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EFCC Arraigns Blessing CEO On Fresh Alleged N69.1m Fraud
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, arraigned a social media influencer, Okoro Blessing Nkiruka, (a.k.a Blessing CEO) for an alleged N69,150,000 (Sixty-Nine Million,…
Fed High Court Sentences Four to Death for 2022 Owo Catholic Church Massacre
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja has sentenced four suspects in the 2022 terrorist attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo Ondo State to death.
Delivering judgement, Justice Nwite convicted Idris Abdulmalik…
Alleged $6b Mambilla Project Fraud : EFCC Presents Fifth Witness Against Former Minister
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, June 1, 2026, presented the Fifth Prosecution Witness, PW5, in the trial of the former Minister of Power, Olu Agunloye, before Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal…
NDLEA Uncovers Drug Hidden in Water Purifier Machines from Europe at Lagos Airport
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have uncovered consignments of high potency illicit drugs concealed in water purifier machines shipped to Lagos from Netherlands.
The illicit drug consignments,…
Chinese Granny Arrested with 31kg of Synthetic Cannabis in Lagos Airport
A 63-year-old Chinese grandma Ting Hung Kiong has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) following her attempt to smuggle large consignment of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis into…
NDLEA Bursts Nigerian-Mexican Drug Ring, Seize N480billion Worth of Meth
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has dealt another crippling blow to transnational organized crime by completely dismantling a highly sophisticated, multi-million-dollar Nigerian- Mexican methamphetamine production…
EFCC Arrests Fleeing Former Power Minister, Saleh Mamman Who was Convicted of Diversion of N38…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arrested the Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman who was sentenced to 79 years by the FederalHighCourt, Abuja.
The former Minister who has been on the run was…
EFCC Begins Investigation of Undeclared $461,600 at Kano Airport
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Kano Zonal Directorate, has begun investigation of two male suspects: Jamilu Shuaibu Waya and Usman Namadi for a total sum of $461,600 (Four Hundred Sixty One Thousand, Six Hundred…
EFCC Hands Over Recovered N837million to Katsina State Governor
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Kano Zonal Directorate, on Monday, May 18, 2026 officially handed over recovered monetary exhibits totaling ₦837,485,389.00 to the Katsina State Government.
The handover…
NNPC Probe: EFCC Secures Final Forfeiture of Private Jet Linked to Borno Commissioner
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, May 18, 2026, secured a final forfeiture order of a Hawker private Jet 125 before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja over its link to fraud,…