurrency investment fraud and romance scam. The suspects were apprehended on Tuesday, December 10, 2024, in a surprise operation at their hideout, an imposing…
