The Kingdom Coordinators and Chapters Leaders Forum of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People, MOSOP, have condemned in strong terms the increasing rate of Police extortion on the Eleme-Bori axis of the East-West road. This was contained in a press statement signed by Chairman, MOSOP Kingdom Coordinators Forum, Frank Jonah. It was…
A Federal High Court in Lagos, has adjourned a case before it involving First Bank of Nigeria till after the Sallah holiday. The Stephen Olabisi Onasanya led First Bank was taken to court by Peep ‘N’ Pick Bureau de Change Limited. According to the suit instituted by K.A. Salawu principal state counsel from the office…
The ongoing advert campaigns rolled out by two of the telecommunication companies in Nigeria, Airtel and Etisalat, have been criticised a cross-section of subscribers, who term them as ‘fraud’. The full report is reproduced below; The on-going advert campaigns by the four major telecom service providers on their 11 kobo per second tariff for calls…
Sahara Reporters has published a story alleging the Senate President, of using his position then as governor of Kwara State to carry out some fraudulent withdrawals. Also, at least three banks were implicated, including Zenith Bank, which some people has accused of being one of the most fraudulent banks in Nigeria. Some have even alleged…
Contrary to reports that Victor Essiet of the Mandators fame was kidnapped over the weekend, Aproko247 has reliably learnt that the musician, who was very popular in the 90s, was actually arrested by the police. Our reporter gathered that Victor was apprehended over his failure to honour an agreement he signed in 2014 to pay…
Chairman of Silverbird Group, Ben Murray-Bruce, as well as other members of his family, has been accused of owning some suppliers of products worth millions of Naira. It was reported that this came up as a result of the closure of the Ben Bruce family business called Lifestyle some years ago and efforts by the…
The long hands of the law has finally grabbed an employee of Access Bank, who is allegedly good at giving out vital information of the bank’s customers to fraudsters, who later perform some ‘miracles’ on their accounts with the financial institution. However, his allegedly fraudulent activities were put to a stop recently when he was…
The appointment of Otunba Runsewe as the Director General of the Nigeria Tourism Development Corporation, NTDC, by former President Olusegun Obasanjo had boosted the already-dead tourism industry in Nigeria. It was during the tenure of Runsewe that the money-spinning industry breathed fresh air. However, the hardworking Ogun State-born Runsewe was unceremoniously removed from office by…
One of the big financial institutions in Nigeria has been fingered in a multi-million Dollar fraud, which some forces have been accused of trying to sweep under the carpet. The bank, First Bank, has been accused of being involved in a fund amounting to over $76 million supposedly kept with the Central Bank of Nigeria…
Popular Abuja socialite, Dumebi Kachukwu, has been nabbed by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Kachukwu, a former son-in-law to ex-Minister of Aviation, Kema Chikwe, was arrested on Friday evening when he turned himself in to EFCC office in Abuja. Before then, the Commission had stormed his residence at 27, Gana Street,…