Tag: fraud
Nigerian Police Arraign Fake Pastor Over N.8m Fraud
The police in Lagos on Wednesday arraigned a 46-year old pastor, Obinna Obi, over an alleged fraud of N820,000. Obi,…
Burkinabe Jailed 3 Years For cattle Theft
By Paul Iyoghojie A court in Nigeria has sentenced a 36-year old Burkinabe, Musa Amodu Abubakar, a cattle dealer at…
Fake Soccer Agent Docked Over N3m Fraud
By Paul Iyoghojie A 50 year-old man, Harrison Jalla, who claimed to be a football agent, has been arraigned before…
Nigeria: falling for Fake Bank Alerts
BY CYRIACUS IZUEKWE Cases of fraud through fake bank alerts are on the increase. Police advise the public to be…
5 Ex-Teachers Charged With school fees fraud
Five former teachers of Home Science Association School on Buxton Road, Ikoyi, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, have been arrested by…
EFCC Declares Ex-Nigerian Rep Wanted
A former member of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Chief Gbineje Obukowho Napoleon has been declared wanted by the Economic and…
Nigerian Scam: Agent collects N10m on 2 rooms
A Nigerian estate agent and son of a landlord have been arraigned for allegedly conspiring and renting a bedroom and…
Nigerian Lawyer Docked Over N25m Fraud
A convicted Nigerian lawyer, Kole Bello and an alleged accomplice, Muhydyn Ango were have been arraigned for obtaining a N25…
Man Jailed For Fraud, Impersonation
Justice Call Garba of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, on December 7, 2012, sentenced Fidelis Teseer Tule, who was…
Koroma’s party wins majority in Parliament
Sierra Leone’s ruling party scored a majority of seats in parliament on Tuesday after general elections which the main opposition…
Another Ajudua docked for fraud in US
There used to be a Fred Ajudua in Nigeria in the 90s that was notoriously linked with a variety of…
Askari Wages War Against Fraud
Isiaka Ishola Adeyinka a.k.a. Askari is currently in the studio recording a special song aimed at campaigning against fraud. The…
Witness exonerates defunct Bank PHB CEO
A prosecution witness, Mr Benedict Omonua, on Tuesday exonerated a former Managing Director of Bank PHB, Francis Atuche, of the…
Togo’s Elf chief case akin to 419
The Togolese case involving the ex-head of French oil giant Elf, Loik Le Floch-Prigent, centres on allegations of an advance…
Bank manager, 2 other docked for fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, 7 September, arraigned a Business Manager with the United Bank of…
Nigeria police arrests ‘700 year old spirit’
Nigeria’s Kano state Police Command has arrested one Nura Hamza, who posed as a 700-year-old spirit, to allegedly dupe unsuspecting members of the…
2 ladies docked for theft
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja One Mrs. Sonia Iwuoha, 27, wife to a son of a retired Commissioner of Police and…
Banker, 2 Others Nabbed For Robbery
A banker with a new generation bank in Lagos, Wunmi Oyediran and two other suspects, Adewale Ogunbiyi and Richard Imoh,…
Man Docked For Duping Fiancée
A 23-year old man, Austin Giwa, was on Monday charged before an Egor Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Benin City,…
Nigerian panel indicts 21 firms in N382b subsidy scams
The Aig- Aigboke Imokhuede led Presidential Committee on Verification and Reconciliation of Fuel Subsidy payment on Tuesday submitted its final…
Banker docked for N77m fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned a banker, Mrs. Nneka Nwilene at the Federal High Court III,…
Lotto Owner Arraigned Over N20m Fraud
A 50-year old lotto owner, Mr. Andrew Yonga was on Tuesday arraigned before an Abeokuta Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly…
3 clerics docked for fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arraigned three clerics before Justice M. S. Shuaibu of the Federal High…
Ex-council official to spend 7 years in prison
Justice A. S. Dahiru of Sokoto State High Court has sentenced a former Director of Sokoto South Local Government, Mr.…
Woman Detained Over N10m Fraud
An Ibadan-based businesswoman, has been arrested and detained by police detectives attached to Special Fraud Unit, Milverton, Ikoyi, Lagos over…
Man Remanded Over Theft Of Governor’s Phone
An Osogbo Senior Magistrates’ Court on Monday ordered that a 32-year old man, Kelvin Ighodalo, be remanded in prison, for…
Bank Manager Sent To Jail Over N60m Fraud
A branch bank manager of a new generation bank in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, Mr Julius Adekuoroye has been arraigned…
Police Swoop On Illegal Lotto Operators
Detectives at the Special Fraud Unit (SFU), Milverton Road, Ikoyi have intensified efforts aimed at sanitising the operations of lotto…
EFCC Arraigns Two Bank Managers, Five Others Over N25M Frad
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday arraigned three bank staff, two civil servants and two companies before…
Nigeria’s Self-styled archbishop gets bail
An Ikeja High Court in Lagos on Friday granted bail to John Okeke, a Pentecostal archbishop, who allegedly stole property…