Category: Fraud
EFCC grills Cubana Chief Priest on tax fraud, money laundering allegations
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has reportedly arrested popular socialite, Pascal Okechukwu, known better as Cubana Chief Priest for alleged...
US Court Sentences Nigerian Prince To 33 Months Imprisonment Over Passport, Bank Fraud
A 24-year-old Nigerian man, Sobanke Idris Sunday Adereti, has been sentenced to 33 months imprisonment for federal fraud violations by a United States...
EXCLUSIVE: Document Exposes How Sokoto Governor, Tambuwal, Aides Stole, Diverted N189 Billion From State Accounts Within 6 Years
A document from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Central Bank of Nigeria has exposed how the Sokoto State Government led by...
Aregbesola’s Aide Collected N1.2m From NIS Job Seekers. Now, They Can’t Reach Him
Dickson Felix, a banker, has alleged that Babangida Tanko, an assistant comptroller at the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) in Abuja and Special Adviser...
After 10 years, Lagos land agents get N1.2m fine for stealing N22.2m, prosecutor fumes
Justice R.I.B. Adebiyi of the Lagos High Court sitting at Ikeja, on Tuesday, sentenced two land agents, Emmanuel Adejo and Obi Fortune, to two-year...
Court jails dog seller two years for cyber fraud
A 23-year-old dog seller, Omoteji Tomiwa, on Wednesday bagged two years jail term for impersonation. He was convicted and sentenced by Justice Muhammed Sani of...
EFCC busts 75 ‘Yahoo boys’ in Imo in sting operations
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 75 suspected internet fraudsters in separate sting operations in Owerri, the capital of Imo. Operatives from...
Alleged Corruption: Court Grants Human Rights Group, HEDA’s Request, Orders Buhari’s Minister To Produce List Of Land Allottees In Nigeria’s Capital City
The Human & Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has secured a judgement against the office of the Minister of the Federal Capital...
Former Kaduna Council Boss’ Aide Bags 12-year Jail Term For N6.3m Hajj Fraud
Hassan Dauda, a former Special Assistant to the Chairman, Giwa Local Council, Kaduna State, has bagged a 12-year jail term for his involvement in N6.3m...
BREAKING: 3 Govs placed under watch by security agencies over plot to destabilise Nigeria
Nationnewslead reports that Three serving governors in the country have run into trouble with security agencies over their alleged plot to incite violence...
Alleged financial misappropriation: Osun Assembly summons Auditor General
The Osun State House of Assembly has reportedly summoned the State’s Auditor General, Adesina Folorunso over the alleged indictment of the Bursar, Osun State...
BREAKING: EFCC nabs Nigerian church founder wanted by FBI for wire fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Kelechi Vitalis Anozie. Anozie is the Founder of Praying City Church located in Owerri, the capital of...
Man allegedly cheats Konga for eight years, steals N22m goods
A 39-year-old man, Chijioke Okoro, has been arraigned before a Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting at Ikeja, Lagos State, for allegedly stealing N22,046,695...
EFCC arraigns Nigerian banker for alleged N452m fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a banker Judith Nneka Nwagwu for alleged fraud. She was docked before Justice D. A. Onyefulu of...
FBI list: EFCC arrests wanted Osondu Igwilo, others for $100m fraud
SEARCH Daily Post Nigeria METRO FBI list: EFCC arrests wanted Osondu Igwilo, others for $100m fraud Published on March 14, 2022 By Wale Odunsi The Economic and...
Army disowns ‘fake’ online recruitment portal
Nigerian Army has alerted the public on a fake online portal advertising recruitment of candidates into NA 83 Regular Recruit Intake. It said there is no...
Fraud: JAMB warns UTME candidates against revealing profile codes
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has warned candidates of the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) not to divulge...
Police drag Gov’s aide to court over alleged N2.5m dud cheque
The Bayelsa State Police Command has dragged the Special Representative of the Bayelsa State Governor in Yenagoa Local Government Area of the State, Obuma...
BREAKING: NDLEA files 8-count charge against DCP Abba Kyari, 6 others
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, on Thursday, filed an eighth-count criminal charge against the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police,...
Job scam: Federal Psychiatric Hospital staff jailed for 7 years
A senior staff of the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu, Mrs. Stella Acharra has been sent to prison over an employment scam. Nationnewslead reports that...
