Former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello has been released from Kuje Custodial Centre after meeting the bail conditions set by the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja. This was confirmed by the spokesperson for the Nigerian Correctional Service, FCT Command, Adamu Duza, to PUNCH Online on Friday evening. Duza said, “Yahaya Bello has […]
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the final forfeiture of a warehouse built on a landed property measuring 1.925 hectares of land along the Lagos/Ibadan expressway in Magboro, Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State. The court also ordered the permanent forfeiture of 54 general purpose steel containers. Justice Deinde Dipeolu […]
A visually-impaired widow in Anambra State has fallen victim t a yet-to-be-identified woman who allegedly stole her Automated Teller Machine card and emptied her account of over N2 million within minutes, The Punch reports. The incident reportedly took place over the weekend at an ATM point in Nnewi, the Nnewi North Local Government Area. According […]
A federal capital territory (FCT) high court in Maitama has granted bail to Yahaya Bello, former Kogi state governor, in the sum of N500 million. Bello has been charged with alleged criminal breach of trust to the tune of N110,446,470,089, contrary to sections 96 and 311 of the Penal Code Law Cap.89, Laws of Northern […]
The Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Thursday, December 12, 2024 arraigned the duo of Ekpe Anayaoha Okoronkwo and Umeonuoha Onyinye, staff of one of the new generation banks, before Justice Mohammed Garba Umar of the Federal High Court sitting in Independence Layout, Enugu State for allegedly selling newly-minted […]
The Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) announced on Monday that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reclaimed over N248 billion, $105 million, and 753 duplexes in its asset recovery efforts. This was disclosed by the Director of Legal at ONSA, Mr. Zakari Mijinyawa, during the Strategic Communications Inter-Agency Policy Committee Meeting. […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 192 foreign nationals for their alleged involvement in cryptocurrency investment fraud and romance scams, marking the largest such operation in the commission’s history. Among those arrested are 148 Chinese nationals, 40 Filipinos, two Khazartans, one Pakistani, and one Indonesian. The suspects were apprehended in a surprise […]
A Nigerian man, identified as Johnson, has been arrested in Delhi for duping an Indian woman from Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh, with a fake matrimonial profile and promising marriage. Rajnandgaon police apprehended Johnson, who is accused of swindling the woman of lakhs of rupees under the pretense of marriage. Police revealed that Johnson had been living in […]
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested a suspected online fraudster, Osang Usie Otukpa, for allegedly duping 139 Australians to the tune of $AUD8,000,000 (Eight Million Australian Dollars). He was picked up in a stake out at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos upon arrival from the United States of […]
The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello to the tune of ₦500 million. Justice Emeka Nwite who presided over the court session on Friday ordered that the former governor must produce two sureties in like sum. He said the two sureties must swear […]
