fraud
Prof. Uche Edwin, company face prosecution over alleged N1.4bn fraud
Prof. Uche Chigozie Edwin and his companies — Visionary Integrated Consulting Limited, NEMAD Associates Limited and Revamp Global Enterprises — have been hauled...
Two Nigerians busted in $500,000 racket scheme in Canada
Two Nigerians — Gbemisola Akinrinade and Adebowale Adiatu — have been arrested in Canada for allegedly enriching themselves with the proceeds from the...
Nigerian woman jailed for stealing £20,000 from vulnerable residents in UK
For stealing about £20,000 from the savings of vulnerable residents in the United Kingdom, a Nigerian woman care home worker, Abiola Akinremi, 41,...
N7.65bn fraud: Orji Uzor Kalu not discharged yet, EFCC Chair Bawa
The Chairman Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, said in Abuja that the Senate Chief Whip, Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu,...
Internet scammer, Hushpuppi, bags 11-year jail term in U.S.
By David Adebayo United States Central District Court in California has sentenced Nigerian socialite and internet sensation, Ramon Abbas, a.k.a Hushpuppi to 11...
Nigeria’s first woman Speaker, House of Representatives, Etteh, nabbed for fraud
Nigeria’s first woman Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mrs. Patricia Olubunmi Etteh, has been arrested over a shady contract worth N240m awarded...
Ex-South African President, Jacob Zuma, goes to jail
For aiding and abetting the plundering of state funds during his nine-year rule, a former South African President, Jacob Zuma, is to cool...
N900m fraud: Ex-JAMB, NECO Registrar, Prof. Ojerinde, to be haled to court July 6
Erstwhile Chief Executive Officer of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, is due to be hauled up before an Abuja...
Alleged ₦4.5bn fraud: EFCC re-arraigns three FIRS Directors, six other officials
Three directors and six other officials of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) were on Wednesday in Abuja rearraigned by the Economic and...
Ex-Gov. Kalu’s N7bn fraud case retrial: Court fixes July 2 for ruling
Barely two days after the EFCC Chairman indicated plans to retry ex-Abia Governor and currently, senator representing Abia North, Orji Uzor Kalu, a...
Ogun Government disowns, suspends Abidemi Rufai, governor’s aide, over theft of U.S. $650 million unemployment benefits
Following the arrest of Abidemi Rufai, a Special Assistant to Ogun State Governor, in U.S. for alleged Washington state’s $650 million unemployment fraud,...
$650m unemployment fraud: Ogun Governor’s aide, Abidemi Rufai apprehended in U.S.
Ogun Gov. Dapo Abiodun’s Senior Special Assistant, Abidemi Rufai, has been arrested at the New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport over alleged...
Buhari’s son-in-law and ex-FMBN CEO, Kumo, two others wanted over alleged $65m fraud — ICPC
President Muhammadu Buhari’s son-in-law and former Managing Director of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN), Gimba Yau Kumo, and two others have...
For defrauding American of N19.6m, Oteyowo Samuel, to spend 14 months behind bars
By Boye Ajayi An internet fraudster, 32-year-old Oteyowo Akinkunmi Samuel, has been sent to jail for 14 months, according to a Federal...
Two Lagos lawyers sent to jail for 24 months each for N24m fraud
For their involvement in financial fraud, two Lagos lawyers — Sogo Akinola and Feranmi Akinluyi — have been sent to jail for two years...
In an Operation Swoop, EFCC nabs nine suspected internet fraudsters in Ogun
In Ogun State, at least, nine suspected internet fraudsters were in the early hours of Wednesday picked up from their hideout by...
