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Justice Muhammed Danjuma of the Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Tuesday, September 8, 2026, affirmed the conviction and sentence of former Managing Director of the Nigeria Export-Import Bank (NEXIM), Robert Orya, by Justice F.E. Messiri of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Abuja. Orya was convicted and sentenced to 490 years’ imprisonment for bank fraud on Thursday, February 5, 2026. The convict was arraigned in 2021 by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a 49-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence, forgery, and advance fee fraud involving ₦2.4 billion. Dissatisfied with the judgment, he approached…
The Akinole-Oshiun family of Agidingbi, Ikeja, Lagos State, has petitioned President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over an alleged attempt by the member representing Ikeja Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. James Abiodun Faleke, and the Ogun-Oshun River Basin Development Authority (OORBDA) to dispossess it of an approximately 8,000-square-metre parcel of land along Lateef Jakande Road, Agidingbi. The family, in an open letter dated September 4, 2026, and addressed to President Tinubu, alleged that Faleke and OORBDA were using political influence and government machinery to interfere with its possession of the property, despite a series of judgments by superior courts…
Justice K.A. Jose of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Tapa, Lagos, on Thursday, September 3, 2026, convicted and sentenced five persons to seven years’ imprisonment for their involvement in an alleged ₦117.7 million fraud involving Chi Limited. The convicts—Yinka Salawu, Joshua Oluremi Daramola, Raji Ahmed, Afolabi Israel Olusegun, and Muraina Olanrewaju Abdullahi—were prosecuted by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a six-count charge bordering on conspiracy to obtain money by false pretence, obtaining money by false pretence, and forgery. One of the counts reads: “That you, Yinka Salawu (aka Mr.…
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Friday, September 4, 2026, arraigned Ali Bala and Yusuf Umar Anka before Justice Olukayode Ogunjobi of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, for alleged fraud involving £110,000 and ₦500 million. The defendants are standing trial on a 10-count charge bordering on money laundering, stealing and retention of stolen property. One of the counts reads: “That you, ALI BALA (a.k.a. Barrister Ahmed) and YUSUF UMAR ANKA, sometime in 2025 in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, conducted financial transactions involving proceeds of…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has broken its monetary asset recovery record in both local and foreign currencies during the 34 months of Ola Olukoyede’s leadership. The disclosure was made on Monday, August 31, 2026, when the Executive Chairman of the Commission, Ola Olukoyede, addressed the media on his stewardship. Available records showed that recoveries in naira hit an all-time high of ₦1,233,612,040,411.11 (One Trillion, Two Hundred and Thirty-Three Billion, Six Hundred and Twelve Million, Forty Thousand, Four Hundred and Eleven Naira, Eleven Kobo). In dollars, recoveries hit $684,478,457.32 (Six Hundred and Eighty-Four Million, Four Hundred and Seventy-Eight…
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has disclosed that the anti-graft agency recovered more than ₦1.23 trillion and $684.47 million in proceeds of crime within the first 34 months of his administration, while securing 10,872 convictions from 14,476 cases filed in court. Olukoyede disclosed this on Monday, August 31, 2026, while presenting his three-year stewardship report at the EFCC headquarters in Abuja. The EFCC Chairman, who assumed office with a pledge to reposition the Commission and strengthen its fight against economic and financial crimes, said the past 34 months had been characterised by…
A Nigerian-American forensic psychologist and criminal justice expert, Professor John Egbeazien Oshodi, has described the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, as a “man of integrity” who is building the anti-graft agency beyond his personality. Oshodi, in a commentary on Monday, said Olukoyede was strengthening professional systems within the EFCC, developing young officers, recovering public assets, promoting preventive measures and building public confidence in lawful anti-corruption enforcement. He said the EFCC chairman’s leadership was particularly significant because Olukoyede appeared focused not merely on his personal visibility but on strengthening the institution he heads. “Olukoyede is…
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction and sentencing of two fraudsters, Agboola Abdullahi Abiodun and Victor Okonjo, before Justice F. N. Ogazi of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, for offences bordering on money laundering and fraudulent impersonation. The convicts were separately arraigned on charges bordering on money laundering and cybercrime offences. Agboola was arraigned on a three-count charge, one count of which reads: “That you, AGBOOLA ABDULLAHI ABIODUN, sometime in 2025 in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, indirectly disguised part of the origin…
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday, August 26, 2026, facilitated the extradition of Mudashiru Afeez Olawale and Adebola Festus Adekunle to the United States of America (U.S.) to face prosecution for allegedly sexually extorting two teenage boys in the U.S., resulting in their deaths. Olawale and Adekunle were identified in separate investigations by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) into sextortion schemes targeting male minors, particularly those between the ages of 13 and 17, which allegedly resulted in the deaths of two minors. The schemes allegedly involved the use of Child…
Justice Friday Ogazi of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to produce detained Lagos social media influencer and businessman, Afolabi Kazeem Michael, popularly known as “KC Luxury,” in court after he allegedly spent 14 days in the agency’s custody without being formally charged. The court also directed the anti-narcotics agency to respond within five days to the fundamental rights application challenging Afolabi’s continued detention and to show cause why he should not be released or admitted to bail. Justice Ogazi made the orders on Thursday following an ex parte application…