Tag: FRAUD
Yahoo boys: Noble Igwe clarifies controversial tweets
Chief executive officer of 360group, Noble Igwe, has made some clarifications on his controversial tweets about internet fraudsters, known in Nigeria as “Yahoo boys”.
In...
N1.7bn fraud: Absence of EFCC’s witness stalls of First Nation boss
The absence of a witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday stalled the N1.7 billion fraud trial of Managing Director...
Kemi Olunloyo’s brother faces N40m fraud charge
Akinkunle Olunloyo, son of former governor old Oyo State, Omololu Olunloyo, was on Monday brought before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly defrauding...
Globacom, chief marketing officer charged with defrauding Dubai-based company $6.7m
Telecommunications company, Globacom, and its Chief Marketing Officer, Ashok Israni, were on Monday charged before an Ikeja Special Offences Court over an alleged $6.7...
Police declare couple wanted over alleged N63m fraud
The Police Command in Enugu State has declared a couple wanted for alleged N63 million forgery and fraud in a mortgage institution.
The command’s spokesman, SP...
Kalu’s alleged N3.2bn fraud: Witness reels off debit transactions from Abia...
A prosecution witness, Mr Bassey Ekeng, on Wednesday narrated how series of debit transactions were made from the account of the Abia Government House...
Fake Emir of Kano to spend 36 months in jail
A Kano Senior Magistrates’ Court on Monday sentenced a 20-year-old student, Sultan Bello to 36 months imprisonment for impersonating the Emir of Kano, Alhaji...
Businessman docked over alleged N1.2m fraud
The Police on Monday, arraigned a 40-year-old businessman, Chidi Amakor, in a Wuse Zone 2 Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, for allegedly defrauding one Ezechima Okoli...
Engineer bags 1-year imprisonment for fraud, stealing
An Abeokuta Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday sentenced one Olusegun Miracle, 35, to one-year imprisonment for fraud and stealing.
The accused, an electrical engineer with...
Kalu’s alleged N3.2bn fraud: Abia Government House accountant on the run,...
An accountant in Abia Government House, Akpan Udoh, who is scheduled to testify in the ongoing trial of former Abia Governor, Orji Uzor Kalu, is now on...