A former Managing Director, Ogun Property and Investment Corporation, Babajide Odusolu, has threatened to sue the Ogun State House of Assembly over the allegation that N2.5bn could not be accounted for during his tenure. Odusolu, a former Special Adviser on Property and Investment to former Ogun State governor, Ibikunle Amosun, said he had hired a […]
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Alleged N1.4bn Oil Subsidy Fraud: Absence of Defence Counsel Stalls Trial of Nadabo Energy Boss..The trial of Abubakar Ali Peters and his company, Nadabo Energy Limited, over an alleged N1.4bn oil fraud, could not continue today, Tuesday, September 21, 2021 before Justice S.S. Ogunsanya of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja due to the absence of the defence
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Lekki, one of Nigeria’s richest neighbourhoods in terms of expensive and posh real estate development is fast turning into a hub for internet fraudsters or ‘Yahoo-Yahoo Boys’ as they are famously called locally. According to data from the Lagos Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, the agency saddled with the responsibility of
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Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, has sentenced two final-year students of two tertiary institutions in Ilorin to various jail terms for offences bordering on cybercrime. The convicts are Oyewale Adetunji and Ibrahim Adebayo, students of the Kwara State University, Malete, and Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, respectively.
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has warned hotel owners across the country not to allow internet fraudsters use their facilities for their nefarious acts. The agency alleged that some hoteliers were refusing to cooperate with its operatives, noting that this was an offence punishable under section 38 (2) (b) of the Economic and Financial
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The Lagos State Inland Revenue Service has said it is ready for Value Added Tax collection. It disclosed this in an answer to a question raised during the LCCI’s ‘SMEGroup Workshop on Assisting MSMEs with Regulatory Compliance’ that held on Thursday. When asked about VAT, Assistant Director of Taxes, LIRS, Adetola Olanrewaju, said, “The case
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Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested twenty seven (27) individuals in connection with suspicious illegal oil bunkering. They were arrested on Friday, September 10, 2021 at Ahoada Local Government Area, Rivers State. The suspects are: Mohammad Bello; Abubarkar Umar; Abdulkarim Ibrahim; Mohammad Bashimu; Bello Mohammad, Abdullahi Murtala; Paul Paparoman; Abdullahi
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The money laundering trial of former governor of Niger State, Muazu Babangida Aliyu and two others: Tanko Beji and Umar Nasko, continued on Tuesday September 14, 2021 before Justice Mikail Aliyu of the Niger State High Court with the cross examination of first prosecution witness, PW1, Muhammad Ndawuye Nmadu. Ndawuye under cross-examination by counsel to
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