Tag: FRAUD
EFCC reacts as general overseer debunks reports of arrest
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said that the general overseer of the Faith on the Rock Ministry International Apostle Theophilus Ebonyi...
Court grants Lanre Smith accused of $26,000 fraud N30m bail
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday granted bail in the sum of N30 million to a businessman Lanre Smith charged with $26,000...
EFCC freezes N3bn allegedly found in Hadi Sirika’s brother’s account
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reportedly frozen about N3 billion found in a bank account linked to Abubakar Sirika, brother of...
Court reserves ruling on bail application for Lanre Smith charged with...
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday reserved ruling until February 6 on a bail application by businessman Lanre Smith charged with $26,000...
Lagos businessman Lanre Smith remanded in prison over alleged $26,000 fraud
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday ordered the remand of a businessman Lanre Smith in the Nigerian Correctional Centre following his arraignment...
Cletus Ibeto begging for out-of-court settlement of fraud case – EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said the chairman of Ibeto Energy Development Company Cletus Ibeto charged with N4.8 billion alleged fraud,...
Tokunbo Afikuyomi’s WhatsApp hacked, friends defrauded of millions
Senator Tokunbo Afikuyomi has raised the alarm that fraudsters hacked his WhatsApp number and defrauded his friends of millions.
Afikuyomi said in a statement on...
Sadiya Farouq meets EFCC investigators over ‘N37.1 billion fraud’
Former minister of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development Sadiya Farouq on Monday met with investigators at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission...
We refused Betta Edu’s request to pay N585m into private account...
Accountant-general of the federation (AGF) Oluwatoyin Madein has said she did not honour the request of the minister of humanitarian affairs and poverty alleviation...
Betta Edu accused of using private account to receive N585m public...
Minister of humanitarian affairs and poverty alleviation Betta Edu has been accused of using a private bank account to receive N585 million designated for...