Fraud

A Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced a retired Director of Finance and Administration with the Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC), Garuba Mohammed Duku, to 24 years in prison for diverting ₦318 million belonging to the…
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Former presidential candidate and Labour Party leader, Peter Obi, has cautioned online business operators and individuals using his name or image to advertise or promote commercial ventures. The warning followed reports that several…
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Former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, spent Wednesday at the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) answering questions on refinery maintenance…
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The Institute of Mortgage Brokers and Lenders in Nigeria (IMBLN) has faulted the Ebonyi State Government’s decision to ban estate and mortgage agents, insisting that the state has no constitutional power to enforce such a policy. In a…
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Former Sokoto State governor and ex-Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, is in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Abuja over allegations of massive financial misconduct. According to…
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The Court of Appeal sitting in Imo State has upheld the conviction and three-year jail sentence of former Commissioner for Transport, Prince Laseberry Okafor Anyanwu, over a N180 million fraud. Anyanwu, who served under former Governor…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has revealed plans to appeal the recent court ruling that cleared former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, of a ₦6.9 billion fraud case. The decision follows a judgment delivered…
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Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has been cleared of all money laundering and theft charges amounting to ₦6.9 billion by the Federal High Court in Lagos. The case, which had dragged on since 2018, ended on Wednesday after…
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja reacted for the first time on the allegations of corruption levelled against the leaderships of some Federal Government Agencies and Commissions. These commissions include the Economic and…
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The Lagos State House of Assembly, on Monday, directed the Clerk of the House, Mr Azeez Sanni, to begin the process of investigating the leakage of some documents of the house to the media and bring the erring staffers to book. The House…
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