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N4.4bn worth of Loud seized at Apapa, Lekki ports; recovers consignments of meth, skunk, opioids in…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have recorded significant breakthroughs across the country's land and maritime borders, including the arrest of a 101-year-old great grandmother for dealing in illicit drug,…
Tinubu Suspends Three Permanent Secretaries as ICPC Uncovers Another Fake Agency in Abuja
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has said that it has uncovered yet another “fake” federal government agency operating at the Federal Secretariat Complex, Abuja.
In a statement…
EFCC Arraigns Brookfield Group Holdings CEO, Olatunji Adebola, for Alleged N990m Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, on Thursday, August 20, 2026, arraigned the Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of Brookfield Group Holdings, Olatunji Oluwaseun Adebola,( a.k.a Whitelion)…
EFCC Arraigns Maryam Shehu, Abubakar Shuraim Abdulhamad for Alleged False Information
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned Maryam Isah Shehu and Abubakar Shuraim Abdulhamad before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Abuja for alleged cybercrime and peddling malicious information…
EFCC Begins Investigation of Suspect, $73,000, £15,957 & 827,800 SAR Intercepted at Kano…
The Kano Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has commenced investigation of a suspect, Haruna Yusuf and multiple undeclared foreign currencies, , $73,000( Seventy Three United States Dollar) £15,957 (…
Court Jails Four for Illegal Forex, Naira Trading in Lagos
Justice F.N. Ogazi of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, August 7, 2026, convicted and sentenced four persons to two and six months’ imprisonment respectively for offences bordering on illegal foreign exchange transactions…
ICPC Secures Conviction of NSCDC Deputy Commandant Over Employment Fraud
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured the conviction of a Deputy Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Sani Lawal, for employment fraud.
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Court Convicts Fake Lawyer for Impersonation, Possession of Forged NBA Seal in Lagos
Justice A.M. Lawal of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Tuesday, August 4, 2026 convicted and sentenced a fake lawyer, John Nwawuto Anoruo for impersonation and possession of a forged seal of the Nigerian Bar…
Court Convicts Ex-National Assembly Member, Hon. Onadeko
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured the conviction of a former member of the Federal House of Representatives, Hon. Onamusi Onadeko.
Onadeko, who represented Ogun…
EFCC Recovers N158 million from Fraudster, Returns Money to Businessman in Benin City
The Acting Zonal Director, Benin Zonal Directorate, Deputy Commander of the EFCC, Sa’ad Hanafi Sa’ad on Wednesday July 29, 2026 handed over a bank draft of N42 million to Ebesunun Mathew Edonojie, being the sum recovered by operatives of…