A 51-year-old man, Daniel Ogbonna, was on Wednesday docked in a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for alleged N1. 4 million ponzi scam. The police charged Ogbonna with conspiracy, obtaining by false pretences, breach of public peace and theft. He however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The...
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After months of postponement, a United States court in Los Angeles, California, on Monday, sentenced international fraudster, Ramon Olorunwa Abbas popularly known as Hushpuppi to over 135 months – over 11 years — in federal prison. The US District Judge Otis D. Wright II ordered the 40-year-old convict to...
A U.S. court has sentenced popular Nigerian Instagram celebrity, Abbas Ramon, aka Hushpuppi, to 11 years imprisonment over fraud and money laundering. He was sentenced by Judge Otis Wright of the United States Central District Court in California on Friday, November 4, 2022. Recall that in June 2020, the...
A head of internal audit in First Bank, Mr Chris Owai, on Wednesday told an Ikeja Special Offences Court how two former staff of the bank, Stella Oyeluyi and Noel Benjamin allegedly falsified the account number of Chevron Cooperative by debiting N41.5 million to pay debt to another bank...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it will continue to partner with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to curb vote buying, especially during the 2023 general elections. The Chairman of the EFCC, Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa said this in an interview with journalists in Abuja on Thursday,...
An Oyo State High Court in Ibadan has adjourned N8 million fraud case against Ademola Idowu, a former Executive Director of the National Horticulture Research Institute (NIHORT) and Isiah Ajisafe, former Head of Accounts and Finance of the institute. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC)...
The trial of a former Governor of Ekiti, Ayodele Fayose, for alleged money laundering could not proceed on Wednesday before a Federal High Court in Lagos, following a mix up in date The case which was earlier scheduled for continuation of trial, could however, not proceed due to the...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – The Anambra State Government has ordered the immediate suspension of operations of casinos and gaming centers in the state over alleged fraudulent and criminal activities. The directive is contained in a statement, jointly signed by Mr Donatus Onyenji, the Commissioner for Culture, Entertainment and...
A Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed Nov. 30 for judgment in a suit filed against Sen. Stella Oduah, seeking an order invalidating her nomination as Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra. Oduah is contesting for the Anambra North Senatorial District for the 2023 election, seat at the National...
An Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) investigator, Mr Samuel Adelana, on Friday told an Ikeja Special Offences Court how a cleric, Ayodeji Olorunfemi, allegedly defrauded an octogenarian of N36.5 million. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Olorunfemi is standing trial on a three-count charge bordering on...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested one Toluwani Famotemi, a Disc Jockey (DJ) for allegedly impersonating a Nigerian hip-hop singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as ‘Portable’. The EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in...
A Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja, on Wednesday, revoked the N100 million bail granted to the Briton, James Nolan, a director in the Process and Industrial Development Limited (P&ID). Justice Ahmed Mohammed, in a ruling, issued a bench warrant against Nola. Justice Mohammed ordered that the British national should...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC), on Tuesday, arraigned a director with Niger-Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr Solomon Okpa Ita for alleged diversion of N45 million. The ICPC also arraigned Gabriel Nathaniel, a staff in the Accounts Department of the Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC)...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned the Speaker of the Ogun State House Assembly, Olakunle Oluomo, before a Federal High Court in Lagos. He was arraigned alongside the Director of Finance of the State Assembly, Oladayo Samuel, as well as the Clerk of the House, Adeyemo...
The Economics and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) Lagos Zonal Command, on Wednesday, arraigned a manager with Cubana Group, Lucky Uchechukwu Ndukwe before a Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State. The suspect, popularly known as Cubana Prime Minister was arraigned for an offence bordering on conspiracy to launder...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the Director, Finance and Account of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr. Eno Ubi Otu. Mr Otu is currently being grilled with regards to an alleged N25billion fraud. It is alleged that the finance director played a role in...
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Ibadan on Thursday granted a 29-year-old herbalist, Ganiyu Rilwan bail of N10 million for alleged fraud of N20.5 million. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the defendant Rilwan, a resident of Muslim area in Ibadan was arraigned on a three-count...
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development says it did not spend N18.9 billion on bush clearing contract during COVID-19 lockdown. The Director of Information in the ministry, Dr Joel Oruche, made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. The ministry was reacting to a publication...
The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Public accounts, Mr. Wole Oke has disclosed how the Ministry of Agriculture spent N18.9 billion on bush clearing during the COVID-19 lockdown. Mr. Oke said the ministry disclosed this while responding to a probe on how it spent N18.9 billion....
An FCT High Court on Wednesday adjourned until Oct 4 trial of suspended Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, and three others for alleged N109.5 billion fraud. Other defendants are Olusegun Akindele, Mohammed Usman and Gezawa Commodity Market and Exchange Limited. The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) charged...