A 38-year-old suspected internet fraudster, Azeez Adebowale, has been arrested with a mini coffin containing fetish materials found in his possession, when his house was raided by operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on March 2, 2020. Adebowale, who claimed to be using the coffin as a […]
The House of Representatives has mandated a committee to investigate allegations of plans to divert the recently recovered $308 million Abacha loot into private accounts using Julius Berger Nigeria Ltd. as a conduit. The Federal Government had said the money will be used to expedite work on the Lagos–Ibadan expressway, Abuja–Kano expressway and the second […]
The Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has uncovered a criminal syndicate of bankers that specialized in forging signatures of deceased bank customers, and stealing from their accounts. They also execute fraudulent financial transactions, including unauthorized debits of depositors’ funds. Crimefacts.news reports that the members of the criminal syndicate, which […]
…Abiodun, Uzodinma, Okorocha listed The Department of State Services (DSS) may have indicted the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole for alleged large scale corruption. SaharaReporters have listed names it confirmed to have been allegedly listed by the DSS report as paying or attempting to pay bribes, in millions or hundreds […]
A Federal High Court sitting in Yola, Adamawa State has sentenced four persons including a woman to 160 years imprisonment on a multiple-count charge of conspiracy and possession of counterfeit banknotes. Hon. Justice Abdulazeez Anka, who handed down the sentences to the convicts in the case brought by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related […]
…May lose senate seat An Abuja-based lawyer may have worsened the woes of Senator Theodore Orji and his son, Chinedum Orji who are undergoing investigations for alleged fraud in excess of N150billion. The lawyer, Chinwendu Nduka-Edede, a constitutional lawyer and anti-corruption crusader has petitioned the Code of Conduct Bureau demanding investigation of Senator Orji and […]
Another anti-corruption organization, Citizens Rights Against Corruption (CRAC) has joined the list of those calling for the comprehensive probe of the Vice Chancellors of the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) , his UNIABUJA counterpart and their predecessors where necessary. This followed a chain of fraudulent activities and questionable transactions in excess of N1.2 billion […]
Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (Rtd) on Tuesday disclosed that the Custom Command at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) had intercepted 8.06 million U.S. dollars from the airport. Ali, during a media briefing in Lagos, said that the dollars loaded in six big `Bagco’ bags were packed in a coaster bus belonging to […]
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured the conviction of Mr. Zachaeus Atte, a former Commissioner for Agriculture in Kogi State, North-Central Nigeria. Crimefacts.news reports that Mr. Atte was convicted on corruption charges by a Kogi State High Court sitting in Okene, Kogi State and presided over by Hon. Justice […]
The Civil Society Groups for the Defence of Human Rights, Justice and Equity has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to be fair in prosecuting the bribery allegation against Sen. Shehu Sani. Briefing newsmen in Abuja on Sunday, spokesperson of the group Adamu Kabiru Matazu insisted that bribery involved two parties and […]
