Fraud

A former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele has been released from the Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja after meeting up with his bail conditions. The spokesperson for the Kuje Correctional Centre, FCT,…

Presidential opposition candidate Martin Fayulu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo general elections, votes at a polling station in Kinshasa on Wednesday. He tells reporters that any inconsistency in results will have an immediate…

ICPC, Police clear D’banj of fraud, Rape Allegations

Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede has called for closer working relationship with the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS in tackling tax evasion and fraud in the extractive industry.…

The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentencing of  eight convicts: two siblings and six other internet fraudsters. The siblings: Ayuba Bala and  Abdulkarim Bala,…

A Federal Capital Territory, high court in Abuja, Nigeria, has ordered the remand of suspended Nigeria's accountant General, Ahmed Idris to the Kuje correctional facility. The court also ordered the remand of Godfrey Olusegun…

A former Special Assistant to the Chairman of Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Hassan Dauda, has been sentenced to twelve years imprisonment for his involvement in a N6.3 million Hajj fraud. Dauda, who was charged before the…

The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured fifteen convictions before different justices of the Federal and State high courts in Ibadan, Oyo state.  The convicts are Faruq Kayode Jimoh…

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and ex-UEFA president Michel Platini have been charged with fraud over unlawfully arranging a payment of two million Swiss francs ($2.19 million), the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) of Switzerland…

Former Chairman, Independent National Election Commission (INEC), in Nigeria, Professor Attahiru Jega, has said the electoral transmission of results will reduce the rate of election fraud in Nigeria. Professor Jega disclosed this in an…