Tony Orilade
NIGERIA
Internet fraudster bags six months in Port Harcourt
Tony Orilade -
0
Justice A. T. Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has convicted and sentenced Paul Otanor to six months imprisonment for defrauding a foreigner of the sum of $600 (Six Hundred...
NIGERIA
Ex-banker jailed 10 years for stealing depositors’ money
WASHINGTON (TODAY NEWS AFRICA USA) - Justice Abiodun Adesodun of the Ekiti State High Court, has convicted a former cashier officer with Fidelity Bank, Ado branch, Ado Ekiti, Michael Adedayo Ihinolurinjon, and sentenced him to ten...
featured
Former chairman of Nigeria’s electoral Commission Maurice Iwu gets $2.7 million bail
WASHINGTON (TODAY NEWS AFRICA USA) - Justice Chuka Obiozor of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, August 9, 2019 granted bail to Prof. Maurice Iwu, a former Chairman of the Nigerian...
featured
Anti-corruption agency goes after former Nigerian governor who erected a humongous billboard after handshake with President Obama
WASHINGTON - The Nigerian Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said in a statement on Wednesday that its Enugu Zonal Office on Tuesday, July 23, 2019 marked some illegally acquired properties linked to the former Imo State...
NIGERIA
Facebook accounts hacker arrested in Nigeria
Operatives of the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Port Harcourt's Zonal Office have arrested a notorious FaceBook accounts hacker, Okohwan Kelvin; he was arrested recently in Warri, Delta State.  His arrest followed...
Latest
Court grants final forfeiture of 244 vehicles used to steal petroleum products in Nigeria
The Port Harcourt's Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, July 5, 2019 secured final forfeiture of 244 (Two Hundred and Forty Four) vehicles and petroleum products contained in each of...
Latest
Serial internet fraudster Scales Ishola remanded in prison in Nigeria over half a billion scam
The Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on July 2, 2019, arraigned a suspected serial fraudster, Scales Ishola, before Justice A.A. Okeke of the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa...
NIGERIA
HEADQUARTERS OF THEFT IN AFRICA: Former Nigerian governor Ayodele Fayose re-arraigned over billions of stolen money
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Office, on Tuesday, July 2, 2019, re-arraigned a former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos...
GLOBAL
Court orders final forfeiture of millions of dollars stolen by former Nigerian First Lady Patience Jonathan
Justice Mojisola Olatoregun of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday, July 1, 2019, ordered the final forfeiture of the sums of $8,435,788.84 (Eight Million Four Hundred and Thirty Five Thousand Seven Hundred and...
NIGERIA
With massive fraud and gargantuan corruption skyrocketing in Nigeria, EFCC Chairman calls for a recalibration of values
The Acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu on Wednesday, June 26, 2019 stated that for Nigeria to get out of the present quagmire posed by corruption and other forms of crimes...
About Me
Tony Orilade, a Nigerian journalist, is Head, Media and Publicity of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja, Nigeria. This is an official statement from him. The headline might have been slightly modified.
57 POSTS
0 COMMENTS
- Advertisement -
Latest News
PAINFUL: Elijah Cummings is no more
U.S. Democratic House of Representatives Elijah Cummings has died, his office said in a statement on...
- Advertisement -
CAMEROON
Cameroonian arrested in Maryland for $141,008 financial fraud
Lovette Namatinga, a 32-year-old citizen of Cameroon, was arrested Monday October 14, by law enforcement officials for the theft of $141,008...
featured
30 business titans join UN push to scale up private sector investment for sustainable development goals
The United Nations announced on Wednesday that 30 influential leaders from the corporate world will work together over the next two...
featured
Call for Africa to get rid of corruption
The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, on Tuesday October 15, 2019 called on all...
NIGERIA
Nigeria is third largest recipient of foreign direct investments in Africa, according to Ernst&Young
The great news was celebrated by supporters and agents of President Muhammadu Buhari in a statement sent to TODAY NEWS AFRICA USA...