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- Financial Crime
- February 6, 2025
- 41 views
Edo suspends Attorney-General, LG commission chair over alleged financial infractions
The Edo State Government has announced the suspension of its Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Samson Osagie, and the Chairman of the Local Government Service Commission, Damian Lawani. The…
- Financial Crime
- February 4, 2025
- 44 views
Court orders interim forfeiture of $222k digital assets ‘seized from crypto fraudsters’
A federal high court in Ikoyi, Lagos state, has ordered the interim forfeiture of digital wallet assets worth $222,729 to the federal government. On Monday, Alexander Owoeye, the presiding…
- Financial Crime
- February 3, 2025
- 49 views
Internet fraud: Courts remand 29 Chinese, others in Ikoyi, Kirikiri prisons
No fewer than 29 Chinese, 10 Filipinos and three others have been remanded in the Ikoyi and Kirikiri Correctional Centres of Lagos State. They were remanded by Federal High…
- Financial Crime
- February 3, 2025
- 58 views
Alleged fraud: Court orders remand of ex-NHIS boss in Kuje prison
A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja, on Monday ordered the remand of a former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Usman Yusuf, at the Kuje…
- Financial Crime
- February 1, 2025
- 55 views
N868m fraud: Witnesses narrate how ex-AG diverted defence funds as trial begins
The trial of former Acting Accountant General of the Federation, Chukwunyere Anamekwe Nwabuoku, over an alleged N868.4 million fraud began on Friday, January 31, 2025, before Justice James Omotosho…
- Financial Crime
- January 31, 2025
- 57 views
Alleged Cybercrime: EFCC Arraigns 13 Chinese Nationals, One Company
Almost two months after it announced the landmark arrest of 193 foreigners and 599 Nigerians, in one fell swoop for offences bordering on Cryptocurrency Investment Fraud and Romance Scam,…
- Financial Crime
- January 30, 2025
- 71 views
EFCC Arrests Ex-NHIS’ Boss, Usman Yusuf
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have raided the Abuja home of a former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Prof. Usman Yusuf,…
- Financial Crime
- January 28, 2025
- 38 views
Sirika awarded contract to son-in-law’s ‘unqualified’ company, witness tells court
A witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has told a federal capital territory (FCT) high court in Abuja that Hadi Sirika, a former aviation minister, awarded…
- Corruption , Financial Crime
- January 23, 2025
- 46 views
BDC operator tells court how over N22bn was ‘diverted’ from ministry of power under Saleh Mamman
Abdullahi Suleman, a bureau de change operator, has narrated how over N22 billion was allegedly siphoned from the federal ministry of power when Saleh Mamman was the minister. In July…
- Financial Crime
- January 22, 2025
- 30 views
Immigration Arrests 90 Foreigners For Cybercrimes In Rivers
The Rivers State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service has arrested 90 suspected illegal immigrants for Cybercrimes perpetrated at different levels to swindle innocent Nigerians. The suspects were arrested in…
- Corruption , Financial Crime
- January 21, 2025
- 43 views
W’Bank blacklists two Nigerian firms, CEO over corruption — Report
The World Bank Group has announced the 30-month debarment of two Nigerian companies, Viva Atlantic Limited and Technology House Limited, alongside their Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Mr Norman…
- Financial Crime
- January 20, 2025
- 31 views
Otudeko, Onasanya, others’ absence in court stall arraignment
The arraignment of the chairman of Honeywell Group, Oba Otudeko, and the former Managing Director of First Bank, Olabisi Onasanya, faced a brick wall on Monday following their absence at…
- Financial Crime
- January 20, 2025
- 25 views
Alleged N76bn fraud: Court grants ex-AMCON MD, others N20m bail
Justice Mojisola Dada of an Ikeja Special Offences Court on Monday granted N20m, bail to former Managing Director of Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria, Ahmed Kuru, and four other defendants…
- Corruption , Financial Crime
- January 20, 2025
- 46 views
Court jails Sokoto teaching hospital accountant for diverting N60m
The federal high court in Sokoto has convicted and sentenced Lukumanu Sani Waziri, an accountant at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH), over the diversion of N60 million. The…
- Corruption , Financial Crime
- January 20, 2025
- 48 views
UK probe finds no stolen Nigerian funds linked to Diezani –Ozekhome
Legal luminary, Prof. Mike Ozekhome, SAN, has debunked persistent allegations of corruption against former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, asserting that no stolen Nigerian funds have ever been traced…