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Court mandates Asian lawyer pay £28m for fraud

1 year ago1177 min

Asian lawyer ordered by news court to pay £28 million for fraud After protracted confiscation proceedings at Southwark Crown Court in London, the CPS reported that Gohil had benefitted to the tune of £42.4 million. A UK court has ordered a lawyer who was convicted of fraud and money laundering more than ten years ago to pay over £28 million in costs related to the criminal activities. Bhadresh Gohil, 58, was found guilty of money...

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EFCC, Police Launch Manhunt For Paul Demudia Eigbefoh Over N67.5m Fraud

1 year ago1745 min

After reportedly scamming a major oil and gas corporation in the nation last week for N67.5 million, a suspected fraudster operating under the name “Capital Plus Investment Services Ltd,” owned by Paul Demudia Eigbefoh, is on the run. The impacted company has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to collect N67.5 million that it claims Paul Demudia Eigbefoh, commonly known as Paul Smith, fraudulently obtained. In a petition sent to the EFCC Lagos...

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Nigeria Customs come under fire from Senate for shootings Nigerians

1 year ago664 min

The Nigeria Customs Service has come under fire from the Senate for the frequent killings and shootings of Nigerians, particularly those who reside in border towns. The Senate specifically denounced the Customs agents’ indiscriminate shooting in Katsina State on July 13. Following that, an ad hoc committee was established by Senate President Godswill Akpabio to look into claims of abuse and human rights breaches against the NCS. The choice was made in response to a...

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Tinubu orders probe into NDLEA’s killing of two-year-old boy in Delta

1 year ago1292 min

The death of two-year-old Ivan Omhonrina by a stray bullet during an operation by agency officers at Okpanam in Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State has been the subject of a prompt and thorough investigation order from President Bola Tinubu to the management of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The president asked that anyone found guilty in the event be punished, according to a statement made on Tuesday by Dele Alake,...

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CORRUPTION: LAWYERS GROUP, LUAC GIVES TETFUND BOSS, ARCH. SONNY ECHONO, FIVE DAYS TO RESIGN OR FACE MASS ACTIONS

1 year ago16310 min

LUAC alleged that the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) under the leadership of Arch. Sonny Echono as Executive Secretary has become a conduit pipe for high level contract fraud, procurement racketeering and other forms of corrupt practices.* A group named Lawyers United Against Corruption (LUAC) has issued a five-day ultimatum to the Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), Arch. Sonny Echono to resign over his alleged complicity in massive corruption, contract fraud, procurement racketeering...

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Court finds former Rep. member guilty of N212m fraud

2 years ago10244 min

JUSTICE Sale Former House of Representatives member Mansur Ali Mashi was found guilty by Musa Shuaibu of the Federal High Court in Kaduna. After a protracted 12-year trial that included allegations of conspiracy and obtaining by deception, the defendant was found guilty. Three bank employees, Abdulmumini Mustapha, Shehu Aliyu, and Muazu Abdu, were also found guilty in addition to Mashi. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission filed charges against Mashi, alleging that he obtained a...

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Abuja court prevents EFCC, ICPC from detaining ex-Zamfara governor Yari

2 years ago733 min

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practises and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) have been ordered by an Abuja Federal High Court to stop detaining former Zamfara State Governor Abdul’aziz Yari pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice. The court also ordered that the senator-elect not be detained by the Department of State Services (DSS). On Monday, Justice Donatus Okorowo issued the order in a ruling on...

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Court slams police with N100m fine for killing of ‘free Zakzaky’ protester in Abuja

2 years ago1243 min

The arrest and subsequent killing of Ja’afar Muhammad by the Nigeria Police in 2019 was declared illegal by the Federal High Court of Nigeria, resulting in a gross violation of his fundamental rights. According to reports, the ruling, delivered by Justice Z. B. Abubakar of the Abuja Division, highlights the clear violation of Muhammad’s rights as guaranteed by Section 33 (1) 35 of the 1999 Federal Republic of Nigeria Constitution (as amended). The court case,...

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Tallen, like Fayemi, claims EFCC did not invite her for fraud

2 years ago1276 min

Pauline Tallen, the former minister of women’s affairs, claims that she visited the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on her own initiative and was not formally invited or interrogated by the anti-graft organisation. The former minister claimed in a statement made public on Saturday, June 3, that the purpose of her trip to the EFCC was to refute some accusations made against her. “Around 9 o’clock yesterday night, rumours that I had been detained...

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53-year-old man is in court after stealing N92,300 from sex worker

2 years ago1174 min

On Friday, members of the Nigeria Police Force brought a businessman by the name of King Dauda, who is 53 years old, before a Kado Grade 1 Area Court in Abuja for allegedly stealing the sum of N92,300 from a sex worker. The accused thief was identified as Dauda, who lives in EFAB Global Estate, Life Camp, Abuja. However, the defendant entered a plea of not guilty to the charge against them. Stanley Nwafoaku,...

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