Yusuf Anas, a dismissed police officer, has been arrested for alleged impersonation and stealing by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, Zone 17, Akure in Ondo State. Anas was apprehended after he purchased a mobile phone from a store and allegedly generated a fake bank transfer alert, indicating that he had credited the seller’s […]
The Police on Tuesday arraigned a Bureau De Change Operator, Atoyebi Bamidele, also known as Bam-Bam, before the Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos for allegedly obtaining N157m from traders in Alaba Market under false pretence. Bamidele who operates under the name Prosocial International Limited is facing three counts of conspiracy, obtaining and stealing […]
Aself-acclaimed pastor, Micheal Ogundepo, has been arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). Pastor Ogundepo was arrested when he was invited to collect N3m to process a visa for somebody. The N3m Visa job was bait to lure him out of hiding after one of his victims, Fagbuyiro Ajetomobi […]
Marcus Tibetan, a popular Lagos prophet of a white garment church, has been accused of a N65 million land scam by his church member, David Timileyin, whom he allegedly promised land near the recently inaugurated Dangote refinery in the state. According to Timilehin, a real estate businessman, his relationship with Tibetan was that of […]
The Zonal Commander of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr Michael Nzekwe, has indicted banks in Kwara state over bank thefts and money laundering, saying, “there is no major fraud especially money laundering that is ever committed without the connivance of bank officials.” Nzekwe said this during […]
Three Nigerian men are awaiting extradition to the United States to face prosecution for allegedly sexually extorting numerous young men and teenage boys. The suspects are Samuel Ogoshi, 22; Samson Ogoshi, 20; and Ezekiel Ejehem Robert, 19. The suspects are said to be residing in Lagos, Nigeria. The US Department of Justice, in a […]
A 17-year-old teenage boy from Marquette, Michigan, Jordan DeMay reportedly shot himself dead over extortion by three Nigerians. The suspects, Samuel Ogoshi (22), Samson Ogochi (20), and Ezekiel Ejehem Robert (19), are currently facing accusations of global sexual extortion that resulted in the suicide of a teenage boy in the United States. The trio […]
Three students from Enugu State, South East Nigeria studying in Vivekananda Global University, Jaipur, India are currently stranded after one Ejikeme Maxwell Maduekwe fled with their school fees. According to JOURNALIST101, Ejikeme Maxwell, from Ezeagu local government area of Enugu State was allegedly into money exchange for foreign students and has been in the […]
A 21-year-old lady, Atuonah Chioma, has been arrested by operatives of the Police Special Fraud Unit, Ikoyi-Lagos, for allegedly defrauding a German citizen of $220,000. The suspect, a 2019 graduate of Economics from the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, according to the Police, lured the 50-year-old German on Instagram by feigning romantic intentions towards him. In […]
Olalekan Jacob Ponle, known as Mr Woodberry, has pleaded guilty to wire fraud. He also agreed to forfeit $8 million in proceeds of wire fraud as well as luxury cars and watches to the foreign government. Woodberry, a known associate of the now-imprisoned internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas, better known as Hushpuppi, recently in a […]
