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The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, has urged Nigerians to enter 2026 with a renewed commitment to accountability and zero tolerance for corruption. Olukoyede made the call in a New Year message delivered in Abuja on December 24, according to a statement issued by…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) have reaffirmed their commitment to collaborating in combating money laundering, smuggling, and other economic crimes that threaten Nigeria’s financial system. The pledge was made during a courtesy and familiarisation visit by Comptroller G. I. Aliyu, the newly…
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By Tunde Olamilekan The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared Osun-born business mogul Olasijibomi Ogundele wanted over alleged “diversion of funds and money laundering.” The 44-year-old indigene of Oriade Local Government also deals in real estate. The anti-graft agency declared Ogundele wanted in a notice published on Friday…
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Panic has gripped the African Democratic Congress as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission allegedly targets key members of the 2027 coalition, who are working to unseat President Bola Tinubu at the 2027 election. This comes as the EFCC on Monday interrogated former Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, a member…
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Twenty-one students of the Osun State University, who were arrested by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission last Thursday, have been released. The arrest of the students in their various hostels in the Oke Baale area of Osogbo by a team from the Ibadan zonal office of…
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By Editor Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office, on Thursday, June 20, 2019 swept on hideouts of suspected internet fraudsters in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, and smoked out 27 suspects among whom were four ladies suspected to be their girlfriends. Officials of the…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested eight suspected internet fraudsters in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. According to a statement from the anti-graft agency on Saturday, the suspects were apprehended by operatives of EFCC Ibadan Zonal Office at the Elebu-Oja area of the town. Those arrested are…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday said it had in its custody three suspected Advance Fee fraudsters, otherwise known as Yahoo Boys arrested in Ilesha, Osun. The Acting Head, Media and Publicity of the commission, Mr Tony Orilade, stated this in a statement made available to newsmen…
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By Muyiwa Adeyemi The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan Zonal Office has arrested a suspected internet fraudster, Afolabi Ojo, who allegedly specialised in defrauding unsuspecting members of the public through phony online shopping. Ojo, a student of the Polytechnic of Iree, Osun State, was arrested following a petition…
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By Editor The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, in Osun State has called on the state governor, Rauf Aregbesola, to use part of the Paris Club refund to pay the salary arrears of medical doctors in the state. The association made the call on Tuesday in a communique signed by its…
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