Crime Facts

Court Strikes Out Suit Against Osun Deputy Chief Of Staff

A High Court in Abuja on Wednesday struck out the fraud allegation case against Deputy Chief of Staff to Osun State Governor, Prince Adeyanju Binuyo. The Inspector General of Police had in a charge marked CR/975/2020 sued Binuyo before the court. At the trial, none of the parties were present. One Rimamsote Ezekiel had appeared […]

Fraud: Ex-banker jailed 98 years, to return N49m, $368,000

A former staff of an old generation bank, Oreoluwa Adesakin, was handed a cumulative 98 years in prison by Justice Muniru Olagunju of the Oyo State High Court for fraud. Adesakin, female, was found to have committed financial fraud against her employers to the tune of N49,320,652.32 and additional $368,203.00 belonging to the bank which […]

Court Convicts Fake Lawyer Practicing In Popular Law Firm

…As He Suffers High Blood Pressure & Partial Paralysis A Magistrate Court sitting in Aba in Charge No: MAS/182c/2020, has convicted a fake Lawyer, Mr. Uzochukwu Iheanacho Emenike who was earlier apprehended by the Nigerian Bar Association(NBA) Aba Branch and therefore, ordered him to pay a fine of N80,000. He was arraigned on a two-count […]

EFCC Arraigns former Poly Director for N27m Contract Scam in Awka

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Tuesday September 22, 2020 arraigned a former Director of Physical Planning, and currently Senior Lecturer in the Department of Architecture, Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra State, Architect Pius Ugochukwu Ezeokafor before Justice O. A Ezeoke of the State High Court sitting in Ekwulobia, Aguata Local Government Area of […]

Fake Army Lieutenant In EFCC Net For Multiple Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Gombe Zonal Office is interrogating one Eze Mavus Ugochukwu, a student of Computer Science, Bauchi State Polytechnic, who defrauds unsuspecting members of the public by posing as a Lieutenant in the Nigerian Army. Ugochukwu, an indigene of Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State was arrested by the […]

CBN Probes 16 Firms Over Forex Infractions

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is investigating the bank accounts of 16 companies in the country suspected of violating foreign exchange regulations, New Telegraph learnt yesterday. A list of the affected companies sighted by this newspaper last night shows that a lot of them are Indian and foreign owned firms. They include organisations such […]