Crime & Metro
EFCC re-arraigns Ex-Kwara Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed for N5.78bn fraud
Stanley Ihedigbo Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), re-arraigned the immediate past governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed alongside his Finance Commissioner, Ademola Banu on a 14-count amended charge bordering on alleged stealing and mismanagement of public funds to…
Read More »Justice served: Canadian lady bags 11 years for importing 35.20kg of cannabis
Stanley Ihedigbo 41-year-old Canadian woman, Adrienne Munju, has been convicted and sentenced to 11 years in prison by a Federal High Court in Lagos for importing 74 parcels of Canadian Loud, a strong strain of synthetic cannabis weighing 35.20 kilograms into Nigeria. According to…
Read More »Emefiele: EFCC seeks virtual testimony of US-based witnesses
Stanley Ihedigbo A prosecution counsel in the ongoing trial of the former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele, prayed Justice Maryanne Anenih of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court Maitama, Abuja, to allow two of his witnesses, I.E Obiora and Aisha…
Read More »EFCC arrests 36 suspected internet fraudsters in Onitsha
Stanley Ihedigbo Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) have arrested 36 suspected internet fraudsters at different locations of Onitsha, Anambra State. According to the Head, Media and Publicity, EFCC, Mr. Dele Oyewale, the suspects were arrested on October…
Read More »Kaduna Court convicts three internet fraudsters, Mary Lisa Goklool, Douglas Chiater, Prudent Jameson
Stanley Ihedigbo Justices Hawaa Buhari and R.M Aikawa of the Federal High Court, Kaduna have convicted and sentenced Owoyale Shuaib (a.k.a Mary Lisa Goklool), Oluwafemi Moses Oluwatosin (a.k.a Douglas Chiater) and Wisdom Sambo Sammy (a.k.a Prudent Jameson) to various jail terms for fraud. According to the Head,…
Read More »Kwara courts jail six for internet fraud in Ilorin
Stanley Ihedigbo Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), secured the conviction of six persons for offences bordering on internet fraud before Justices Sulaiman Akanbi and Adebayo Yusuf of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin. According to the Head,…
Read More »Unlicensed Bureau de Change operator ordered to perform 200 hours of community service
Stanley Ihedigbo Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin has sentenced one Yakubu Aminu to 200 hours community service for carrying out bureau de change businesses without a valid licence. Similarly, a Kwara State High Court presided over by Justice…
Read More »Alleged N71.5m fraud: Court adjourns notorious ponzi scheme operator’s trial till Oct 29
Stanley Ihedigbo Justice F. O. Giwa-Ogunbanjo of the Federal High Court sitting in Independence Layout, Enugu State has adjourned the trial of an alleged notorious ponzi scheme operator, Chinedu Roland Okoronkwo, standing trial for N71,5m fraud till October 29, 2024. According to the Head, Media…
Read More »Alleged N33.8bn Manbilla Project fraud: Proceeds used to purchase Abuja properties- Witness
Stanley Ihedigbo First Prosecuting Witness (PW1), Abubakar Kweido, in the trial of a former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, told a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja before Justice James Omotosho that he former minister allegedly used funds from the Mambilla Hydro project’s…
Read More »Emefiele didn’t have Buhari, CBN Board’s Approval for Naira Redesign-Witness
Stanley Ihedigbo Fourth Prosecution Witness (PW4), Edward Adamu, in the trial of the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, told Justice Maryanne Anenih of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), High Court, Maitama, Abuja, that Emefiele did not did have the approval…
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