The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has disclosed that it had arrested 101 Nigerians alongside four Chinese nationals for cybercrime-related offences in Abuja, at an apartment in the Gudu area of the nation’s capital.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has dismissed about 27 of its officers for involving in fraudulent activities and other misconducts contrary to the standard operating procedures, SOP, of the agency. Although the anti graft did not give detail of names of the affected personnel’s, their dismissal followed the recommendation of the staff disciplinary committee of the agency.
The Nigeria Police Force has faulted a report released by the Amnesty International which accused the security agency of using maximum force against #EndBadGovernance protesters in August, killing 24 persons and detaining over 100 others including minors. Recall on November 28 2024, Amnesty International had released a report, titled “Bloody August: Nigeria Government’s Violent Crackdown on #EndBadGovernance Protests.”
The Governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has yesterday revealed that he doubted if the release of the detained Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, leader Nnamdi Kanu, would end the violence and insecurity in the South-East.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has busted and arrested a syndicate of 193 foreigners and 599 Nigerian suspects in a cryptocurrency and romance scam networks in Lagos state. The anti graft spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, made this known to newsmen in Lagos yesterday.
Finnish authorities have reportedly frozen assets belonging to the controversial self-proclaimed pro-Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa, and four other persons over alleged terrorism.
