By Sharon Ngozi Nwabiani (Senior Correspondent, in Lagos) @ZikaSharon

Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested one Adeleke Adeyemi for his involvement in an alleged case of conspiracy, obtaining money by false pretense, diversion of funds, issuance of dud cheques, and money laundering to the tune of N800,000.00( Eight Hundred Million Naira).

By Sharon Ngozi Nwabiani (Senior Correspondent, in Lagos) @ZikaSharon

The Lagos office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and Nigerian Navy Ship, NNS Beecroft, Apapa, Lagos have reaffirmed their commitment to the fight against oil theft.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CeleOkaf11

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa has charged staff of the Commission to adhere to the virtues of courage, integrity and professionalism, which are the core values of the Commission, in tackling economic and financial crimes.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CeleOkaf11

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, on Thursday, April 8, 2021, visited the Ibadan Zonal Office of the Commission with a message for the staff to be hardworking and devoted to work as Nigerians are looking up to them for success in the fight against corruption.

By Bitrus Pam (Kaduna State Correspondent)

A Kaduna State High Court presided by Justice Mohammed Tukur on Wednesday, April 7, 2021, granted bail one Ibrahim Zailani Daneji who was arraigned by the Kaduna Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on a 15-count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust to the tune of fifty-three million nairas ( N53,000,000.00).

By Thelma VeraCruze (Bureau Chief South-South, in Portharcourt)

Justice A.T Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has convicted and sentenced Gerald Uwuoma ( a.k.a, Charlie Clifford Jimmy) and Promise Amadi, a serial fraudster, to two years in prison on separate charges that border on impersonation and internet fraud contrary to Section 22 (2) (b) (i) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention etc.) Act, 2015 and punishable under Section 22 (2) (b) (iv)of the same Act.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CeleOkaf11

A Kaduna State High Court, Kaduna, has ordered the interim forfeiture of N316,748 belonging to one Mr. Haruna Mamuda, over allegations of fraud.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)@CeleOkaf11

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, on Wednesday, April 1, 2021, disclosed that the Commission arrested more than 400 young Nigerians for internet-related fraud in the first three months of the year.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CeleOkaf11

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, on Wednesday, April 1, 2021, pledged to enhance the collaboration between the Commission and the University of Abuja in developing postgraduate programmes in Forensic. He made the pledge in his office while receiving a delegation from the University of Abuja led by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Abdulrasheed Na ‘Allah.

By Moji Eniola

Submission of asset declaration forms will soon be done online, in an effort to make the exercise easier.

The Chairman of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), Mr. Danladi Umar, gave the assurance on Wednesday in Lagos at a meeting on “Promoting Transparency and Accountability in Asset Declaration by High-Ranking Public Officers”.

By Musa Inuwa (Niger State Correspondent)

The money laundering trial of a former governor of Niger State, Muazu Babangida Aliyu, and two others: Tanko Beji and Umar Muhammad Nasko continued on Tuesday March 30, 2021 with the first prosecution witness, PW1, Muhammad Ndawuye Nmadu, telling the Court that auditors could not trace the address of contractors that received about N1.7bn from the Niger State government in 2014.

By Catherine Okumagba (Delta State Correspondent, in Ughelli)

Operatives of the Benin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested one Queen Jonathan, for suspected internet fraud in Oghara, Delta State.