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Lagos Airport: EFCC Investigates Undeclared Foreign Currency

Lagos Airport: EFCC Investigates Undeclared Foreign Currency

October 12, 2025 11:06 am

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has opened an investigation into two travellers detained at Lagos’ Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Terminal 2, after they were allegedly found with undeclared foreign currencies exceeding $6.18 million and £53,415.

According to a statement released on Saturday by EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, the suspects, identified as Mamud Nasidi and Yahaya Nasidi, were intercepted by personnel of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) during a routine inspection.

Nigeria’s anti-graft agency has intensified airport surveillance in recent months amid rising cases of undeclared cash movements through major entry points. The …

Akpabio The Southern Stooge Of The Fulani Oligarchy

Akpabio: The Southern Stooge Of The Fulani Oligarchy

July 24, 2023 3:45 am

In the political amphitheatre of Nigeria, few characters have drawn as much scrutiny and controversy as Sen. Godswill Akpabio, the former Governor of Akwa Ibom State and now Senate President. In a country yearning for transparent and accountable leadership, the narrative surrounding Akpabio’s political maneuvers provides a cautionary tale of the obstacles that Nigeria must surmount.

Akpabio’s term as Governor of Akwa Ibom State from 2007 to 2015 was marred by allegations of corruption, leading to a sweeping investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The purported embezzlement of N108bn (hundred and Eight billion naira) under his …

10 Buhari Appointees Who Stole Nigeria Dry

10 Buhari Appointees Who Stole Nigeria Dry

June 19, 2023 2:53 am

Last month saw the unceremonious bowing of power of former President Muhammadu Buhari and his criminal enablers and looters of Nigeria’s common patrimony. While the former President’s penchant for failure, incompetence, and nepotism did not surprise many, his proclivity to harbouring thieves came as a rude shock to many who saw the President earn the anti-corruption title of Mai Gaskiya in Northern Nigeria.

Under Buhari, mindless looting became so common that the old man from Daura saw him gasping for air under the weight of the outrageous stealing which went down under his watch. At a point, he saw himself …

Nuhu Ribadu Has Tinubu Suddenly Become Free Of Corruption

Nuhu Ribadu: Has Tinubu Suddenly Become Free Of Corruption?

June 19, 2023 1:42 am

Years after he described his new boss in uncharitable words, Nigeria’s recently appointed National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu has now completed a 180-degree turn, accepting a sensitive job from someone he was sure was one of the most corrupt Nigerians alive. As ironic and confusing as this may sound, what can be deduced from it is that President Bola Tinubu was either innocent of the allegations slammed on him by Ribadu when he was EFCC Chairman or Ribadu was telling cheap lies, or perhaps, both.

For over two decades, Nigeria has been fighting bloody battles to liberate the country …

P&ID Court Orders Arrest Of Briton Over $9.6bn Fraud

P&ID: Court Orders Arrest Of Briton Over $9.6bn Fraud

September 29, 2022 4:05 am

A Federal High Court sitting In Abuja on Wednesday ordered the immediate arrest of a British national, James Nolan, for jumping bail in a fraud case involving the P&ID firm.

Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, issued this order after Nolan, who is a director in the Process and Industrial Development Limited (P&ID) failed to appear for trial.

Nolan is being tried by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) along with Lurgi Consult Limited and others,  in  a money laundering case to the tune of $9.6 billion.

In his ruling, Justice Mohammed said Nolan …

₦6.3bn Fraud: EFCC Expresses Displeasure, Appeals Jang’s Acquittal

₦6.3bn Fraud: EFCC Expresses Displeasure, Appeals Jang’s Acquittal

September 2, 2022 7:30 pm

In lieu of the recent ruling by the Plateau High court, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has finally gotten to react to Friday’s judgement, which had discharged and acquitted Senator Jonah Jang.

Justice Christy L. Dabup of the Plateau State High Court in Jos had finally discharged and acquitted the ex-governor after some months of  perusing through the case. She had also also cleared a former cashier in the Secretary to the State Government’s office, Yusuf Pam.

Read Also: EFCC Arrests, Quizes NDDC’s Account Director Over ₦25bn Fraud

Both had been facing some 17-count charges which had been …

HURIWA ‘Resignation Is Not Enough’ – HURIWA Calls For Ex-CJN's Arrest

‘Resignation Is Not Enough’ – HURIWA Calls For Ex-CJN’s Arrest

June 28, 2022 12:17 pm

In lieu of his recent resignation from office, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been told to arrest and detain the former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Muhammad immediately.

This was after Muhammad had tendered in his resignation as the CJN on Monday, whike citing some health issues.

Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, had also revealed that the resignation of Muhammad was not actually enough to clear him of corruption allegations which had been levelled against him by the 14 justices of the Supreme Court.

Read Also: Acting CJN, Olukayode Ariwoola Promises Not To Fail Nigerians

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ADC – Moghalu Bribed State Chairmen But Still Lost - Kachikwu

ADC: Moghalu Bribed State Chairmen But Still Lost – Kachikwu

June 15, 2022 4:38 am

The winner of the 2023 presidential ticket of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Dumebi Kachikwu has hit out at his opponent in the race alleging that Kingsley Moghalu, who lost the presidential primaries, bribed state chairmen of the party but still lost.

Kachikwu, in an interview with Channels TV which was monitored by Africa Daily News, New York, revealed that Moghalu sent some of the state chairmen N1 million and cash to some delegates before the election.

The ADC chieftain, who claimed that he has evidence to back up his claim, further stated that the party has asked its legal …

Mompha Flaunts Bail Terms Again, Travels To Dubai

Mompha Flaunts Bail Terms Again, Travels To Dubai

June 11, 2022 6:24 pm

Controversial socialite who is currently embroilled in a tussle with the EFCC, Ismaila Mustapha, also known as Mompha has reportedly breached the terms of his bail by procuring a new passport and travelling to Dubai on 11 April.

The EFCC’s prosecuting counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo has told the Ikeja High Court.

Oyedepo made the startling information known on Friday to Justice Mojisola Dada, in whose court, Mompha, with his company Ismalob Global Investment Limited, was standing trial.

Read Also: Mompha Sues EFCC, Demands ₦5m As Damages

The Instagram celebrity and businessman was arraigned by the Lagos Command of the Economic and …

EFCC Declares Christ Embassy's Pastor Bribena, Wife Wanted

EFCC Declares Christ Embassy’s Pastor Bribena, Wife Wanted

June 10, 2022 12:46 pm

Reports reaching the desk of Africa Daily News, New York have shown that the Chief Executive Officer of Baraza Multipurpose Cooperative, a Bayelsa-based Ponzi scheme, Pastor (Dr) Miebi Bribena (full name: Onyimiebi Bribena) and his wife, Beatrice Bribena have all been declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC for allegedly defrauding Nigerians to the tune of over ₦2 billion.

Bribena, who is a pastor at Christ Embassy Kumasi 1, Ghana, fled Nigeria last year after failing to pay investors their return on investment (ROI), leading to protests in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital.

Bribena had alleged that …

EFCC Closes ₦6.3bn Fraud Case Against Ex-Plateau Gov Jang

EFCC Closes ₦6.3bn Fraud Case Against Ex-Plateau Gov Jang

June 2, 2022 5:10 am

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has announced that it has closed its case against a former Plateau State Governor, Jonah Jang.

Also facing trial is a former cashier in the Office of the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Yusuf Pam.

Justice C. L. Dabup of Plateau State High Court in Jos is presiding over the case.

Jang and Pam are being prosecuted for alleged criminal breach of trust and misappropriation of state funds to the tune of ₦6.3billion.

Read Also: Fraud: EFCC Faces Off With Rochas Okorocha In Court Today

The EFCC presented fourteen witnesses and tendered …

IPPIS Fraud: ASUU Reacts To Accountant-General's Arrest

IPPIS Fraud: ASUU Reacts To Accountant-General’s Arrest

May 19, 2022 9:44 am

Concerning the arrest of the Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris who was nabbed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC for allegedly siphoning over ₦80,000,000,000 (eighty billion naira), the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has reiterated that the arrest has gone a long way to buttress its notion that IPPIS is fraud.

The union said this while reacting to Idris’s arrest over alleged money laundering and diversion of N80bn.

Read Also: FG May Drop IPPIS For ASUU, Others As Opposition Grows

ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, speaking with Newsmen warned that the case should not be covered …

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