Tag: FRAUD
Former NIMASA DG Patrick Akpobolokemi acquitted of N8.5bn fraud
A Federal High Court in Lagos has discharged and acquitted a former director-general of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Patrick Akpobolokemi...
Access Bank raises alarm over fraudsters using Wigwe’s name for fraud
Access Bank has warned its customers to be wary of fraudsters using the name of its late group chief executive officer Herbert Wigwe for...
Ibeto has returned N1.5bn in alleged N4.8bn fraud case, EFCC tells...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday said businessman Cletus Ibeto has paid back N1.5 billion in two tranches in respect of...
Tinubu suspends Rural Electrification Agency MD, three others over alleged N1.2bn...
President Bola Tinubu has suspended the managing director/chief executive officer of Rural Electrification Agency (REA) Ahmad Ahmad and three executive directors of the agency.
Presidential...
Obiano challenges court’s jurisdiction in alleged N4bn fraud case
A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed March 7 to hear a motion filed by former Anambra State governor Willie Obiano challenging the...
Ex-governor Abdulfatah Ahmed remains in EFCC custody after two nights
Former governor of Kwara State Abdulfatah Ahmed has spent a second night in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Ahmed has...
EFCC re-arraigns professor over alleged N1.47bn fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday re-arraigned Prof Uche Chigozie and three companies before a Federal High Court in Lagos over...
$6.23m fraud: Presidency requests Interpol to arrest Emefiele’s alleged co-conspirators
The Presidency has requested the Interpol National Central Bureau to place a member of staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and two...
EFCC lacks power to prosecute me, Olu Agunloye writes in preliminary...
Former minister of power and steel Olu Agunloye has challenged the power of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to prosecute him on...
EFCC reacts as general overseer debunks reports of arrest
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said that the general overseer of the Faith on the Rock Ministry International Apostle Theophilus Ebonyi...