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EFCC issues wanted notice for Kano native Auwalu Tijjani in connection with alleged $1.9 million money laundering

Temitope Nlewemchi — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:44:48 +0000

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared Auwalu Tijjani, a businessman from Kano State, wanted in connection with a high-profile case involving the alleged laundering of $1.9 million. The anti-graft agency made the announcement on Thursday through an official public notice, urging Nigerians with useful information about his whereabouts to come forward. According [...]

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EFCC Arraigns ‘Fake General’ Who Claimed Buhari Nominated Him As Army Chief

enara writes — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 21:53:07 +0000

The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a fake army general Abiodun was brought before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on Monday on 13 counts bordering on obtaining money by false pretence, forgery of documents and possession of documents containing false [...]

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Court dismissed Marine Asset’s suit seeking to stop EFCC’s investigation.

enara writes — Fri, 08 Apr 2022 17:10:00 +0000

EFCC says there was no record of any business done since their incorporation by the CAC in 2018. Justice Bolaji Olajuwon of the Federal high court in Abuja has dismissed a suit by Marine Assets and Offshore Equipment Limited, an oil and gas service firm seeking to stop investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes [...]

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Oil theft: EFCC announces arrest of suspected illegal oil dealer in Uyo

enara writes — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 10:11:18 +0000

EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, has announced that it has in its custody, a suspect caught with illegally refined petroleum products in Uyo In a statement by the commission spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, the suspect was caught with the product concealed in reinforced plastic bags tucked in many sack bags. According to EFCC, the suspect was caught [...]

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N6bn Alleged Laundering: Mompha work out, plea bargain

enara writes — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 07:29:00 +0000

The trial of Ismaila Mustapha, also known as Mompha, and his company, Ismalob Global Investment Limited, continued on Wednesday. Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos, is presiding over the case. The prosecution and defence gave the court their reports on the plea bargain being worked on. Mompha was arraigned by [...]

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EFCC Prosecutes Lagos Ex-Speaker, Ikuforiji and Assistant for Laundering N14.7M

Abiodun A. — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 16:22:32 +0000

On Wednesday, September 30, 2020, the first prosecution witness, PW1, Adebayo Adeniyi, an investigator with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, told Federal High Court Justice Muhammad Liman, sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, how Adeyemi Ikuforiji, former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, diverted the amount of N14.7 m through his assistant and [...]

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Dakuku Peterside Slams Governor Nyesom Wike

David Folami — Sat, 15 Apr 2017 23:50:05 +0000

The Director-General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Dakuku Peterside has questioned the mental state of Governor Nyesom Wike. This is coming on the heels of Wike’s statement claiming that the $43.45million found in a Lagos apartment belongs to the Rivers state Government. The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) recovered the [...]

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