The Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), maintaining peace in Plateau has arrested one James Dogo, for falsely parading himself as a military personnel. Dogo was arrested alongside one Dotun Shomoye, who specialises in printing identity cards for fake security personnel. Other 20 suspected criminals, who are between the ages of 20 and 25,
The official Twitter account of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal website was hacked early on Thursday, the social media company has confirmed. A series of tweets were sent from the account asking its followers to donate cryptocurrency to the prime minister’s relief fund. Twitter said it was aware of the activity and had taken
Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of the Kwara State High Court, sitting in Ilorin has convicted and sentenced Akinsanya Olamide Ridwan, a four hundred level undergraduate of the University of Ilorin to three months Community Service for committing romance scam. The service requires him to clear the drainage at Bekind filing Station near Tipper Garage, Tanke up
Justice Nasiru Saminu of the Kano State High Court on Thursday, August 27, 2020 convicted and sentenced one Salisu Alhassan, bureau de change (BDC) operator to four years imprisonment for fraud. The convict was prosecuted on two-count charge of criminal breach of trust and misappropriation of funds. One of the charges read, ”That you, Salisu
The Uyo zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday, August 25, 2020, arraigned one Gabriel Chizoba Ikpenwa and his wife, Lillian Nkechi Ikpenwa before Justice Archibong Archibong of Akwa Ibom State High Court, Uyo, for fraud. The couple was arraigned alongside a Cooperative Society, Easycash Multipurpose, owned by the first
Ramon Abbas, the Nigerian Instagram celebrity with the nomenclature “ Hushpuppi “, has been arraigned in an American court in California as his trial begins on October 13. Mr Abbas pleaded not guilty to the four-count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money laundering conspiracies, international money laundering and engaging in monetary transactions in property
A former political adviser of United States President, Donald Trump, Steve Bannon, was on Thursday arrested for his role in an online fundraising scheme. The NBC reports that Bannon was charged with fraud by a Manhattan attorney for defrauding people of millions of dollars. In a statement by acting US Attorney, Audrey Strauss, Bannon was
A Federal High court in Benin has ordered the candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the September 19, 2020 gubernatorial election in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu to appear in court on Tuesday July 14, 2020, over the alleged N700m money laundering case that was preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has uncovered the diversion of a huge sum of money belonging to the Federal Government into private pockets. The money, in the sum of over Two Hundred and Fifty Million Naira (N250m) was diverted from the personnel cost account of the Usman Danfodio University Teaching
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said that Nigeria’s most-wanted hacker, Ramoni Igbalode, alias Ray Hushpuppy, has a number of cases to answer with the anti-graft agency. A statement by the EFCC noted that Hushpuppy who was recently arrested by the International Police(Interpol) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation(FBI), has considerable cases of