Tag: FRAUD
Orji Kalu secures court order halting retrial
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday ordered a stay of proceedings in the N7.1 billion fraud case against former Abia State governor...
Winners’ Chapel pastor jailed for stealing church’s $90,000, N4.5m
A Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja has sentenced Pastor Afolabi Samuel of the Living Faith Church aka Winners’ Chapel to three years’...
Police arrest fake CBN investment scheme mastermind
Police in Lagos, in a joint operation with the Edo State Command, have arrested the mastermind behind a syndicate group impersonating the Central Bank...
Court acquits UK-based neurologist Obaro, wife accused of diverting SURE-P funds
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, on Thursday, dismissed fraud charges brought against a UK-based professor of neurology Reuben Obaro and his wife...
Court rejects plea to probe ex-Zamfara gov Yari over alleged N900bn...
The Federal High Court, Abuja on Thursday dismissed a suit seeking an order compelling the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate former...
Orji Kalu’s arraignment adjourned until June 7
The Federal High Court Abuja on Tuesday adjourned until June 7 the arraignment of Senator Orji Kalu charged for alleged N7.1 billion fraud.
The Economic...
Controversial Anambra pastor Onyeze Jesus in police custody
Police in Anambra have arrested a controversial cleric Onyeze Jesus following fraud allegations levelled against him.
The preacher had been warned by the state government...
Fraud: EFCC re-arraigns former NDDC MD’s aide, others
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has re-arraigned George Turnah, a former special adviser to the ex-managing director of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC)...
EFCC’s star witness against Fayose tests positive for COVID-19
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) could not continue its prosecution of a former governor of Ekiti Ayo Fayose on Friday after its...
Obono-Obla pleads not guilty to fraud, certificate forgery charges
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) on Friday arraigned former special assistant on prosecution to President Muhammadu Buhari Okoi Obono-Obla...