Mrs Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, on Thursday warned against online offers and demands for payment linked to her name or empowerment schemes. Odumegwu-Ojukwu issued the advisory in a statement, urging the public to ignore any such offers or payment requests falsely associated with her. The statement was signed by Magnus Eze, … Read more
Counsel to the Chairman of the Honeywell Group, Oba Otudeko, charged with N12.3 billion fraud, on Monday appeared before a Federal High Court in Lagos in protest of the charge. Mr Bode Olanipekun (SAN) told the court that he was protesting because the charge had not been served on Otudeko and two others … Read more
The former Group Managing Director of First Bank of Nigeria (FBN) Limited, Bisi Onasanya. has denied involvement in a N12.3 billion fraud. Onasanya was accused of allegedly looting N12.3 billion from First Bank. In a statement released to the press over the weekend, Onasanya, who spoke through his Communication Advisor, Mr. Michael Oshunuyi, described the … Read more
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has successfully obtained a conviction against the accountant at Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH) in Sokoto, Lukumanu Sani Waziri, over alleged charges of corruption and abuse of office. Waziri was adjudged guilty of misappropriating public funds exceeding ₦60 million by unlawfully accessing the Government … Read more
By Ikeddy ISIGUZO IT would be a fraud to call the annual report that the Auditor-General of the Federation submits to the National Assembly a fraud – it is by far something worse. The truth is that the report is rooted in long established practice of doing nothing about fraud because as a Chairman of … Read more
The Police Command in Rivers has apprehended two male suspects accused of defrauding a Canada-based Nigerian woman, Sandra Austin, of N140m through an elaborate social media scam. SP Grace Iringe-Koko, the command’s spokesperson, disclosed the details of the case to journalists in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. She revealed that the suspects manipulated Austin … Read more
The Police Command in Yobe State has disclosed how fraudsters use clever tactics to trick unsuspecting bank customers into revealing their personal identification numbers (PINs) while using Automated Teller Machines (ATMs). TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the Yobe Police Command Spokesman, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim made the disclosure in a statement in Damaturu on Saturday while announcing the … Read more