Justice Ismail Ijelu of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has convicted and sentenced one Obinna Kingsley Anijiofor to nine years imprisonment for offences bordering on stealing and the issuance of dud cheques. Anijiofor was arraigned on February 10, 2025, by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in collaboration with the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) and the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), has deported the remaining 51 foreign nationals convicted and sentenced for cyber-terrorism, internet fraud, and related financial crimes in Lagos, bringing the repatriation of the 192 foreigners involved in the crimes to a successful…
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, secured the conviction and sentence of seven internet fraudsters before Justice D.I.Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. The convicts are Azeez Aliu Olalekan, Tijani Babatunde, David Damilola Ogunmuyiwa, Agada Prosper Osinakachukwu, Awwal Mashood, Amusa Wareez Oluwatobi…
Justice Ayokunle Faji of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Thursday, convicted the duo of Dr. Olufemi Martins Thomas, a former Executive Secretary, National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS, and one Kabiru Sidi, a Bureau De Change Operator, for $2,198,900.00 fraud. Thomas was arraigned alongside Sidi on an amended seven-count charge bordering on…
Charles Uchenna Nwadavid, the founder of Nec Bullion Construction firm has been jailed by a federal court in Boston, United States, over $2.5 million scam United States Attorney Leah B. Foley and Ted E. Docks, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Boston Division, announced the conviction on Thursday. Mr. Nwadavid,…
