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Medical Doctor Bags Seven Years Imprisonment for N127m Fraud in Calabar

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Medical Doctor Bags Seven Years Imprisonment for N127m Fraud in Calabar

A Federal High Court, sitting in Calabar, Cross River State, presided over by Justice Rosemary Oghogho-rie has convicted and sentenced a medical doctor, Geraldine Orok Ita to seven years in prison for fraud. Ita was prosecuted by the Uyo Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, on a twelve-count charge, bordering on forgery…

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EFCC: Cross Riverian Is New Zonal Head

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EFCC: Cross Riverian Is New Zonal Head

Effa Imoh Okim, from Okuni community, Ikom Local Government Area, Cross River State, has been posted by Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to head the Benin Zone as Zonal Director. As head of the Benin Zonal Command of the EFCC, Okim will oversee the agency’s operations in Edo, Delta, and…

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EFCC Slams Edu, Farouq, Shehu, Says N32.7bn, $445,000 Recovered From Humanitarian Ministry

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EFCC Slams Edu, Farouq, Shehu, Says N32.7bn, $445,000 Recovered From Humanitarian Ministry

By Abiodun Sanusi The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has slammed suspended Humanitarian Minister, Betta Edu, her predecessor, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, and the Coordinator of the National Social Insurance Programmes Agency, Halima Shehu, while revealing that a combined total of N32.7bn and $445,000 has been recovered so far from the ministry. The commission made the development…

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C’River Senator Wants Fmr C’River Governor Arrested by EFCC!

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C’River Senator Wants Fmr C’River Governor Arrested by EFCC!

Senator representing Cross River Northern Senatorial District, Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe, wants Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to probe former Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade’s eight years in office. Jarigbe who took to his verified Facebook account to make this submission, maintained that, “It’s only in Cross River State that…

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Calabar Appeal Court Upholds 235 Years Prison Sentence For Fraudster

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Calabar Appeal Court Upholds 235 Years Prison Sentence For Fraudster

The Court of Appeal in Calabar has upheld the conviction of one Scales Olatunji, convicted for internet fraud. Olatunji who had earlier appeared before the Honourable Justice Agatha Okeke of the Federal High Court in Uyo, on 27 June 2022, consequent upon which he was convicted for internet fraud and money laundering charges preferred against…

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EFCC Arraigns Notorious Umanah Umanah For Fraud

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The Uyo zonal office of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, October 16, 2020, arraigned an alleged notorious ponzi scheme operator, Umanah Umanah on a two-count charge bordering on forgery, obtaining by false pretence, fraud and issuance of dud cheque before Justice Agatha Okeke of the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa…

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