•Jude Okoye (R) Jude Okoye, the former manager and elder brother of defunct music duo P-Square, has regained his freedom after over two months of incarceration at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre. His release follows a series of legal battles with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), which accused him of theft, criminal conversion...
Operatives of the Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested one Olawole Sunday, a suspected fraudster who specialises in buying bank account details from individuals to defraud unsuspecting members of the public. Sunday’s modus operandi involved encouraging young people to open multiple bank a...
•Governor Umar Namadi of Jigawa State Jigawa State governor, Malam Umar Namadi has discovered fraud in the N4.8 billion state’s programme Ramadan feedings in the state. The governor made the discovery during an unexpected visit to some cooking and distribution centers in Dundubu, Karniya, Limawa and Kachi wards in Dutse municipal local governm...
•Former Governor Udom Emmanuel Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested a former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel, for alleged N700 billion Fraud. Emmanuel was arrested after he honoured an invitation of the EFCC today to answer allegations of money laundering and diversion of funds preferred ag...
•Former Abia State governor, Theodore Orji The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) today arraigned a former Governor of Abia State, Theodore Orji, and four others, at the Abia State High Court for allegedly misappropriating about ₦47 billion. Apart from the former governor, the other four defendants are his son, Engineer Chinedum O...
The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, and the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, at separate events yesterday, weighed in on autonomy for local government areas (LGAs), issuing warnings to state governors and council chairs. Fagbemi condemned the conti...
The United States Department of Justice has disclosed that a Nigerian, Edwin Okoronkwo, who was sentenced to 75 months imprisonment for defrauding some Americans, will be deported after completing his jail term. Okoronkwo was said to have connived with his wife, Julie Okoronkwo, who was also sentenced to 25 months imprisonment for her role in ...
•Police The Police Special Fraud Unit has arrested eight students, four members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), and two others over alleged fraud. The suspects between ages 18 and 28, were arrested on January 15 at Saapade in Ogun State, a statement by Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Johnson Eyitayo, said yesterday. [&he...
•EFCC chairman, Ola Olukoyede The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has detained 10 officers from its Lagos Zonal Command over the alleged theft of missing operational items. The commission’s Spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, confirmed this in a statement yesterday in Abuja. Oyewale stated that the development was part of ongoing effor...
•Petrol stations …Being Nigerian Tribune Editorial today Not a few Nigerians, especially motorists and vehicle owners, were delighted when the price of fuel which had continually spiked was reduced by two of the major suppliers of the product, namely the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited ( NNPCL) and Dangote Refinery Ltd, to...
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