Category: Scams

EFCC arrests Kaduna fuel station manager for alleged N500m fraud

Operatives of the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested...

ICPC arraigns two over N4.8m employment scam, forgery

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has arraigned two men, Ibrahim Suleiman...

Singapore gives Meta deadline to tackle Facebook scammers

The Singapore government has given Meta, the parent company of Facebook, until September 30 to...

FBI places $10,000 bounty on wanted Nigerian fraudster

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has announced a reward of up to $10,000 (about N14m)...

UK-based Nigerian faves 20-year jail over $2m fraud

A 34-year-old Nigerian man, Olamide Shanu, has been extradited from the United Kingdom to the...

Nigerian jailed 71 months in US for $1.6m romance scam

A United States-based Nigerian, Adetomiwa Akindele, has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison...

Nigerian man arrested in UK over $235,000 US cyber fraud

A Nigerian man living in the United Kingdom, Farouk Adekunle Adepoju, has been arrested following...

Sokoto river basin director jailed for corruption

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has secured the conviction of Mr....

IPPIS accountants plead guilty to diverting N1.17m salaries

A Federal High Court in Lagos has fixed September 18 for the review of facts...

‘Yahoo boys’ worsening visa restrictions for Nigerians — EFCC

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has raised alarm that the growing menace of internet...

ICPC recovers N271bn from tracked projects in North

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has revealed that it recovered about...

NSCDC arrests man for allegedly swindling nine residents of N9m

Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Adamawa State Command, have arrested a...