by Admin | Feb 15, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI FUTA VC remanded in SCID The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, February 14, 2017, arraigned the duo of the Vice Chancellor, Professor Adebiyi G. Daramola and the Bursar, Emmanuel Ayodeji A. Oresegun, before Justice S.A Bola of Ondo State High Court, Akure Ondo State, on a 9-count charge bordering on obtaining under false pretense, abuse of office, misappropriation of funds and conspiracy to steal to the tune of N156,984,455.33 (One Hundred and Fifty Six Million Nine Hundred and Eighty Four Thousand Four Hundred and Fifty Five Naira Thirty Three Kobo). The VC and the Bursar’s journey to the dock followed a petition received by the EFCC in 2016, alleging that the duo and the governing council of the University were entrenched in unmitigated corruption, fraud, mindless stealing of the funds of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State. It was alleged that the VC misapplied funds, collected housing allowances whilst living in the government residential quarters, drew Furniture Allowance annually instead of once in 4 years as approved by the income and wages Commission, used public funds to finance private expenses, illegal payment of allowances to Council members of the university, gives self excessive cash advance, direct procurement of motor vehicles without approval/waiver from Bureau of Public Procurement, collecting bogus monthly interest, transferred and placed N100,000,000.00 funds of the University in a fixed deposit account without due authorization. The 2 accused persons, however pleaded not guilty to the charges. One of the count charge reads: “That you, Professor Adebiyi G. Daramola on or about the 2nd of September, 2016 at Akure within the...
by Admin | Feb 15, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Cross River Police Command has arrested one Anyanime Festus, 33, for killing his twin children, Emediong Festus and Mfoniso Festus, both 11 years old for allegedly being witches. Presenting the suspects to newsmen in Calabar on Tuesday, the Acting Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Hafiz Inuwa, alleged that the suspect killed his twins for confessing to being witches. Inuwa said that the incident happened on Jan. 11, 2017 in Uyanga community in Akamkpa Local Government Area of the state. He said that the matter was reported to the police by one David Innocent and Joseph Orok from the same area. “The incident happened on Jan. 11, 2017 in Uyanga community in Akamkpa Local Government Area following a report to the police by one David Innocent and Joseph Orok. They reported that the two female identical twins were found lying along Uyanga bush track in Akamkpa. “According to them, one of the twins was found dead while the other was lying down and was unable to speak. “Much later, the other twin that was lying down was able to speak and she gave her name as Emediong Festus and that of her twin sister as Mfoniso Festus, both 11 years. “That on Jan. 10, 2017, their father told them he was taking them to their mother, and on getting to a bush track, he gave them malt drink suspected to be mixed with poisonous substances. “Shortly after they drank the malt, her sister died and their father abandoned them there,’’ he said. The commissioner further said that the other twin later died in the hospital,...
by Admin | Feb 14, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI INTERPOL and the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) have apprehended the head of an international criminal network behind thousands of online frauds in a joint operation. According to a post on the EFCC website the 40-year-old Nigerian national, known as ‘Mike’, is believed to be behind scams totalling more than USD 60 million involving hundreds of victims worldwide. In one case a target was conned into paying out USD 15.4 million. The network compromised email accounts of small to medium businesses around the world including in Australia, Canada, India, Malaysia, Romania, South Africa, Thailand and the US, with the financial victims mainly other companies dealing with these compromised accounts. Heading a network of at least 40 individuals across Nigeria, Malaysia and South Africa which both provided malware and carried out the frauds, the alleged mastermind also had money laundering contacts in China, Europe and the US who provided bank account details for the illicit cash flow. Following his arrest in Port Harcourt in southern Nigeria, a forensic examination of devices seized by the EFCC showed he had been involved in a range of criminal activities including business e-mail compromise (BEC) and romance scams. The main two types of scam run by the 40-year-old targeted businesses were payment diversion fraud – where a supplier’s email would be compromised and fake messages would then be sent to the buyer with instructions for payment to a bank account under the criminal’s control – and ‘CEO fraud’. In CEO fraud, the email account of a high-level executive is compromised and a request for a wire transfer is sent to...
by Admin | Feb 14, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI UGHELLI— THE 73-year-old priest of St. Joseph Catholic church, Okpare-Olomu, Delta State, Very Rev. Fr. Stephen Ekakabor, was, yesterday morning, axed in the head by gunmen that invaded the mission house. Though details of the incident were sketchy at press time, a parishioner told Vanguard that the priest is currently receiving medical attention at the Delta State University Teaching Hospital, DELSUTH, Oghara. According to the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, “his forehead was cut open by his assailants with a battle axe after disposing him of cash and other valuable items in the house. “Owing to the gravity of the wound on his head, he was rejected at several hospitals he was rushed to for medical attention, as it was said that the cut affected the frontal lobe of his brain.” Confirming the incident, a senior police officer at the Otu-Jeremi Police Station said: “Some members of the church came this morning (Sunday) to report the incident to us. “We are investigating the matter and would do everything to ensure that the culprits are brought to...
by Admin | Feb 14, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday ordered that a teenager and his accomplice be remanded in Ikoyi prison over alleged murder. The accused, Bidemi Adefor, 17, and Lekan Sanusi, 21, were arraigned on a two-count charge for conspiracy and murder. The plea of the duo was, however, not taken. The Magistrate, Mr T A. Elias, ordered that the duo should be remanded for the next 30 days pending the legal advice from the State Director of Public Prosecution (DPP). Earlier, the police prosecutor, Insp. Moses Uamdemevbo, said that the accused persons committed the offences on Feb. 1, at about 5.40 p.m., at Iddo terminus. He alleged that the duo and six others now at large had rounded up the deceased, Idris Aloma, stabbed him with broken bottles and rip his intestines. The offences committed contravened Sections 219 and 409 of the Criminal Law of Lagos state, 2011. Section 219 provides for death sentence for offenders while 409 prescribes a two year jail term. Further hearing has been adjourned till March 23 for legal...
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