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Blind Herbalist Swindles Woman Of N19m, Slept With Daughter, Granddaughter

An 86-year-old woman named Madam Alimot is pursuing justice after she was reportedly swindled out of a substantial N19 million by a blind herbalist named Owolabi Adefemi, locally known as Ojunu. Allegedly, the herbalist deceived…

EFCC: Court Convicts Two For N44m Fraud In Borno

EFCC: Court Convicts Two For N44m Fraud In Borno

The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction and sentencing of one Bukar Muhammad before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court Maiduguri to one…

Osun NSCDC Secures Conviction Of Fake Lawyer

Osun NSCDC Secures Conviction Of Fake Lawyer

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) of the Osun State Command has secured a conviction of one Ayanrinde AbdulGafar, a 25-year-old fake lawyer. New Telegraph reports that prior to the arrest of the…

EFCC Arrests 11 Suspected Internet Fraudster In Maiduguri

EFCC Arrests 11 Suspected Internet Fraudster In Maiduguri

The operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday nabbed 11 internet fraudsters in Jere and Maiduguri Local Government Areas of Borno State. The anti-graft who disclosed this in a statement issued…

Hushpuppi’s Parnter, Woodberry, Pleads Guilty To Fraud In US

Hushpuppi’s Parnter, Woodberry, Pleads Guilty To Fraud In US

The partner and accomplice of Nigerian internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas, better known as Hushpuppi, Olalekan Jacob Ponle (AKA Mr Woodberry) has been found guilty of fraud charges levelled against him in a United States (US)…

COVID-19 Loans: NIRSAL makes direct deductions from defaulters’ accounts

COVID-19 Loans: NIRSAL makes direct deductions from defaulters’ accounts

Loan defaulters on NIRSAL Microfinance Bank facility have experienced unexpected fund movement from their account balances as the bank activates the Global Standing Instruction (“GSI”) mandate for loan recovery. The action, which caught many recalcitrant…

Tanzania votes for president amid fears of violence, fraud

Tanzania votes for president amid fears of violence, fraud

  *Jonathan heads AU Observer Mission Long lines of voters in Tanzania went to the polls on Wednesday for a presidential election that the opposition warns is already deeply compromised by manipulation and deadly violence.…