The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the Chief Executive Officer of Galaxy Transportation and Construction Services Limited, Babagana Dalori, who defraud 27,400 Nigerians to the tune of about N7 billion through fake promises of mouth-watering returns on their investment in his companies. Dalori, who is currently undergoing interrogation in the Commission, had […]
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Mr Lamido is being prosecuted alongside his two sons: Aminu Sule Lamido and Mustapha Sule Lamido. Also facing same trial are Aminu Wada Abubakar, and two companies: Bamaina Holdings Limited and Speeds International Limited. They are being prosecuted by the commission on an amended 43-count charge for allegedly defrauding Jigawa State to the tune of […]
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The Federal Government has filed charges against the Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Modibbo Kawu, Pinnacle Communications Limited; its founder, Lucky Omonuwa; and its Managing Director, Dipo Onifade, for alleged fraud to the tune of N2.5bn. The charges were filed before a Federal High Court, Abuja, sequel to an investigation by the Independent […]
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The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says it did not abuse its mandate to save lives and preserve properties of Nigerians. The agency said this in a statement on Wednesday in reaction to the house of representatives report indicting the governing board of the agency chaired by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo. The lawmakers said they discovered that […]
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The prosecution on Monday opened its case before a Federal High Court Lagos in the criminal trial of Ayodele Fayose, the immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, charged with N6.9 billion fraud. Fayose was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on October 22 alongside his company — Spotless Investment Ltd on 11 […]
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Vice-President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo says the approval of N5.8 billion emergency food intervention fund for the north-east was within his constitutional authority. The house of representatives had indicted the governing board of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) chaired by Osinbajo over what it described as an “illegal approval”. In a statement released on […]
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A Benin City High Court, Edo State, on Tuesday adjourned a N21.7 million fraud case preferred against a former Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Edo State Chapter, Dr. Emmanuel Ighodaro and two others, was on Tuesday adjourned till 21 November, this year. The adjournment followed an application by the defence counsel, Ighodaho Imhamdegbelo […]
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Sani Baba-Inna, a Chief Superintendent of Police and Aide de Camp (ADC) to Aisha Buhari, wife of the President, has been detained over alleged fraud, a report has said. In a statement issued on her behalf by Suleiman Haruna, her media aide, the president’s wife said the police arrested Baban-Inna to investigate the allegations leveled […]
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The Independent Corrupt Practices Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned Mr Bature Umar Masari, a former Director-General of the Small and Medium Scale Enterprise Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) before an FCT High Court sitting in Apo, Abuja. The former DG was arraigned on 27 counts bothering on money laundering and embezzlement. According to […]
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Governors on Wednesday night expressed displeasure over the handling of affairs at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), alleging fraudulent practices. The governors also directed the NNPC to stop payment of any form of royalty to the Federation Account and ordered that every payment should be paid to the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), as […]
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