Tag: fraud
Fake cop arrested at Police College for fraud
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 35-year old man, Friday Michael who has allegedly been parading himself as a policeman to defraud innocent…
Recruitment of 10,000 police yet to begin
Kazeem Ugbodaga Following the approval for the recruitment of 10,000 police officers by President Muhammadu Buhari, the Nigeria Police has…
Woman Loses N.5m To Money Doubler
Cyriacus Izuekwe A woman, Philomena Ajih, has lost N550,000 after she gave the money to suspected fruadsters locally known as…
Fake Female Lawyer Docked After 10 Years In Practice
Cyriacus Izuekwe The police in Lagos have arrested a fake female a legal practitioner who has allegedly been defrauding unsuspecting…
N120m Fraud: El-Rufai orders fresh audit of civil servants
Femi Adi/Kaduna In a bid to rid Kaduna State Civil Service of ghost workers, block monumental leakages and fraud, Kaduna…
EFCC docks banker for N27m fraud
Eromosele Ebhomele A banker, Bawa Momodu, is standing before Justice I.E Ekwo of the Federal High Court sitting in Port…
Police arraign man, 90, over fraud
The police on Tuesday arraigned a 90 year-old man, Rasaki Raji, at an Iyaganku Senior Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan for…
Court Convicts Teacher For Fraud
A 48-year-old teacher, Ismaila Mohammad, was on Tuesday sentenced to 12 months imprisonment by a Lugbe Grade 1 Area Court,…
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Buhari must overhaul NNPC, the medium of fraud, corruption – Report
ABUJA, (Reuters) – Nigeria’s new president should overhaul how Africa’s biggest oil producer sells its state oil company’s share of…
Kano hospital clerks arraigned for N3.2m fraud
Eromosele Ebhomele The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned Umar Yusuf and Ibrahim Ahmed Bebeji, both former clerks…
Bizman held over N4.2m fraud
Paul Iyoghojie Operatives of the Zone 2 Command, Onikan, Lagos, Western Nigeria have arraigned a businessman, Olajide Tope Oluwatuyi, 39,…
EFCC arraigns six persons for N31m fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, July 24, 2015, arraigned six persons before Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye of…
Iyaloja arrested for N93.8m fraud
Police in Ekiti state, western Nigeria, have arrested the market leader (Iyaloja) of Ado Ekiti, Chief Mrs Waye Osho for…
2 arraigned for defrauding American of $64,000
Eromosele Ebhomele The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, arraigned the duo of Osaze Akhigbe and Ndekwu Jindu…
EFCC dock 2 travel agents for N70m fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested two officials of a travel agency for allegedly swindling and defrauding…
Alleged N125b Fraud: Court Shifts Atuche, Ojo’s Trial
Akin kuponiyi There is no reprieve yet for the former managing director of Bank PHB (now Keystone Bank Plc), Mr.…
Two men remanded in prison over N465.7m fraud
Henry Ojelu Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo of the Lagos High Court, Ikeja, Wednesday remanded two men at the Kirikiri Maximum Prisons…
Cyber Crime In Nigeria
Recently, Mr Adebayo Adelabu, Deputy Governor, Financial Systems Stability, Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, said 2.4 per cent of banking…
Court registrar denies defrauding Bamaiyi
Henry Ojelu Oluronke Rosolu, a court registrar accused of conspiring with others to defraud the former Chief of Army Staff,…
Okiro And A Failed Blackmailing Scheme
By Thomas Adegoke Retired Inspector-General of Police Mr. Mike Okiro, hit the nail on the head over the hullabaloo regarding…
Mortgage Bank In Trouble Over N750m Deposit
Henry Ojelu A consulting firm, OG Consulting has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over a N750 million…
Court grants accused N300,000 bail for N1.5m fraud
An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos has granted a N300, 000 bail to 26-year-old Ikechukwu Umeh over alleged…
FIFA Fraud: Warner Vows To Expose All
Former FIFA vice president Jack Warner, a central figure in world football’s deepening scandal, has vowed to tell investigators all…
N4.6bn Scam: Three CBN staff, others land in prison
Three employees of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN and three staff of Wema Bank, were on Wednesday, remanded in…
Unending Trial Of Suspected Fuel Subsidy Thieves
When the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in 2012 took the bold step to arrest and prosecute suspected fraudulent…
African Officials Suspended Over FIFA Fraud
CONCACAF’s General Secretary, Enrique Sanz and two soccer officials from Africa were provisionally banned by FIFA’s ethics committee yesterday as…
N19.2bn fraud: Court to rule on Sylva’s case June 8
A Federal High Court in Abuja presided over by Justice A. Y. Mohammed, on Wednesday, May 27, 2015 adjourned the…
NSCDC parades civil servant over N6m fraud
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), on Friday in Abuja paraded two suspected job racketeers for defrauding desperate…
Boko Haram is a fraud – Buhari
Nigeria’s president-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari says Boko Haram will be denied a recruitment base the moment our local communities realize…
Bank’s Intern Steals Customers’ N53.6m
Paul Iyoghojie The police at Lion Building Division, Campbell Street, Lagos Island, western Nigeria, have arrested a 31-year old graduate,…