Tag: Impersonation
Facebook Fraudsters Impersonate Fashola
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday called on residents of the state to be wary of a facebook scam whereby…
NIPR’s Strategy For Professionalism, Sustainable Democracy
By Nduka Uzuakpundu There is a plan being implemented, punctiliously, by the skippers of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations…
Navy arrests bank manager for impersonation
The Nigerian Navy on Monday said it arrested one Simon Musa for posing as an admiral of the Navy. Parading…
Two charged for defrauding Catholic priest
A 25-year old woman, Nkiruka Mbanaja, and a 33-year old man, Toyin Akindola, were on Friday arraigned at an Igbosere…
Bizman Impersonates Late Father
A 32-year old businessman, Frank Dibor, on Thursday appeared before a Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, charged with impersonating his…
Impersonation: Musician Sent To Prison
Paul Iyoghojie The police at the Lion Building Division, Campbell Street, Lagos Island, western Nigeria, have arrested a man, Durojaiye…
I Am Being Impersonated, Banky W Cries Out
Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni One of Africa and Nigeria’s R&B artists, Olubankole Wellington alias Banky W, has cried out that people are…
JAMB: Medical Doctor Arrested For Malpractice
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Jigawa, on Sunday, said it arrested a medical doctor (name withheld)…
Medical doctor nabbed for impersonation at JAMB exam centre
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Jigawa, on Sunday, said it arrested a medical doctor (name withheld)…
4 Fake Ogun Taskforce Officials Arrested
Yusuf Muhammed & Pius Fagbohun Four men who claimed to be working for the Ado Odo-Ota Local Government Council of…
Two Arraigned For Impersonating IKEDC Staff
The quest to quash the activities of impostors who extort money from members of the public under the guise of…
Fake EFCC operative jailed
A man who had paraded himself as an operative of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC, has been sentenced to…
Court Issues Bench Warrant Against Bizwoman
For failing to appear in court on two consecutive dates of adjournment of her matter, a bench warrant has been…
Fake Soldier Batters Man Over N3k Bribe
The police at Elemoro Division, Ibeju Lekki, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, have arrested a suspected fake soldier after he battered a…
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…
Employment Scam: SSS Impostor Arraigned
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday 24 July, 2013 arraigned Mohammed Ayuba before Justice Adebukola Banjoko of…
Fake Fashola’s Wife Charged
A 53-year old teacher on grade level 10, Mrs Asogbon Victoria Abosede has been arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court…
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…
How Fake EFCC Officials Tried To Defraud Benue Gov
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, June 3, 2013, told Justice E.N. Kpojime of the Benue State…
Senator Loses N5m To Fake Governor
A suspected fraudster who impersonated a former Plateau State Governor, Fidelis Tapgun and allegedly duped a serving senator of N5…
Fake Army Lieutenant Faces Trial
A fake Army Lieutenant is facing trial for allegedly snatching seven cars. The suspect, Lawrence Oguezi, who was allegedly caught…
Man Jailed 6 Months For Impersonation
An Abuja Senior Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday sentenced Aminu Yerima, who was charged with impersonating the National Security Adviser, retired…
Ex-Kogi Senatorial Candidate To Be Arraigned For Impersonation
A former Kogi Central Senatorial candidate, Alhaji Abdulazeez Bello will soon be arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,…
Politician to be arraigned for impersonation
A Nigerian politician and an aspirant to the National Assembly as senator, Alhaji Abdulazeez Bello will soon be arraigned by…
Two nabbed for impersonating EFCC officials
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arrested two suspects, Tanimu Abubakar (also known as Ibrahim) and Mohammed Yaba…
Prof. Adesanya Denies Impersonation Allegation
A senior advocate of Nigeria, Professor Abiodun Adesanya, who was alleged to have been parading himself as a member of…
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…
Police Buy Stolen Gadgets From Me —Fake Soldier
A 22-year old suspect, Samuel Johnson, who was arrested and paraded for impersonation by the police has confessed that most…
Man Impersonates Fashola, Dupes Lawyers
A 30-year old man, Oladuiyi Femi, has been arrested for allegedly impersonating Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, to…
Impersonation: Segun Arinze Warns Facebook Fans
Star actor and ex-national president of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Segun Arinze has raised an alarm over…