Former Special Adviser to Governor Hope Uzodimma on Special Duties, Nze Chinasa Nwaneri has been arrested by a special team of Police detectives in Owerri Imo, the state’s capital. Nwaneri was until recently, one of Uzodimma’s most trusted aides who had been with him for over fifteen years. Sources said Nwaneri was arrested at […]
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has revealed that underage boys, who are into internet fraud popularly called ‘Yahoo Yahoo’ do age declaration to enable them to open bank accounts and get driver’s licences to expend their proceeds from the crimes, as it vowed to go after government agencies and individuals that issue […]
The National Identity Management Commission on Friday said it had uncovered a syndicate of individuals posing as employees of the commission and issuing fake national identity numbers to unsuspecting Nigerians. It said some suspects had been arrested and were undergoing prosecution with relevant security agencies. The NIMC Director General, Abisoye Coker-Odusote, disclosed this at […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested six senior officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps over alleged N6bn fraud. The senior officers are currently being grilled by EFCC interrogators at the commission’s headquarters, Jabi, Abuja, The PUNCH can confirm. Though details of the probe are still sketchy, our correspondent gathered […]
Former manager of First City Monument Bank (FCMB), Onitsha branch, Nwachukwu Placidus, has been sentenced to a cumulative of 121 years in prison for diverting fixed deposit funds of a customer amounting to N112,100,000 for personal use. Justice S. N. Odili of the Anambra State High Court in Onitsha handed down the judgment on […]
A federal jury in New Haven, Connecticut, Wednesday, convicted an extradited Nigerian national, Okechukwu Osuji, for engaging in a business email compromise scheme out of multiple countries, including the United States. This was revealed in a statement by the US Department of Justice on Thursday, saying that Osuji and his accomplices, John Wamuigah and […]
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has urged students to exercise caution and verify the legitimacy of any website or service claiming to represent the organisation. This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday by NELFUND’s Head of Media and Public Relations, Nasir Ayitogo. “NELFUND management has become aware of a […]
Ola Olukoyede, chair of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says banks in the country lost over N8 billion to internet fraud in 2022. Olukoyede spoke in Abuja on Tuesday during an interactive session with media executives. He said more than 71 percent of companies operating in Nigeria were victims of cybercrime in […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has warned the public, particularly those with relatives abroad, about a new fraudulent scheme being orchestrated by impersonators posing as NDLEA officers. This was made known in a statement by the NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, shared on the agency’s website on Saturday. The statement […]
A forensic document examiner seconded to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Bamaiyi Haruna on Thursday said the analysis conducted on the documents used to release $6.2m from the Central Bank of Nigeria in February 2023 showed that they were forged. The EFCC had alleged that on February 8, 2023, a former CBN governor, […]
