•Nigerian pilgrims and EFCC operative Two senior officials of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) are in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged fraud linked to the 2025 Hajj exercise. Multiple sources within the EFCC, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, confirmed the arrests, reports N...
•INEC chairman Prof Mahmood Yakubu and APC, PDP, NNPP logos Disputes trailed Saturday’s by-elections across several states yesterday, as the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna, and the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in Kano rejected results, alleging vote-buying, voter intimidation, and coll...
A federal court has issued final judgments against accountant Olayinka Temitope Oyebola and his firm, Olayinka Oyebola & Co. (Chartered Accountants), for their role in assisting a fraud scheme linked to businessman Mmobuosi Odogwu Banye, also known as Dozy Mmobuosi, and three U.S. companies under his control, referred to as the Tingo entit...
•LASU main gate The Lagos State University has dismissed two lecturers for gross misconduct, involving sexual harassment and fraud. It was gathered that the dismissal was approved at the LASU Governing Council’s 143rd Statutory Meeting held on Thursday, July 3, 2025, reports Saturday PUNCH. According to a statement signed by the Registrar and ...
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested a former Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Umar Isa, over an alleged $7.2 billion fraud linked with the rehabilitation of the Kaduna, Warri and Port Harcourt refineries. Also in the custody of the EFCC is Jimo...
The Port Harcourt Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned the Director of Glossalalia Nigeria Ltd and Pelenged Nigeria Ltd, Precious Williams, before Justice S. I . Mark of the Federal High Court, sitting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. Williams was arraigned on a 14 count bordering on...
•EFCC operatives The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, today, arraigned the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of SunTrust Bank Ltd, Halima Buba, and the Executive Director/Chief Compliance Officer, Innocent Mbagwu, before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja. The duo is standing trial on a six-count charge borde...
•Former NNPCL boss, Mele Kyari A group has called for the immediate arrest and prosecution of Mele Kyari, former Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL). Led by Barrister Ojonugwa Theophilus, the group submitted a petition to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on April 25, 2...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered that the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Afriq Arbitrage System (AAS) Limited, Jesam Michael, be remanded in Kuje correctional centre in Abuja over alleged investment fraud. Justice Obiora Egwuatu issued the order today while ruling on Michael’s bail application, shortly after he was arraigned on a se...
A Nigerian, Kingsley Utulu, has been sentenced to five years and three months in prison for his role in a large-scale hacking and identity theft scheme that defrauded the U.S. tax authorities and private individuals of over $2.5 million. The sentencing, announced on Saturday by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, […...
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