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Court Sentences Okupe To Two Years Jail Term Over N702m Scam
Doyin Okupe, former senior special assistant on public affairs to Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, and chieftain of the Labour party is to spend two years in prison following his conviction today, December 19, 2022 by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu…
ANTI-GRAFT WAR: EFCC Records 3,615 Convictions As At Dec 5. – Bawa
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa on Wednesday, 14 December, 2022, revealed that the Commission recorded 3,615 convictions as at December 5, 2022
He disclosed this while…
BRIBERY ALLEGATION: Court Dismisses No Case Submission, Orders Chinese Nationals To Open Defence
Meng Wei Kun and Xu Kuai (both Chinese nationals) standing trial before a Sokoto State High Court on a two count charge of conspiracy and attempting to bribe one Abdullahi Lawal, former Head of the Sokoto Zonal Command of Economic and…
Court Convicts 27 Internet Fraudsters In Oyo, Ogun States
The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentencing of twenty-seven cybercriminals to various terms ranging from one to eighteen months community service, one year…
ICPC Confirms Detention Of D’Banj Over Alleged N-Power Funds Fraud
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) confirmed on Wednesday the arrest and detention of Mr. Oladipo Daniel Oyebanjo, otherwise known by his stage name D’Banj, over the investigation of fraud…
CYBERCRIME: Police Burst POS Network Fraud Syndicates Responsible For Over N16m Theft
The Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre, an innovation of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, to effectively tackle cybercrime offences, and which led to the reorganization of all cybercrime units of the…
Two Brothers, Who Work at a Car wash Arrested While Fleeing with their Client’s Car
Police operatives in Ogun State have arrested two brothers Emmanuel Nwachukwu, 28, and Sunday Nwachukwu, 24, for allegedly st£aling a Toyota Camry car, at a car wash.
The siblings were arrested on Wednesday, November 30, while…
LASTMA Nabs Two Abductors , Rescue Female Victim
Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) said it have arrested two suspected abductors and rescued a female victim inside their car around Presbyterian Church, Yaba, Lagos
The General Manager of LASTMA Mr.…
EMPLOYMENT FRAUD: NSCDC Officer Bags 7-Year Jail Term
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured the conviction of an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) for defrauding a citizen of N100,000 to help her to secure a…
AGE FALSIFICATION: ICPC Arraigns Former Customary Court Of Appeal Judge
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned a former Judge of the Imo State Customary Court of Appeal, Francis Chukwuma Abosi for allegedly altering an official document to falsify his age…