An unemployed man, Samuel Dung has appeared before the Upper Area Court in Karu, Abuja, for allegedly swindling a village chief and 99 others. Dung, 36, who lives in Phase 1 Extension, Jikwoyi, Karu is facing one count charge of cheating. He is accused of swindling the Chief of...
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The Federal High Court Abuja has issued a warrant for the arrest of the Deputy Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Hon. Amarachi Iwuanyanwu, following his alleged involvement in a N785 million fraud. In a ruling, Justice Inyang Ekwo, directed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),...
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday secured the conviction of one Daniel James, a Black American female on Snapchat over internet related fraud. James was charged along side one Atadoga Samuel for same offence. In his judgment, Justice Mohammed Sani, sentenced...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has opposed a motion filed by Senator Rochas Okorocha, praying for an order quashing the money laundering charge preferred against him. The EFCC, in a counter affidavit deposed to by Iyabo Daramola, the agency’s senior legal officer, and filed before Justice Inyang Ekwo...
The operatives of Adamawa Police command has apprehended a 32-year-old man, Joseph Nwakibe, for alleged fraudulent activity with 10 ATM cards. SP Suleiman Nguroje, the command’s Spokesman, confirmed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Friday in Yola. He stated that the suspect was arrested on Nov. 8...
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...
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...