By Chinelo Ogbodo (Enugu State Correspondent)

In its bid to frontally combat money laundering, terrorism financing, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, safeguard businesses and strengthen the integrity of Nigeria’s financial system, the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has called on operators of Designated Non-Financial Businesses and Professions, DNFBPs in the South-East to comply with mandatory registration under the Special Control Unit Against Money Laundering, SCUML.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief)

The trial of former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Ifeanyi Emefiele, continued on Tuesday, March 17, 2026, before Justice Hamza Mu'azu of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, Maitama, Abuja, with the court granting the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, a final adjournment to present its last witness.

By Abubakar Bello (Kano State Correspondent)

The Kano Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, March 17, 2026, handed over the sum of N387,483,488.00 (Three Hundred and Eighty-Seven Million, Four Hundred and Eighty-Three Thousand, Four Hundred and Eighty-Eight Naira), recovered from fraudulent actors to the Jigawa State Government.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief)

The trial of former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, alongside his wife, Asabe Rakiya Bashir, and his son, Abubakar Abdulaziz Malami, continued on Monday, March 16, 2026, before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja.

By Monica Egwuatu (Lagos State Correspondent, in Ikeja)

An operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Felicia Paul, on Monday, March 16, 2026, narrated before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, how a businessman, Peter Otomewu, allegedly defrauded a petroleum services company, Virgin Forest Energy Limited, of $75,000.

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