OPERATIVES from the Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have apprehended 17 suspected internet fraudsters, popularly known as ‘Yahoo Yahoo’ or ‘Yahoo Boys’ The individuals, Naija News understands, were arrested during coordinated operations in Ilorin and the Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State. The suspects were …
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THE Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, May 8, 2025 arraigned one Ntai Bagshaw and his company, Terraworks Limited before Justice I. O. Ijelu of the Lagos State High Court, sitting in Ikeja, Lagos for fraud. They are being prosecuted on a two-count …
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OPERATIVES of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in Lagos, have arrested two Chinese nationals and six Nigerians for alleged involvement in illegal mining activities in the Ogere area of Ogun. This was contained in a statement issued by the Commission in Abuja on Saturday. The suspects are Zhang …
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THE Maiduguri Zonal Director of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Commander of the EFCC, CE Aisha A. T Habib has called for enhanced sharing of intelligence and referral of cases to the Commission in order to help sanitise the nation’s financial space and get rid of economic and …
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THE Gombe Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have secured the conviction and sentence of seven fraudsters for offences of cheating and obtaining under false pretences. The convicts are: Yusuf. O. Muhammed, Joseph Opeoluwa, Samuel Chukwudi Okonkwo, Rotimi Tobi Samuel, Oladimeji Mubarak , Blessed Johnson and …
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THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has traced money laundering activities in excess of $300,000 to a suspected internet fraudster. The suspect was among the 35 suspects arrested by the EFCC in the Sabo Iyako area of Auchi, Edo State, on Sunday, May 4, 2025. The EFCC spokesperson, Dele …
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THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it arrested and detained, Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM) over his repeated refusal to honour several invitations extended to him. A statement by Mr Dele Oyewale, the Spokesperson of the EFCC on Tuesday in Abuja said Otse, a Social Media …
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OPERATIVES of the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have apprehended a content creator, Muhammed Kabir Sa’ad, for naira abuse. The content creator had shared a video on his TikTok and Instagram accounts (@youngcee0066), in which he was seen throwing Naira notes on the ground, stepping …
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AN Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) witness, Femi Remigus, on Monday refused to confirm the legality of bank entries in the trial of Ali Bello, the Chief of Staff to Gov. Usman Ododo of Kogi. Remigus, a compliance officer at Zenith Bank Plc, denied knowing if associated bank transfers …
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THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has confirmed that popular social media activist, Martins Otse, widely known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), will be released once he meets his bail conditions. EFCC spokesperson Dele Oyewale, while speaking to BBC News Pidgin on Monday, stated, “We will release him if he meets …
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