Oladipupo Olabode Oladimeji, a well-known Nigerian rapper who goes by the stage name Oladips, said that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrested him for not paying his taxes. The musician said this while talking about his time in EFCC custody. GISTCON remembers that the EFCC broke into Oladips’ estate in November 2024 and … Read more
In Lagos State, 192 foreign nationals convicted of cyberterrorism, internet fraud, and related financial crimes have been deported by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in cooperation with the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) and the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS). The final group of 50 Chinese and one Tunisian were repatriated on October 16, 2025, … Read more
Former NSTIF board chairman Ngozi Olejeme was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Maitama, Abuja, on Wednesday, October 8, 2025. Olejeme was hit with eight counts related to ₦1 billion in charges of money laundering, conversion, transfer, and possession. She is accused … Read more
Present at the State House in Abuja at the moment are Ola Olukoyede, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and Ibok-Ete Ibas, who was the sole administrator of Rivers State immediately before him. The immediate purpose of their visit to the Villa was unclear, but rumour had it that President Bola Tinubu … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has obtained a court order to detain Sijibomi Ogundele, the Chief Executive Officer of Sujimoto Luxury Construction Limited, in connection with an alleged N5.7 billion unexecuted contract. Ogundele is under investigation by the Commission for purportedly failing to execute 22 Smart Green School projects in Enugu State, following … Read more
Atiku Abubakar, the former vice president, paid a call to Senator Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, the former governor of Sokoto State, at his Abuja house on Monday. This visit was reportedly prompted by Tambuwal’s recent release from the EFCC’s detention, according to XANDERTECH. Former House Speaker and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain Tambuwal was apprehended by … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has recovered over N5bn and $10m from contractors and government officials indicted in the fraud in the turnaround maintenance of the nation’s refineries in Port Harcourt, Kaduna and Warri. Sunday XANDERTECH reliably gathered that the anti-graft agency was working to recover another N10bn and $13m allegedly siphoned through contractors … Read more