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Former Imo Commissioner Bags Three-Year Jail Term For Diverting N180m
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Former Imo Commissioner Bags Three-Year Jail Term For Diverting N180m

A State High Court sitting in Owerri, the Imo State capital, has sentenced a former Commissioner for Transport under the Rochas Okorocha administration, Laz Okoroafor-Anyanwu, to three years imprisonment having been found guilty of a three-count charge bothering on fraud, looting public funds and stealing. Delivering the judgment in Court 14, the presiding Judge, Justice...

Alleged N304.1m Fraud: Court Admits More Evidence Against Ex-NIMASA DG, Two Others
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Alleged N304.1m Fraud: Court Admits More Evidence Against Ex-NIMASA DG, Two Others

Justice Tijani Ringim of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, admitted in evidence several documents tendered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, against a former acting Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Haruna Baba Jauro, and two others. Jauro alongside Dr. Dauda...

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$9.6bn P&ID Fraud: Nolan’s Sureties To Forfeit N50m Bonds

Justice Modupe Oso-Adebiyi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Gudu, Abuja, has ordered sureties to James Nolan to produce him before the court in September 2023, or risk forfeiting their bonds to the Federal Government. Nolan, an Irish and a Director in the Process and Industrial Development Limited, P&ID, is facing trial on 11-count...

Pension Fraud: Office of Head of Service Pensions Accountant Bags 21 Years
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Pension Fraud: Office of Head of Service Pensions Accountant Bags 21 Years

A former Accountant, Pensions Account, Office of the Office of the Head of Service of the Federation, Garba Abdullahi Tahir, also known as Tahir Garba, was today, March 3, 2023 convicted and sentenced to 21 years imprisonment for stealing N26.1million meant for pensioners. Abdullahi was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission at a...

Alleged Fraud: Court Fixes April 24 for Arraignment of Ondo Speaker, Two Others
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Alleged Fraud: Court Fixes April 24 for Arraignment of Ondo Speaker, Two Others

Justice Adegboyega Adebusoye of Ondo State High Court, Akure on Wednesday February 22, 2023 dismissed the application of Hon. Oleyelogun David Bamidele, Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Hon. Felemu Olusegun Gudu Bankole, Chairman, House Committee on Tertiary Education and Oyadeyi Olusegun Kayode, a staff of the Ondo State House of Assembly which...

Sagamu Riot: Abiodun Visits Affected Locations, VoWs To Go After Perpetrators
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Sagamu Riot: Abiodun Visits Affected Locations, VoWs To Go After Perpetrators

Following the violent protests that rocked Sagamu on Monday over the scarcity of the new naira notes, the Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Tuesday, visited Sagamu for on-the-spot assessment of buildings and property affected by the unrest, with a declaration that the state government would go after those involved in the arson and wanton...

Court Sentences Fidelity Bank MD, Onyeali-Ikpe, Company Secretary To Prison
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Court Sentences Fidelity Bank MD, Onyeali-Ikpe, Company Secretary To Prison

A Chief Magistrate Court in Ogba, Lagos State has jailed the Managing Director of Fidelity Bank PLC, Nneka Chinwe Onyeali-Ikpe, and Company Secretary, Ezinwa Unuigboje. The Magistrate, Lateef Owolabi jailed the Managing Director and Company Secretary six weeks each on Monday morning. Lateef jailed Onyeali-Ikpe and Unuigboje for disobedience of a garnishee order of court...