Fraud

The Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, has dismissed an application by former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Adoza Bello challenging the court’s jurisdiction to hear the N110.4bn fraud charge filed against him by…
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A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Apo has dismissed an application by Sadiya Umar-Farouq, former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, seeking to set aside a bench warrant issued for her arrest. In a ruling delivered on Monday,…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has told the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja that former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, allegedly presented an aircraft belonging to Ethiopian Airlines as the proposed…
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A former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, has asked a federal high court in Abuja to set aside the bench warrant issued for her arrest in an alleged fraud case filed by the…
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A Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, on Tuesday deferred its ruling on an application seeking to discontinue the alleged N2.8 billion fraud trial involving former Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika until the day…
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A United States federal court has sentenced a Nigerian-born former nonprofit chief executive, Dr Nkechy Ezeh, to 70 months in prison for orchestrating a $1.4 million fraud scheme involving taxpayer and donor funds meant for vulnerable…
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Director-General, Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN), Dr Mustapha Abdullahi, has denied being arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as reported in the media. He said this in a statement to the News Agency of…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Mustapha Abdullahi, Director-General of the Energy Commission of Nigeria, over alleged money laundering offences involving more than N500 billion. It was gathered that…
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The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has sentenced former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, to 75 years in prison for stealing public funds totalling about ₦33.8 billion. The court, in the judgment delivered by Justice James Omotosho,…
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Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has approved the deposition of Oba Joseph Oloyede as the Apetumodu of Ipetumodu. The decision followed Oloyede’s conviction in the United States of America on tax fraud and money laundering charges.…
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