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We expelled Kofa for trading our party for ministerial job – NNPP’s Dungurawa

The Chairman of the New Nigeria People’s Party NNPP, Kano Chapter, Suleiman Hashimu Dungurawa, has clarified that the party sacked…

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EFCC declares Sujimoto CEO, Olasijibomi Ogundele wanted over money laundering

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared Lagos-based businessman Olasijibomi Ogundele wanted over allegations of fund diversion and…

Paulinus Iheanacho Okoronkwo, ex-NNPC staff charged with $2.1m bribery in U.S.

Former employee of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, Paulinus Okoronkwo, now risks a maximum of 25 years’ imprisonment for…

Miden Systems Sues Sterling Bank Over Alleged Fraudulent Deductions

Miden Systems Limited has dragged Sterling Bank Limited and its management staff to court over alleged conspiracy, fraudulent practices, forgery,…

Court awards N30m fines against UBA over unlawful restriction of customer’s account

The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) to pay N30 million in…

Court awards N5m in damages against Ecobank for account restriction

The Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri has delivered a landmark judgment affirming that Ecobank Nigeria Limited acted unlawfully in…

Security Lapses Exposed As Sterling Bank Admits Error In Fraud-linked Account

Sterling Bank Plc has attributed the controversial opening of a bank account in the name of a Lagos resident, who…

US Commission Drags Nigerian CEO, Nantomah To Court Over Alleged $1.9million Real Estate Fraud

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a lawsuit against a Nigerian man, Joseph Nantomah, and a…

Controversial bizwoman, Olatimbo Bukola Ayinde named in Diezani bribery, subsidy fraud scandals

Olatimbo Bukola Ayinde, a Nigerian businesswoman with a controversial track record, was named as a defendant in the high-profile UK…

TAJ bank suffers system glitch resulting in N967.5m unauthorized transfers

TAJ Bank Limited, suffered another system glitch in March which resulted in an unauthorized transfers totaling N957.4 million to various…

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Two arrested for alleged criminal conspiracy, store breaking in Adamawa

The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested two suspects in connection with a case of criminal conspiracy and store breaking…

Cross River Police detain woman accused of stealing N16m from employer

The Cross River State Police Command has detained a young woman named Ms Arit Etim Ukorebi, who was accused of…

Gunmen kill 8 NSCDC personnel at BUA Cement Company, abduct Chinese expatriate in Edo

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have reportedly killed eight personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in…

Police arrest two motorcycle snatchers, recover locally made revolver in Niger

The Niger State Police Command has arrested two suspected motorcycle snatchers, Ilyasu Hassan and Ibrahim Mohammed, in Suleja Local Government…

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Paystack Fined N250m Over Zap Wallet Operations

Nigeria’s Central Bank has fined Paystack, one of the country’s most prominent fintech companies, ₦250 million ($190,000) for allegedly operating…

Union Bank Customers Lose N9.3 Billion to Cyber Attack

Union Bank of Nigeria Plc led by Yetunde Oni, is currently grappling with a massive N9.3 billion fraud following a…

Access Bank allegedly diverts N826m into a fraudulent account

The charges followed an investigation by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). Access Bank Plc and…

NUPRC CEO, Gbenga Komolafe, Aisha Achimugu alleged $5m oil block deal exposed

Gbenga Komolafe, the pioneer chief executive officer of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), stands accused of orchestrating a…

Wema Bank officials, Others Allegedly Conspire To Tamper With Customers’ data, ‘steal N8.5 billion’

Three employees of Wema Bank Plc have been arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for allegedly defrauding…

Lagos fraudster Yomi Olaleye nabbed in U.S., convicted of $10 million COVID-19 fraud

Lagos-based fraudster Yomi Jones Olayeye faces up to 20 years in U.S. prison after pleading guilty to COVID-19 unemployment benefits…

How Halima Buba, SunTrust Bank CEO, director allegedly laundered $12m

Halima Buba, the managing director/CEO of SunTrust Bank Nigeria Limited and the bank’s Executive Director/CCO, Innocent Mbagwu are in trouble…

Access Bank Staff Secretly Films Female Colleagues In Restroom

A former Quality Assurance Specialist at Access Bank’s contact centre in Oniru, Lagos State, Stephen Ifeanyichukwu Ejezie, has been accused…

Fidelity Bank MD Engages In Insider Trading Amid N225Billion Court Judgment Pressure

The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD/CEO) of Fidelity Bank, Dr. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, is reportedly engaged in insider trading…

₦1 billion worth jewelries, $50k, N30m cash found in Aisha Achimugu’s home by EFCC

A Nigerian businesswoman who made national headlines last year for throwing a seven-day birthday party at the $132,000 per night…

Mamuda Beverages dragged to court for trademark infringement with POP Power Energy Drink

Mamuda Beverages Limited a Kano-based beverage company, has been dragged to court again with its Pop Energy drink, for allegedly…

CEO of Vale Finance, Adesola Adeyinka swims in alleged $42,000 fraud

Adesola Adeyinka, the CEO of  Vale Finance Limited, Vale Blue Limited and Coral Stone Limited, is currently facing prosecution for…

Fraud: US SEC fines Tingo founder, Dozy Mmobuosi $250m

The US government has ordered Mr Dozy Mmobuosi, the CEO of Tingo Group, to pay a fine of over $250 million,…

Muiz Tijani Adeyinka, Ex-First Bank Staff’s Dirty Money Seized; N1.16bn, $392k, £35k Forfeited

A Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, has ordered the final forfeiture of over N1.1 billion, $392,818, and £35,070 recovered…

Socialite Aisha Achimugu flees Nigeria amid EFCC probe for alleged fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has obtained an arrest warrant against businesswoman Aisha Achimugu, preparatory to declaring her…