Category: Scams

‘Blessing CEO’s breast cancer report is fake’, Delta NMA demands probe

The Nigerian Medical Association, Delta State Branch, has issued a strong clarification debunking a histology...

BVN uncovered 45,000 ghost workers in FG payroll — Kemi Adeosun

Former Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, has detailed how the Federal Government leveraged technology to...

NDLEA intercepts consignment with cocaine hidden in stockfish

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have intercepted a large consignment of cocaine...

Bank of America to settle Epstein sex trafficking suit for $72.5m

Bank of America has agreed to pay $72.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit...

Two Nigerians jailed 16 years for money laundering in Ireland

Two Nigerian nationals based in Ireland, Francis Ogbuefi, 42, and Steven Silvester, 32, have been...

Ex-acting AGF Nwabuoku jailed 72 years for ₦868m fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission announced on Monday that a former Acting Accountant-General of...

US jails Nigerian man 90 months for $4m fraud

The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement has announced that a Nigerian national, James Junior...

Musk found guilty of misleading Twitter shareholders to acquire company

A federal jury in San Francisco, California, ruled on Friday that tech billionaire Elon Musk...

US to revoke Nigerian fraudsters citizenship over $91m tax fraud

The United States Department of Justice has filed a civil lawsuit to revoke the U.S....

Ghanaian pleads guilty to $10m romance scam in US court

A 40-year-old Ghanaian national, Derrick Van Yeboah, also known as “Van”, has pleaded guilty in...

FCCPC uncovers price manipulation by domestic airlines in festive season

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has uncovered patterns of price manipulation by some...

MSMEs lose ₦5–₦10tn yearly to employee fraud – CPPE

Nigeria’s micro, small, and medium enterprises are losing between N5 trillion and N10 trillion annually...