CORRUPTION
Ex-Governors Dariye, Nyame Finally Out Of Prison
Former Governors of Plateau and Taraba states, Joshua Dariye and Jolly Nyame have been released from Kuje Prison where they we’re serving various jail terms for sundry offences as governors. Recall the duos were granted presidential pardon by Presi...
EFCC Arrests 17 Yahoo Boys In Lagos
Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, August 2, 2022, arrested 17 suspected internet fraudsters. The suspects are Ogunnowo Aderosola, Adebesin Adeyinka, Nkeokelonye Stanley Ifeanyi, A...
EFCC Convicts Electrician For Romance Scam
The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC today, August 3, 2022, secured the conviction of one Shittu Taiwo before Justice Darius Khobo on a one count charge. The charge reads; “That you, Shittu Taiwo (aka York ...
EFCC Declares Mompha Wanted
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has declared Nigeria’s popular Instagram celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha, aka Mompha, wanted. It urged Nigerians with information on Mompha’s whereabouts to speak up or contact the nearest police st...
EFCC Secures Order To Prosecute Ondo Assembly Speaker, Others
The Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, has been granted permission to bring fraud charges against David Oleyeloogun, Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, and some other lawmakers by an Akure High Court. The permission followed a r...
Alleged N109bn Fraud: Court Grants Ex-Accountant General, Idris Ahmed, 2 Others Bail
Six days after he was remanded in prison custody, an Abuja High Court sitting at Maitama, on Thursday, granted bail to the former Accountant-General of the Federation, AGF, Ahmed Idris, to the tune of filing this report. The court, in a ruling that w...
Billionaire Linked With Abba Kyari’s Drug Deal For Trial Oct 6
The Federal High Court in Lagos has fixed October 6 for the trial of a billionaire industrialist Afamefuna Mallinson Ukatu and his worker, Sunday Ifeanyi Ibekwute, on a banned drug charge. Ukatu is the Managing Director of Mallinson & Partners Ltd, w...
Court Jails Fake Army General 7 Years For N266.5m Fraud In Lagos (Photo)
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, Thursday, July 8, 2022 convicted and sentenced one Bolarinwa Abiodun, a fake Army General to seven years in prison on a 13-count charge bordering on obtaining money by fa...
Corruption: I’ll Challenge My Conviction At Supreme Court – APC Senator, Nwaoboshi Vows
Chairman, Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi(APC, Delta North) has vowed to immediately challenge the Court of Appeal judgment which convicted him over corruption-related charges at the Supreme Court. In a statement in A...
Court Jails Senator Nwaoboshi 7 Years For Money Laundering
The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos, Friday, convicted and sentenced Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, senator representing Delta North senatorial district at the National Assembly, to seven years imprisonment and ordered that his two companies, Golden Tou...
