The Special Control Unit against Money Laundering (SCUML) of the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has sealed up Hampton Hilton Hotel and Apartments, Kadu...

The Special Control Unit Against Money Laundering, SCUML, on Monday, September, 29 2025 sealed the premises of two Designated Non-Financial Businesses and Professions, DNFIBPs, Iman Multi Structures Ltd and Daraja Motors for non -compliance with the provisions of the Money Laundering(Prevention and Prohibition) Act 2022 and EFCC AML/CFT/CPF regulations 2024. Both DNFBPs were initially sanctioned and fined on June 18, 2025 and August 13, 2025 respectively for non-compliance with regulations but failed to make payment to the government.

Both DNFBPs were initially sanctioned and fined on June 18, 2025 and August 13, 2025 respectively  for non-compliance with

According to vanguard,While Nigeria’s Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and Ministry of Interior have introduced technological innovations that ease access to government services, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s (EFCC) Special Control Unit against Money Laundering (SCUML) portal has become a source of growing frustration for businesses and Non-Profit Organisations (NPOs). Despite CAC’s AI-powered portal allowing for instant business name reservations and the Ministry’s online passport system streamlining applications, SCUML’s certification process remains mired in inefficiencies.

The Director General of Kenya’s Financial Reporting Centre, FRC, Saitoti Kimerei Maika, has commended the Special Control Unit Against Money Laundering (SCUML) of the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in its strategic efforts in implementing the anti-money laundering and countering financing of terrorism frameworks in Nigeria. The frameworks, which are in line with the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022, and the Terrorism (Prevention) Act, 2022, comply with international standards set by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).

The Special Unit Against Money Laundering, SCUML, of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, was declared Nigeria’s Most Effective Regulatory Agency of The Year 2025, in Abuja. Governance Today Nigeria, in collaboration with African Independent Good Governance Monitoring Network, AGMN, gave the award to the Unit for its “contribution to the fight against money laundering and countering terrorist financing through its regulatory standpoint”.

Diezani’s Acquittal Poses Uncertainty US, UK Ending Graft In Africa – ANEEJ #ANEEJ #cbn #David #Southwark #EFCC #Jonathan #NFIU #OPEC #Sanusi #SCUML...

Diezani’s Acquittal Poses Uncertainty US, UK Ending Graft In Africa – ANEEJ #ANEEJ #cbn #David #Southwark #EFCC #Jonathan #NFIU #OPEC #Sanusi #SCUML...

Diezani’s Acquittal Poses Uncertainty US, UK Ending Graft In Africa – ANEEJ #ANEEJ #cbn #David #Southwark #EFCC #Jonathan #NFIU #OPEC #Sanusi #SCUML #Ugolor #US Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ has expressed deep concern over the acquittal of former Nigerian Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, by a United Kingdom court, describing the verdict as a troubling moment for the global fight against corruption, illicit financial flows IFFs, and impunity, a statement that follows the June 17, 2026, ruling at the Southwark Crown Court in London, where a jury cleared Alison-Madueke of all six bribery charges brought against her by the UK’s National Crime Agency, NCA after a five-month trial and 46 hours of deliberation, while her co-defendants, oil executive, Olatimbo Ayinde and her brother, Doye Agama, were also acquitted, bringing a dramatic end to a saga that began more than a decade ago, a development that prompted ANEEJ to take immediate action today, June 23, 2026, by launching a critical two-day capacity-building workshop in Abuja in collaboration with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU, a body domiciled within the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN and Special Control Unit Against Money Laundering, SCUML, an arm of the EFCC to aggressively equip civil society organizations, CSOs with the necessary tools to track, combat, and dismantle these very same illicit financial flows across Nigeria. #OsazuwaAkonedo

Diezani’s Acquittal Poses Uncertainty US, UK Ending Graft In Africa – ANEEJ #ANEEJ #cbn #David #Southwark #EFCC #Jonathan #NFIU #OPEC #Sanusi #SCUML #Ugolor #US Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ has expressed deep concern over the acquittal of former Nigerian Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, by a United Kingdom court, describing the verdict as a troubling moment for the global fight against corruption, illicit financial flows IFFs, and impunity, a statement that follows the June 17, 2026, ruling at the Southwark Crown Court in London, where a jury cleared Alison-Madueke of all six bribery charges brought against her by the UK’s National Crime Agency, NCA after a five-month trial and 46 hours of deliberation, while her co-defendants, oil executive, Olatimbo Ayinde and her brother, Doye Agama, were also acquitted, bringing a dramatic end to a saga that began more than a decade ago, a development that prompted ANEEJ to take immediate action today, June 23, 2026, by launching a critical two-day capacity-building workshop in Abuja in collaboration with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU, a body domiciled within the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN and Special Control Unit Against Money Laundering, SCUML, an arm of the EFCC to aggressively equip civil society organizations, CSOs with the necessary tools to track, combat, and dismantle these very same illicit financial flows across Nigeria. #OsazuwaAkonedo