The African Asset Recovery Practitioners Forum, AARP, has charged African countries to join hands in forging a road map and actionable processes against resource theft and asset recovery on the continent. This charge was given at the ongoing inaugural meeting of the Forum in Nairobi, Kenya with the theme: “Supporting Efforts of African Union Member States to Effectively Implement the Common African Position on Asset Recovery, CAPAR. Credit: Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
Author: Kunle Edun
Operatives of the Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, April 15, 2025 arrested 47 suspected internet fraudsters at different locations in Benin City, Edo State. Credit: Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
Justice Alexander Owoeye of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Tuesday, April 15, 2025, convicted and sentenced one Uzondu Precious Chimaobi to four years imprisonment for his refusal to accept the Naira as a legal tender. Chimaobi was arraigned by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, on February 5, 2025 on a two-count charge bordering on refusal to accept the Naira as a legal tender. Credit: Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday, April 14, 2025, presented its first prosecution witness, PW1, Peter Obumuneme Okoye, against Jude Chigozie Okoye, elder brother and former Manager of Paul and Peter Okoye, before Justice A. Owoeye of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. Credit: Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Okotie Eboh, Ikoyi, Lagos, on Thursday, April 10, 2025, secured the conviction and sentence of two internet fraudsters to one year imprisonment each before Justice Abike Fadipe of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. Credit: Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday, April 14, 2025, arraigned a Chinese, Liu Beixiang, before Justice Ayokule Faji of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. The defendant is standing trial on a one- count charge of giving false information to an officer of the EFCC. Credit: Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
Operatives of the Uyo Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 17 suspected internet fraudsters in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. Credit: Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
The Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, between March 27 to April 11, 2025 secured the conviction and sentence of nine internet fraudsters before Justice A.N. Erhabor of Edo State High Court, sitting in Benin City, Edo State. Credit: Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
The Sixth Prosecution Witness, PW6, Suleiman Oluwadare Ishola in the ongoing trial of the former governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed, and his former Commissioner for Finance, Ademola Banu, has corroborated the testimonies of earlier witnesses that the Ahmed’s administration borrowed the funds of Kwara State’s Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC to offset backlog salaries of workers and pensioners in the state. Credit: Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
The Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has secured the conviction and sentence of five internet fraudsters before Justices R.M.Aikawa of the Federal High Court, sitting in Kaduna and D.H Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court, sitting in Kaduna. Credit: Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)