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N77m Fraud: Ex-Oyo Commissioner, Others, Remanded In Prison
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday ordered the remand of Kazeem Adedeji, a former Oyo State Commissioner for…
N4.7b Fraud: Another Judge Takes Over Babalakin’s Case
The trial of the Chairman of Bi-Courtney Ltd., Wale Babalakin, accused of a N4.7 billion fraud, has been transferred to…
Traditional Ruler In Court Over N3.3m Land Fraud
A traditional ruler, Chief Wasiu Maiyegun, on Friday appeared before an Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, charged with duping…
Ex-Dep Gov., Ojikutu To Face Trial Over Alleged N130m Fraud
Barring unforeseen hitches, former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, western Nigeria, Alhaja Sinatu Ojikutu and Sampson Ojikutu, will be arraigned…
Fraud: 3 Money Doublers Docked
Three suspected money doublers were on Tuesday docked at the Isabo Magistrate’s Court, Abeokuta, southwest Nigeria, for fraudulently obtaining N4…
Arabic Teacher Charged With Visa Fraud
A 39-year-old Arabic teacher, Yusuf Kamaldeen, on Tuesday appeared before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, charged with conspiracy, theft…
Bank Manager, 3 Others Remanded For Fraud
The branch manager of Grooming Micro-Finance Bank, Ipata Market, Ilorin, Kwara State, northcentral Nigeria, Oyelade Oloyede Kazeem, has been remanded…
Court Grants Ajudua Bail
Alleged serial fraudster, Fred Ajudua, has been granted bail by a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja. Vacation judge, Justice…
‘I Buy Fake Naira Notes At Alaba Market’
A DVD seller is now in police custody at Ilasan Division, Lekki, Eti-Osa , southwest Nigeria, over unlawful possession of…
EFCC declares 3 aides of ex-governor Nnamani wanted
Following the arrest warrant issued by Justice M. N. Yunusa of the Federal High Court in Lagos, Nigeria’s Economic and…
Microsoft Shuts Window XP
Microsoft has announced that it would shut down support for its 11-year old Windows XP operating system widely used in…
Nigerian Fraud Suspect Arrested In Dubai
A suspected Nigerian fraudster, Itumo Anthony Chidebere, has been arrested in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. His arrest was made possible…
Doctor Loses N5m To Land Agents
Police at Lion Building Division, Campbell Street, Lagos Island, southwest Nigeria, have arrested a suspected land speculator, Amusa Suleiman Ishola,…
Ex-Army Private Turns Serial Conman
A dismissed Army private who poses as an Army Major has been arrested by soldiers for conning unsuspecting members of…
Man Who Duped 106 Tenants Docked
The police at State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Panti, Yaba, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, have charged a landlord, Alhaji Ishola Salawudeen,…
Rein In Fraudulent Agents, Landlords
When it comes to house scams in Lagos, history seems to repeat itself with an alarming accuracy and frequency. A…
Presidential Candidate Arrested For Fraud
The presidential candidate of Hope Democratic Party, HDP, in the 2011 presidential election in Nigeria, Chief Ambrose Owuru, has been…
Presidential candidate arrested over N66m scam
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The Presidential candidate of Hope Democratic Party, HDP, at the 2011 Presidential election in Nigeria, Chief…
Duped Ketu House Seekers Storm Alausa
About 100 duped Ketu house seekers stormed the office of Governor Babatunde Fashola on Wednesday with placards to seek help,…
Fake Army General Dupes Governor
Operatives of International Criminal Police Organisation, INTERPOL, at the Nigerian Police Force, Force CID, Alagbon Close, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, have…
Fleeing Ketu Landlord Arrested
Alhaji Salaudeen Ishola, a landlord who duped hundreds of house seekers at Alapere-Ketu area of Lagos, southwest Nigeria, has been…
Ketu Tenants Unmask Fleeing Agents, Landlord
A fleeing landlord, his brother and an agent said to be the landlord’s son who swindled hundreds of house seekers…
Duped Ketu Tenants Fight Back
Angry tenants who were duped by a developer of a Ketu house in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, fought back by pulling…
100 Tenants Battle Over 13 Flats
Over a hundred tenants who were expecting to be given keys to their new apartments on Monday stormed Ketu area…
Stockbroker jailed for defrauding clients
An Ikeja High Court on Thursday sentenced a stockbroker, Ayoola Coker, to 30 years imprisonment for stealing N17.5 million shares…
Ajudua To Remain In Prison
Notorious fraudster, Fred Ajudua will have to stay longer in prison over his $1.6m fraud charge as an Ikeja High…
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Ex-Lagos deputy governor wanted for N130m fraud
Alhaja Sinatu Ojikutu, former deputy governor of Lagos state has been declared wanted by the Police Special Fraud Unit (SFU),…
MD Faces Trial Over N1.7b Oil Subsidy Fraud
There is no reprieve yet for the Managing Director and CEO of Stonebridge Oil Ltd, Mr. Samuel Owa who is…
Guard Arraigned For Duping Blind Teacher
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned Gift Onyegam before Justice M. Shuaibu of the Federal High Court,…
Lionel Messi, Father Accused Of €4m Tax Fraud
Lionel Messi and his father have been accused by Spanish tax authorities of defrauding the state of more than €4m.…