The EFCC on Thursday arraigned an Indian, Chandra Singh, before an Ikeja Special Offences Court for alleged N816 million fraud. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Singh is facing a 19-count-charge bordering on bribery and retention of stolen property. He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge....
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The FCT Police Command has arrested a serial fraudster, who specialised in impersonating legal practitioners and senior law enforcement officers to defraud unsuspecting members of the public. The FCT police spokesperson, DSP Josephine Adeh, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja....
The Oyo State Anti-Corruption Agency (OYACA) says it has arrested some serving and retired civil servants in the state for alleged fraud perpetrated in respect of contract awarded in 2018. Its Chairman, Retired Justice Eni Esan, made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Ibadan. The News Agency...
A Federal High Court in Abuja is to hear a preliminary objection filed by Sen. Rochas Okorocha, praying for an order quashing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s N2.9 billion charge against him on Nov. 22. Justice Inyang Ekwo adjourned the matter to allow EFCC’s counsel, G.K. Latona,...
Some bank customers of various banks in the country have lamented the increasing spate of illegal withdrawals from their accounts. Some of the customers who were victims of the act said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Monday. They described the...
The absence of a business mogul, Abdulsalam Abdulkarim-Zaura, in court on Monday stalled his arraignment for alleged 1.30 million dollars fraud. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) filed a criminal conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of 1.3 million dollars charged against Abdulkarim-Zaura. The...
The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday rearraigned suspended Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris and three others over alleged N109.5 billion fraud in an FCT High Court, Maitama. Other defendants are Olusegun Akindele; Mohammed Usman and Gezawa Commodity Market and Exchange Limited. They were first arraigned...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), says it will continue to wield its “big stick” on officers found to be involved in fraudulent practices. The National Public Relations Officer of the service, Deputy Comptroller Timi Bomodi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that the present administration had...
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday heard that two former employees of First Marina Trust Ltd. cloned emails of several customers and defrauded them to the tune of over N1.3 billion. Mr Anthony Onyeoghane, a witness for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) which is prosecuting...
An Ikeja Special Offences Court in Lagos on Thursday sentenced a Lagos-based prophet, Cletus Ilongwo, to seven years imprisonment for defrauding his church member of N59.7 million. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ilongwo, the Presiding Pastor of the Power of the Holy Ghost Evangelical Ministry, was...
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Wednesday sentenced Ayodeji Oluokun, an assistant pastor of the Redeem Christian Church of God (RCCG), City of David Parish, Victoria Island, Lagos, to two years imprisonment for issuing 1.6 million dollar dud cheque. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Oluokun was...
Forensic Audit report has revealed that N11.9 billion of public funds were carted away from the treasury of Kwara between 2011 and 2019 without any lawful tie to any project or programme. The forensic audit report has revealed, amid other mind-boggling revelations, of alleged malfeasance within the period.N11.9bn stolen...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ado-Ekiti – The Ekiti State Police Command has arrested a herbalist, Nurudeen Ibrahim, for allegedly obtaining N10.4 million under false pretenses. The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Sunday Abutu, said in a statement that Ibrahim was among 30 suspects arrested over various crimes across the state...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentencing of Aisha Alkali Wakil, a.k.a Mama Boko Haram, alongside Tahiru Saidu Daura and Prince Lawal Shoyede on a three count charge of conspiracy and stealing of public funds to the tune...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Coalition Of Civil Society Organizations In Nigerian (COCSON) has criticized the recent corruption allegations leveled against the newly appointed acting Accountant General of The Federation, Anamekwe Nwabuoku by faceless media organisations. Recall that Mr Nwabuoku was on Sunday appointed by the Federal Government to...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has traced at least 17 properties to the Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris. This is just as the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, suspended Idris who is currently being investigated for fraud to the tune of N80bn. An...
Two years after the arrest of Hushpuppi, his alleged girlfriend is set to give birth for another man
Two years after the arrest of Hushpuppi, his alleged girlfriend is set to give birth for another man
Ray Hushpuppi was well-known for his lavish lifestyle, but there were few facts about his romantic life. During Ray Hushpuppi’s imprisonment, the German-born model Amirah Dyme was rumored to be his lover. Amirah Dyme was already an Instagram model before Hushpuppi’s arrest in June 2020, but her spat with...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday objected to an application for examination of the iPhone SIM slot of a musician, Azeez Fashola a.k.a Naira Marley, charged with cybercrime. EFCC counsel, Mr Rotimi Oyedepo, raised the objection during cross-examination of the second prosecution witness, Mr Augustine Anosike,...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a 17-count charge to the tune of N2.9 billion against a former governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha. Okorocha, in the charges filed on Monday at the Federal High Court in Abuja, was accused of conspiring with others, including...
Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has called on students to shun cybercrime and be foot soldiers in the fight against corruption. Mr. Bawa made the call while speaking at University of Ilorin on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Bawa, who...