Tag: fraud
N84bn fraud: EFCC officers storm Yahaya Bello’s house in Abuja
The operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have stormed the residence of the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello,...
Businessman: How my father-in-law defrauded me of cars, money
A prosecution witness, Mr. Gafar Ademolake, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024 told an Ikeja Special Offences Court how his 72-year-old father-in-law, Muritala Adebayo (alias Oloriebi...
$6bn fraud: Court dismisses Agunloye’s application for lawyers’ intervention
A Federal Capital Territory High Court on Monday, April 15, 2024, dismissed an application by a former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye,...
EFCC: We’ve not cleared Edu, others involved in humanitarian ministry fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has not cleared anyone allegedly involved in the ongoing probe of the Ministry of Humanitarian...
Atiku: N15.3trn Lagos-Calabar project, highway to fraud
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has described as wasteful and a highway to fraud the claim by the Minister of Works, David Umahi, that...
Vietnamese billionaire Lan sentenced to death for $12.5bn fraud
A court in Vietnam has sentenced real estate tycoon Truong My Lan to death over her role in a 304-trillion-dong ($12.5 billion) financial fraud.
Lan...
EFCC arrests General Overseer for defrauding church member N3.9m
The operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested the General Overseer of CAC Freedom City Prophetic and Deliverance Ministry in...
N1.9bn fraud: Lagos residents protest, demand LG chairman’s suspension
The residents of Eti-Osa East Local Council Development Area in Lagos State have staged a protest at the State House of Assembly complex over...
Moniepoint unveils new USSD to combat fraud
A microfinance bank, Moniepoint, has unveiled a new Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) service to combat fraud and enhance financial inclusion.
This was made known...
Quantity surveyors to EFCC: Help us tackle fraud in construction industry
The Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS) has called for collaboration with the Economic and Financial Commission (EFCC) to tackle fraud in the construction...
