Tag: Fraud

  • EFCC Arrests Nigerian-American Over Alleged $320,000 Scam

    EFCC Arrests Nigerian-American Over Alleged $320,000 Scam

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    By Paul Joseph Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested a Nigerian-American citizen, Adegoke Oluwatobi Adams, over an alleged luxury vehicle importation scam involving more than $320,000 (approximately ₦436 million). The anti-graft agency disclosed that Adams is under investigation for alleged criminal breach of trust and…

  • The Many Sins of Ex-minister Sadiya Farouq

    The Many Sins of Ex-minister Sadiya Farouq

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    By Paul Joseph Former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Sadiya Umar Farouq, is once again at the centre of intense legal and public scrutiny following reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared her wanted over ongoing corruption investigations linked to Nigeria’s multi-trillion-naira social intervention programmes. The development marks a…

  • Court Jails Man Two Years for ₦22m Fraud in Maiduguri

    Court Jails Man Two Years for ₦22m Fraud in Maiduguri

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    A Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri has convicted and sentenced one Shehu Saleh to two years imprisonment for criminal misappropriation involving ₦22 million. Justice Aisha Kumaliya delivered the judgment after Saleh was arraigned by the Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a one-count charge bordering on fraud…