Court has arraigned a 35 year-old Auto mechanic, Pamilerin Akinbola, on Tuesday who appeared before an Okitipupa Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ondo State for allegedly defrauding Dele Igbasan of N500,000. The defendant, with no fixed address is faced with two-count charge bordering on advance fee fraud and conversion of other people’s property to personal use. … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Makurdi Zonal Office on Friday, prosecuted one Moses Peter Adoga before Justice Simon O. Aboki of the Nasarawa State High Court sitting in Lafia, Nasarawa State. Adoga was arraigned on a one-count charge for converting the sum of N19,765,200, being a Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) grant to … Read more
A Nigerian man Arthur Okeke who disguises as a woman on social media to swindle his victims been arrested for allegedly duping a retired official of the Indian Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the country’s the premier investigating agency. Okeke, 33, was arrested in Delhi, for swindling an ex-CBI official in 2018 of around Rs … Read more
A 35-year-old man, Gbenga Owonifari, has been arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly obtaining 4,800 Euros (N1.93 million) from a Polish woman under the pretext of marrying her. Owonifari, who resides at the Alakuko area of Lagos, during his arraignment on Monday denied charges of obtaining money under false pretences, forgery … Read more
A 35-year-old man, Gbenga Owonifari, has been arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly obtaining 4,800 Euros (N1.93 million) from a Polish woman under the pretext of marrying her. Owonifari, who resides at the Alakuko area of Lagos, during his arraignment on Monday denied charges of obtaining money under false pretences, forgery … Read more
A chief magistrates’ court in Choba, Rivers State, on Monday, sentenced a fake lawyer, Sunday Ejiofor, to three years in prison. Ejiofor, who was accused of defrauding a commercial motorcyclist, had pleaded guilty to the one count preferred against him. The Chief Magistrate, Mr Israel Agbeso, said he sentenced the convict to only three years … Read more
A Federal High Court, sitting in Maitama, Abuja yesterday admitted more documents, presented to it by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in evidence against former Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido and others. Lamido is being prosecuted alongside his two sons: Aminu Sule Lamido and Mustapha Sule Lamido. Also facing the same trial are … Read more