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An accountant with Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for allegedly diverting N180m school fees belonging to the school. The diversion of the  money was said to have taken years before the university discovered his alleged fraud. The Chancellor of the university and Presiding Bishop of Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo, reportedly described the accountant’s lifestyle as “riotous”. The suspect was said to have bought some flashy cars, which he allegedly kept in a mansion he bought with part of the stolen…

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A robbery gang which specialised in robbing women of expensive vehicles in Abuja has been arrested by operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team. Three members of the gang arrested by the police were identified as Ego Ike, Obinna Igwe and Adamu Nuhu. It was learnt that the suspects usually took the stolen vehicles to Niger Republic, where they sold them. It was gathered that the police went after the gang members after they allegedly stole a 2016 Toyota Corolla from an official of the Federal Inland Revenue Service,…

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Following the arrest of Azeez Fashola, upcoming musician popularly known as Naira Marley last Friday, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has preferred 11 charges bordering on fraud against him, including alleged credit card fraud. The musician effectively risks seven years in jail if found guilty, as Section 33 (2) which he was accused of breaching, reads: “Any person who uses: a counterfeit access device; an unauthorised access device; an access device issued to another person; resulting in a loss or gain commits an offence and shall be liable on…

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The 41- year-old marriage between Mrs Mabel Alli and her husband, Pastor Richard has been dissolved by an Igando Customary Court in Lagos, on Thursday, over incest. The Court President, Mr Adeniyi Koledoye, said that it appeared that the estranged couple were tired of the marriage and all efforts to reconcile them failed. “Since both parties agreed to the dissolution of the marriage, this court has no choice but to dissolve it. “The court hereby pronounce the marriage between Mabel Alli and Pastor Richard, dissolved. Both of you henceforth cease…

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In order to resist arrest, suspected internet fraudsters reportedly unleashed an attack dog on detectives from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office. Upon receipt of intelligence reports and launch of preliminary investigations into their illegal activities, officers of the commission in the early hours of Thursday stormed the suspects’ hideout at Agara area of Ibadan. Instead of allowing them in, after proper introduction, one of the suspects instructed the guard to release the attack dog on the operatives. The trick, however, failed to work as it…

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A group of gunmen, who invaded an operation site of an indigenous oil firm, Belemaoil, in the Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State have abducted five oil workers. The gunmen had accosted their victims while they were working on an oil installation on the high sea before whisking them away in a speedboat. A statement by the Public Relations Department of Belema Oil Producing Limited indicated that the workers were seized within the OML 55 operational area of the oil firm in Akuku-Toru. According to the statement, the workers,…

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