Mr Dele Olawanle, lawyer to flamboyant Nigerian pastor based in the United Kingdom, UK, Tobi Adegboyega, has said the British government wouldn’t deport the cleric to Nigeria. It was reported that the British government would deport Pastor Tobi Adegboyega to…
A Federal High Court sitting in Gombe has convicted and sentenced two police officers: Yusuf AbdulKarim Bature and Musa Philip and an immigration officer, Nasiru Mohammed to seven years imprisonment each for employment fraud to the tune of N1,640,000, (One…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to Mr. Gimba Kumo Yau, former CEO of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, in the sum of N100 million. Yau is facing charges of allegedly awarding a $65 million real…
The Police on Tuesday arraigned a 38-year-old man, Babafemi Ogundele, before an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, over an alleged N15 million fraud. The defendant, whose house address was not disclosed, is being tried on charges bordering on obtaining by…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has finally detained ex-Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello. Bello was detained after he presented himself at the headquarters of the EFCC in Abuja on Tuesday. The former governor’s detention was disclosed by EFCC’s…
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has uncovered a fresh fake SWIFT message scheme and warned Nigerians and the general public against falling victim to fraudsters. The spokesperson of the apex bank, Hakama Sidi Ali, issued the warning in a…
A Federal Capital Territory (FCT), high court Maitama on Thursday sustained Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ‘s objection to a document sought to be tendered by the former Aviation minister, Heidi Sirika. The EFCC dragged Sirika alongside his daughter, Fatima;…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Monday, filed 14 fresh charges of alleged N5.78 billion fraud against the former Kwara State governor, Abdulfattah Ahmed, and his Commissioner of Finance, Mr Ademola Banu, before a Kwara State High Court presided…
A former minister of power, Dr Olu Agunloye, on Monday challenged the amended charge filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in an FCT High Court. He is standing trial on allegations of some infractions in…
The Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has secured the conviction and sentence of 15 internet fraudsters before Justice A. N. Erhabor of Edo State High Court, sitting in Benin City. The convicts include Nosa…
