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EFCC Re-arraigns Man For Alleged ₦19m Fraud
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EFCC Re-arraigns Man For Alleged ₦19m Fraud

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  • January 29, 2025
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on January 28, 2025, re-arraigned one Murtala Adebayo, before Justice R.A. Oshodi of a Special Offences Court, sitting […]

FCT-IRS Seeks EFCC’s Collaboration in Tackling Tax Fraud
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FCT-IRS Seeks EFCC’s Collaboration in Tackling Tax Fraud

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  • January 29, 2025
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The Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Services (FCT-IRS) has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to assist it in tackling the tax […]

Two More Suspects Arrested In The Kidnap Case Of AIG Odumosu’s Wife, N2.25m, 2 Rifles, 11 Live Cartridges Recovered
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Two More Suspects Arrested In The Kidnap Case Of AIG Odumosu’s Wife, N2.25m, 2 Rifles, 11 Live Cartridges Recovered

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  • January 25, 2025
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In response to the directive of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, Ph.D., NPM., to go after the fleeing suspects in connection with […]

LASTMA Arrests Notorious “One- Chance Syndicate”
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LASTMA Arrests Notorious “One- Chance Syndicate”

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  • January 22, 2025
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In a rare bold move, officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) apprehended a notorious one-chance syndicate that deployed a painted commercial bus […]

Lagos State Police Command Says Newspaper Report On High Crime Rate In The State False
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Lagos State Police Command Says Newspaper Report On High Crime Rate In The State False

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  • January 22, 2025
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It has come to the attention of the Lagos State Police Command a publication with the above heading published in the Guardian Newspaper of January […]

EFCC Trains Officers of Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission
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EFCC Trains Officers of Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission

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  • January 16, 2025
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, January 13, 2025, commenced a four-day training of officers of the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission, LACC, at its […]

NDLEA seizes 6 vehicles, 40ft trailer load skunk, Confiscate N1.1b Worth Of Codeine Shipment
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NDLEA seizes 6 vehicles, 40ft trailer load skunk, Confiscate N1.1b Worth Of Codeine Shipment

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  • January 12, 2025
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A 40ft trailer load of skunk, a strain of cannabis, weighing 2,217.6 kilograms has been intercepted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, […]

₦500m Bail Condition, Yahaya Bello Begs Court To Exclude Property In Maitama, Abuja
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₦500m Bail Condition, Yahaya Bello Begs Court To Exclude Property In Maitama, Abuja

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  • December 20, 2024
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A former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Adoza Bello, has appealed to Justice Maryann Anenih of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, Maitama, Abuja, […]

LASG Embarks On Week Long Raid To Curb Activities Of Beggars, Miscreants Others
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LASG Embarks On Week Long Raid To Curb Activities Of Beggars, Miscreants Others

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  • December 20, 2024
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In response to public outcry, the Lagos State Ministry of Youth and Social Development, in collaboration with the Lagos State Task Force, has embarked on […]

EFCC Re-Arraigns Ex-Bank PHB MD, Francis Atuche, Two Others For Forgery in Lagos
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EFCC Re-Arraigns Ex-Bank PHB MD, Francis Atuche, Two Others For Forgery in Lagos

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  • December 16, 2024
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The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, December 16, 2024, re-arraigned a former Managing Director of the defunct […]

EFCC  Bursts Syndicate of 792  Cryptocurrency Investment, Arrests 193 Chinese, Arabs, Filipinos, Others
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EFCC  Bursts Syndicate of 792  Cryptocurrency Investment, Arrests 193 Chinese, Arabs, Filipinos, Others

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  • December 16, 2024
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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 […]

Court Jails Aisha Wakil (Mama Boko-haram), Two others for N6m Fraud in Maiduguri
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Court Jails Aisha Wakil (Mama Boko-haram), Two others for N6m Fraud in Maiduguri

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  • December 12, 2024
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Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri on Thursday, November 28, 2024 convicted and sentenced Aisha Alkali Wakil and two others to […]

Alleged N110.4billion Fraud: Yahaya Bello To Spend The Yuletide In Prison As Court Denies Him Bail
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Alleged N110.4billion Fraud: Yahaya Bello To Spend The Yuletide In Prison As Court Denies Him Bail

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  • December 12, 2024
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Justice Maryann Anineh of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT ) High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on Tuesday, December 10, 2024, refused to grant bail to former […]

Engineer Conceals Illicit Drugs In Pressure Machines As NDLEA Arrest Grandma Opiods In Lagos
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Engineer Conceals Illicit Drugs In Pressure Machines As NDLEA Arrest Grandma Opiods In Lagos

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  • December 9, 2024
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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a suspected drug trafficker, Egwu Phillip Inya who claims to be a building engineer, […]

EFCC Makes Single Largest Asset Recovery till Date
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EFCC Makes Single Largest Asset Recovery till Date

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  • December 3, 2024
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Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie, on Monday, December 2, 2024, gave a ruling on a final forfeiture of an estate in Abuja measuring 150,500 square meters and […]

Yahaya Bello Docked for Alleged N110.4billion Fraud
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Yahaya Bello Docked for Alleged N110.4billion Fraud

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  • November 28, 2024
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday arraigned a former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Adoza Bello before Justice Maryanne Anenih of the […]

Terrorist Attack Troops Of Operation HADIN KAI In Kukawa LGA, Borni State
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Terrorist Attack Troops Of Operation HADIN KAI In Kukawa LGA, Borni State

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  • November 27, 2024
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In the early hours of 25th November 2024, an unconfirmed number of terrorists, mounted on gun trucks and motorcycles, launched an attack on troops of […]

Court Jails Three Internet Fraudsters in Kaduna
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Court Jails Three Internet Fraudsters in Kaduna

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  • October 10, 2024
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Justices R.M. Aikawa and Hauwa’u Buhari of the Federal High Court, Kaduna have convicted and sentenced the trio of AbdulFatai Ismail Alade (a.k.a Hismaheel Asiwaju), […]

NDLEA Arrests Canadian Woman At MMIA, Lagos, For Importing Large Quantity Of Synthetic Cannabis
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NDLEA Arrests Canadian Woman At MMIA, Lagos, For Importing Large Quantity Of Synthetic Cannabis

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  • October 6, 2024
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A 41-year-old Canadian lady Adrienne Munju has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, […]

Native Doctor, Woman In Trouble For Alleged N24.3m Land Fraud in Uyo
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Native Doctor, Woman In Trouble For Alleged N24.3m Land Fraud in Uyo

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  • October 6, 2024
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A Federal High Court sitting in Uyo and presided over by Justice Chigozie M. Onah has fixed November 1, 2024, for a bail hearing and […]

Money Laundering Charges Against Bobrisky were Dropped Lawfully – EFCC
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Money Laundering Charges Against Bobrisky were Dropped Lawfully – EFCC

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  • October 1, 2024
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A Prosecutor with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Bilikisu Bala on Monday, September 30, 2024, told a Joint Committee of the House of […]

EFCC Arraigns Ex-governor Ishaku of Taraba State, Perm Sec for Alleged N27b Fraud
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EFCC Arraigns Ex-governor Ishaku of Taraba State, Perm Sec for Alleged N27b Fraud

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  • October 1, 2024
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, September 30, 2024, arraigned former governor of Taraba State, Darius Dickson Ishaku, and former permanent secretary, […]

EFCC Tackles Yahaya Bello’s Non-Appearance in Court for Arraignment
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EFCC Tackles Yahaya Bello’s Non-Appearance in Court for Arraignment

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  • September 26, 2024
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Lead prosecution counsel in the trial of former governor of Kogi State Yahaya Adoza Bello, Kemi Pinheiro SAN, on Wednesday, September 25, 2024, told Justice […]

NDLEA intercepts N16.1bn opioids, arrests octogenarian, community leader’s wives, son.                                          …As Iran-bound drug mule excretes 76 wraps of cocaine at Kano airport
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NDLEA intercepts N16.1bn opioids, arrests octogenarian, community leader’s wives, son. …As Iran-bound drug mule excretes 76 wraps of cocaine at Kano airport

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  • September 25, 2024
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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted a total of Twenty-Five Million (25,000,000.00) pills of tapentadol, an opioid three times stronger […]

Alleged £1million Fraud: Police Witness Reveals How Suspects Were Apprehended In Ikorodu
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Alleged £1million Fraud: Police Witness Reveals How Suspects Were Apprehended In Ikorodu

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  • September 25, 2024
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The third prosecution witness, PW3, in the ongoing trial of seven suspects over an alleged £1m fraud, Giwa Wasiu, an Assistant Superintendent of the Police, […]

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Media OMBUDSMAN rules against Daily Trust for false reportage on Samoa Agreement

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  • September 24, 2024
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Given the complaint by the government of Nigeria filed against Daily Trust newspapers regarding their coverage of the Samoa Agreement, the National Media Complaints Commission […]

EFCC Hands over Recovered Funds to Spanish Ambassador
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EFCC Hands over Recovered Funds to Spanish Ambassador

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  • September 21, 2024
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The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede on Friday, September 20, 2024, handed over €5100 (Five Thousand, One Hundred […]

EFCC Arraigns Five for N25m Fraud in Maiduguri
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EFCC Arraigns Five for N25m Fraud in Maiduguri

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  • September 20, 2024
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The Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, September 19,  2024, arraigned Hamza Dauda Umar, Abdulrahman Goni, and Abdulmutalib Abdullahi […]

Police Force: Abia, Lagos, Akwa Ibom, Ebonyi get new CPs as Rivers, Delta, FCT CPs get redeployed
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Police Force: Abia, Lagos, Akwa Ibom, Ebonyi get new CPs as Rivers, Delta, FCT CPs get redeployed

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  • September 19, 2024
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The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, PhD., NPM, has ordered the immediate redeployment of the Commissioners of Police of Rivers State Command, Delta […]

Delta State Police Command arrests suspect in possession of 930 rounds of 7. 62MM AK-47, kidnappers, car thiefs
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Delta State Police Command arrests suspect in possession of 930 rounds of 7. 62MM AK-47, kidnappers, car thiefs

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  • September 18, 2024
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The anti-crime patrol team of Aboh division in Delta State, while on stop and search duty in Aboh town; intercepted one motorcycle conveying two occupants […]

Auto parts dealer, businesswoman arrested over UK-bound opioids, cocaine in custard
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Auto parts dealer, businesswoman arrested over UK-bound opioids, cocaine in custard

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  • September 18, 2024
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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested an Ibadan, Oyo state-based businesswoman, Mrs. Adewunmi Adebola Dorcas, and an auto parts dealer, […]

Breaking: New Lagos State Police Commissioner Ishola Olanrewaju, assumes office at the State Command headquarters
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Breaking: New Lagos State Police Commissioner Ishola Olanrewaju, assumes office at the State Command headquarters

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  • September 18, 2024
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A new Commissioner of Police, CP Ishola Olanrewaju Olawale, psc+, mnips has assumed duty as the 40th Commissioner of Police at the Lagos State Command. […]

EFCC, FRSC Strengthen Collaboration on Information Sharing
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EFCC, FRSC Strengthen Collaboration on Information Sharing

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  • September 16, 2024
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, have made fresh moves to strengthen their existing collaboration, particularly in […]

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