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Travel Agent Bags 10-Year Sentence For N1.8m Fraud

Freedom Inah
The Chief Judge of the Sokoto State High Court, M. Sifawa, has sentenced a scammer, identified as Freedom Inah, to ten (10) years in prison for defrauding one Ahmed JelaniRead More

EFCC Arraigns Man For Alleged N10m Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Makurdi Zonal Office, on Thursday, March 26th, 2020 arraigned a man, identified as Musa Abubakar, at the state High Court for an allegedRead More

Ex-Adamawa Finance Commissioner Arraigned For N379m Fraud

Sanda Lamurde
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Gombe Zonal Office, has arraigned one Sanda Lamurde before Justice Nathan Musa of the Adamawa State High Court on 21 counts bordering on criminalRead More

Access Bank Owed Intercontinental Bank N14.2bn – Witness

Access Bank
An official of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation, Mr Paul Akali, told the Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday that Access Bank owed the now-defunct Intercontinental Bank N14.2bn asRead More

How Mama Boko Haram, Others Diverted N111.7m Contract Fund – Witness

Aisha Wakil, popularly known as Mama Boko Haram
A prosecution witness, Olaleye Isma’il, on Monday told a Borno State High Court in Maiduguri that Aisha Wakil, alias Mama Boko Haram, connived with two others to divert N111.7m contractRead More

Court Okays Request To Begin Suit Seeking Okorocha’s Trial

Rochas Okorocha
The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted permission to two civil society groups to commence a suit seeking to compel the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to prosecute aRead More

Man Bags 2 Years For Fertiliser Fraud

Behind bars
A Federal High Court in Makurdi, Benue State has sentenced one Ifeanyi Uche to two years imprisonment over N325,000 fertiliser fraud. The convict was said to have defrauded one OrbundeRead More

EFCC Arrest 3 Men For Allegedly Hypnotising, Duping Ibadan High Chief Of N300m

The three men, who allegedly duped Ibadan high chief, Oba Lekan Balogun, of about N300m
Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibadan zonal office, has nabbed three (3) persons for allegedly defrauding the Otun-Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun. The threeRead More

Alleged N400m Fraud: Court To Decide Metuh’s Fate Today

Former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh
A Federal High Court in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja will deliver judgment today in the trial of former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), OlisaRead More

Former EFCC Staff Handed One Year Jail Term For Stealing Exhibits

Hussaini Abubakar
After being found guilty of stealing exhibits, a former employee of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Hussaini Abubakar was sentenced to a one year jail term. The PortRead More