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Police Arrest Fraudsters for Allegedly Using Minister’s Name to Defraud Retired General of…
By ThankGod Inalegwu
The Police Command in Abuja has detained four suspects for allegedly impersonating associates of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to defraud a retired…
₦12 Trillion Recovery Shocker: Emefiele, Top Officials Linked to Massive Financial Probe in Nigeria
A sweeping financial investigation has sent shockwaves across Nigeria’s economic and political landscape, with staggering revelations involving former top officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and other high-profile figures.…
Court Jails Ex-AGF, Chukwuenyere Nwabuoku 72 Years Over ₦868 Million Fraud
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has sentenced Nigeria’s former Accountant General of the Federation, Chukwuenyere Nwabuoku, to a cumulative 72 years imprisonment for fraud involving ₦868 million, in a landmark…
NDLEA Sieze 28,470 Pills of Tramadol Bound for Italy, Arrest Suspect in Lagos Airport
Attempts by members of Drug Trafficking Organisations (DTOs) to move consignments of illicit substances especially methamphetamine and opioids concealed in walls of carton, winter jackets and body cream containers to countries in Europe…
10 Filipino Sailors, Convicted for Shipping 20kg of Cocaine Into Nigeria, Fined $6million
Barely four months after their arrest by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for importing 20 kilograms of cocaine from Santos Brazil into Nigeria through the Apapa seaport in Lagos, 10 Filipino sailors and their…
EFCC Recovers N387m from Fraudulent Jigawa Govt Officials, Returns Cash to Govt
The Kano Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, March 17, 2026, handed over the sum of N387,483,488.00 (Three Hundred and Eighty-Seven Million, Four Hundred and Eighty-Three Thousand,…
Court Sentences Contractor to 2 Years Imprisonment for Forgery
Justice F. A. Olubanjo of the Federal High Court sitting in Asaba, Delta State has convicted and sentenced Julius Ejiogu, a contractor to two years imprisonment for forgery.
The convict was arraigned on a…
Court Jails Three for Fraud in Kaduna
Justice A. Isiaka of the Kaduna State High Court, sitting in Kaduna has convicted and jailed the trio of Aliyu Hassan, Samuel Olamide and Solomon Joseph Christian for fraud.
They were prosecuted by the Kaduna Zonal Directorate…
ICPC Dismantles Lagos “Visa Mill” Syndicate; Secures Conviction of Local Govt Official
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has busted and dismantled a Visa mill Syndicate in Lagos State, just as it secured the conviction of one Michael Kuyoro, a staff member of Ikeja Local…
ICPC Arraigns Visa Agent for Alleged Forgery, Attempt to Obtain UK Visa with False Documents
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned a visa agent, Mr. Adediwura Adesina Stanley, before the Lagos State High Court over allegations bordering on conspiracy, forgery, and the…