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Some ministers pay billions to get appointed, says APC campaign spokesman

The Editor — Fri, 23 Oct 2026 10:16:32 +0000

A spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, Alwan Hassan, has alleged that some ministers pay billions of naira to secure appointments and subsequently seek to recover the money. Hassan made the allegation during an interview on Arise News on Thursday, while defending President Bola Tinubu’s direct oversight of government revenue and […]

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INTERPOL arrests two cybercrime suspects in Nigeria

The Editor — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:05:23 +0000

The International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) has announced the arrest of two suspects in separate cybercrime investigations in Nigeria, including a suspect linked to a phishing and business email compromise operation that collected about 2.1 million email addresses. INTERPOL disclosed this on Thursday in a statement on its website detailing the outcome of Operation Serengeti […]

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Fraud: How I steal ATM users’ PINs, defraud them – Suspect

The Editor — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:38:07 +0000

A suspected fraudster has explained how he allegedly stole bank customers’ PINs by pretending to help them operate automated teller machines in Calabar, Cross River State. The suspect, whose identity was not disclosed in a statement by the Cross River State Police Command, said he targeted customers who needed assistance at ATM points, withheld their […]

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EFCC arraigns woman over N31m, $3,600, €1,815 visa fraud

The Editor — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 20:23:54 +0000

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a woman, Modupe Oriyomi Ativie, before the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, over alleged visa fraud involving N31.06m, $3,600 and €1,815. Ativie was arraigned by the EFCC’s Port Harcourt Zonal Directorate before Justice A.T. Muhammed on a five-count charge bordering on visa fraud, […]

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Court strikes out FG charges against fake PFIPC DG

The Editor — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:17:26 +0000

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday struck out the eight-count criminal charge filed by the Federal Government against the alleged fake Director-General of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), Adeniyi Adeyemi. Justice Mohammed Garba Umar struck out the charge following an application by the Federal Government, which said Adeyemi would be transferred […]

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Court dismisses El-Rufai’s suit against DSS, EFCC, ICPC, others

The Editor — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:32:56 +0000

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday dismissed the suit filed by a former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, to seek an order restraining the Department of State Services (DSS), Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and others from freezing his bank accounts and seizing his assets. The court, […]

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Umahi threatens EFCC, ICPC action against non-performing contractors

The Editor — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 16:50:48 +0000

The Minister of Works, Engr. David Umahi, has warned contractors who collected Federal Government funds but failed to mobilise to project sites that they risk sanctions, including action by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). Umahi issued the warning at a press briefing […]

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Court reserves judgment on El-Rufai’s bail appeal

The Editor — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 14:21:48 +0000

The Court of Appeal sitting in Kaduna on Tuesday reserved judgment in an appeal filed by former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, challenging the refusal of his bail application by the Kaduna State High Court. The three-member panel, led by Justice Onyekachi Otisi, reserved judgment after listening to arguments from counsel to El-Rufai and the […]

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EFCC probes suspect with fake $212,200 in Kano

The Editor — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 22:24:07 +0000

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has commenced an investigation into a suspect, Usaini Ibrahim, who was arrested in Kano with counterfeit United States currency valued at $212,200. According to a post obtained from EFCC’s X handle on Thursday, Ibrahim was arrested on September 3, 2026, by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement […]

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Cash Transfers Office rejects N33.75bn fraud allegation, presents evidence

The Editor — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 01:09:27 +0000

‎‎The National Cash Transfer Office (NCTO) has rejected reports of an Auditor-General’s query over N33.75 billion in 2023 cash transfers. NCTO insisted that the payments were made to identified beneficiaries through established electronic systems. ‎ ‎The office said an audit query or observation did not, by itself, establish that public funds were stolen, diverted, misappropriated […]

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Reps panel traces 58 bank accounts, 12 entities, 39 workers to fake PFIPC DG

The Editor — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 20:14:32 +0000

The House of Representatives says it traced 58 bank accounts and 39 workers to the alleged fake Director-General of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC). The House ad hoc committee investigating the council disclosed this on Wednesday during its sitting, saying preliminary financial information showed that more than 30 of the accounts were apparently […]

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EFCC summons ex-Gov. Sylva over alleged $14.86m fraud

The Editor — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 02:03:01 +0000

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has urged former Bayelsa State Governor, Timipre Sylva, who has been declared wanted over an alleged $14.86m fraud, to make himself available for questioning. The commission’s spokesman, Dele Oyewale, stated this on Monday while reacting to Sylva’s allegation that the anti-graft agency had conducted itself more as an […]

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EFCC offers 5% whistleblower reward for tips on stolen assets abroad

The Editor — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 23:31:02 +0000

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has offered whistleblowers up to 5% reward for credible information leading to the recovery of Nigerian assets allegedly stashed abroad. EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, made the disclosure on Wednesday, August 26, 2026, while delivering a lecture at the 43rd International Symposium on Economic Crime in Cambridge, United Kingdom. Olukoyede urged […]

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NDLEA opposes bail for 10 in N480bn Ogun meth lab

The Editor — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 01:13:44 +0000

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has opposed the bail application filed by 10 defendants arrested during a raid on an alleged clandestine methamphetamine laboratory in a forest in Ogun State. The agency said the defendants are an alleged organised network involved in the production and trafficking of methamphetamine and the acquisition and transportation […]

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FEC directs EFCC to release looted funds to education sector

The Editor — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 18:16:13 +0000

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved that monies seized by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) be released to the Education sector. The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, who stated this after the Federal Executive Council meeting on Wednesday, said the monies will be channelled through the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND). […]

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US-based Nigerian risks 20 years’ jail over $2.7m fraud

The Editor — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:02:46 +0000

The United States Department of Justice has said that a 41-year-old Nigerian, Babajide Adesayo, is at risk of 10 years’ imprisonment following his conviction by a federal jury of laundering more than $2.7m obtained from victims of romance fraud and other online scams. The US DoJ disclosed this in a statement obtained on its website […]

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EFCC recovers N115bn, $84m NDDC levy from oil firms

The Editor — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 23:44:37 +0000

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has recovered more than N115bn and $84m in outstanding statutory levies owed the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) by oil companies, the agency told the Senate on Wednesday. The disclosure was made before the Senate Public Accounts Committee, chaired by Senator Ibrahim Dankwambo, during the committee’s ongoing investigation […]

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PFIPC scandal: Adeyemi demands media, lawyers’ presence before Reps probe

The Editor — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:01:06 +0000

The House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee investigating the controversy surrounding the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) is yet to decide where it will question the council’s self-appointed Director-General, Adeniyi Adeyemi, a source familiar with the committee’s proceedings has disclosed. The development comes as Adeyemi insisted that his lawyers and journalists must be present […]

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Italy-based bizman excretes 98 cocaine wraps at Enugu Airport

The Editor — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 23:48:07 +0000

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrested Joseph Cyril, a 30-year-old Italy-based businessman, at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport (AIIA), Enugu, on Sunday, 2nd August 2026, during the outward clearance of passengers boarding Ethiopian Airlines flight ET930, in an attempt to smuggle cocaine out of Nigeria has ended in arrest after he ingested 98 wraps of […]

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ICPC clears Gbajabiamila of wrongdoing in fake agency saga

The Editor — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:53:15 +0000

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has cleared the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, of any wrongdoing in the controversy surrounding a purported Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC), concluding that the appointment letter presented by Adeniyi Adeyemi Mathew was forged. ICPC Chairman, Dr Musa Adamu Aliyu (SAN), […]

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