Ayara Oluwaseun

How I paid dealer N2,650 for car worth N2.65m –Suspected Osun fraudster

Tunde Abdul-Lasis, an Iwo-based businessman recently paraded by the police in Osun State, tells BOLA BAMIGBOLA how he tricked a car dealer in Osogbo What is your name? My name is Tunde Abdul-Lasis. I am a 27-year-old businessman. I am married with kids. I already have a motorcycle and a car before the incident that […]

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Alleged N13.8bn fraud: Court stops planned trial of ex-COAS, others

A Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the planned trial of a former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Kenneth Minimah, and two serving senior Army officers over their alleged complicity in the diversion of public funds estimated at N13.8 billion. The two other persons were Major General A. O. Adebayo (ex-Chief of Accounts

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ICPC probes fraudulent auction of National Gallery of Arts’ vehicles

Tension has trailed a decision to auction at least 11 official vehicles belonging to the National Gallery of Art, Abuja, into private hands. According to a petition submitted to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offence Commission, titled ‘Fraudulent disposal/auction of project vehicles of the National Gallery of Arts to cronies of the Director-General:

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Court stops trial of ex-Army chief, others over N13.8bn fraud

A Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the planned trial of a former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Kenneth Minimah, and two serving senior Army officers over alleged complicity in the diversion of public funds estimated at N13.8bn. The two other persons are Major General A. O. Adebayo (ex-Chief of Accounts and Budget,

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Kwara Assembly recommends ex-DG for prosecution over alleged fraud

The Kwara State House of Assembly has asked the state government to prosecute the former Director General, Public Private Partnership Bureau, Mr Yomi Ogunshola, for alleged fraud that was perpetrated under his watch during the 2018 audit conducted in the state. The recommendation was contained in the resolution passed by the Assembly on Tuesday and

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Fake oil magnate jailed 175 years for defrauding American of $629,287

A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has convicted and sentenced a fake oil magnate, Dr Vincent Ayigor, to 175 years’ imprisonment. The court, presided over by Justice A. T. Mohammed, found Ayigor guilty of defrauding an American, Joseph Crews, of the sum of $629,287 in a crude oil supply scam. The

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Kano poly expels 83 students, rusticates 44 others for exam fraud, forgery

The Kano State Polytechnic has expelled about 83 students over examination malpractice and possession of fake results. The institution has also rusticated 44 students, warned 25 and exonerated 10 others over similar offences. This is contained in a statement on Thursday by the institution’s Public Relations Officer,  Auwal Bagwai. It said the “Polytechnic Academic Board,

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Mob vandalises vehicles as truck crushes 10 Lagos students, police declare two dead

There was pandemonium on Tuesday when a truck driver reportedly crushed no fewer than 10 students on Ogunnusi Road, Grammar School Bus-Stop, Lagos State. It was learnt that the students were going home after closing from school around 2pm when the truck ran over them. PUNCH Metro gathered that the driver of the white DAF truck

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Dowen College: Police arrest two students, Reps want IG to take over case

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, on Tuesday, said two of the students allegedly named by a deceased student of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos State, Sylvester Oromoni (Junior), have been arrested. Odumosu noted that another student and three house masters were also assisting the police with investigation. He said, “One student was invited

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N’Assembly, NGF fault UK travel ban, demand reversal

The National Assembly and the Nigeria Governors’ Forum  on Tuesday  condemned the United Kingdom’s travel ban on Nigeria. The lawmakers and the NGF in their separate reactions to travel ban imposed on Nigeria by the UK  on Saturday, demanded a reversal of the travel restriction. At the plenary on Tuesday, members of the House said

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