Tag: Alleged fraud

Alleged $1.3m, ₦746.6m fraud: Court issues arrest warrant for Sadiyya Farouq 

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Sadiyya Farouq2

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has issued a warrant of arrest against former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Sadiyya Umar Farouq, over her failure to appear for arraignment in an alleged multimillion-dollar fraud case. Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie granted the order yesterday after Faruoq and a Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Bashir Nura Alƙali, failed to attend court proceedings in Abuja. Only the third defendant, Sani Nafi’u Mohammed, was present. Faruoq is facing a 21-count charge filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), bordering on criminal…

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Alleged Fraud: El-Rufa’i remains in custody, as court adjourns bail request

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El Rufa'i remains in custody

Former Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufa’i, yesterday pleaded ‘not guilty’ to allegations of money laundering and conversion of public property, as a Federal High Court in Kaduna adjourned proceedings to March 31, 2026, for the hearing of his bail application and commencement of trial. El-Rufa’i, who was arraigned by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), is facing a 10-count charge bordering on alleged financial improprieties. However, his legal team maintained that he is directly linked to only one of the counts. The former governor was brought…

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ICPC to arraign el-Rufa’i over fraud, money laundering in Kaduna today

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ICPC to arraign el Rufa'i

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has said it will arraign former Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufa’i, before the Federal High Court in Kaduna today Tuesday, over alleged corruption-related offences. The planned arraignment follows mounting pressure from stakeholders, including the African Democratic Congress (ADC), which demanded the former governor’s immediate release or arraignment, describing his continued detention without formal charges as a violation of constitutional rights. Similarly, the Muslim Rights Concern group (MURIC) condemned the prolonged detention of el-Rufai by security agencies. Members of the former…

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Alleged ₦1.35bn fraud: Court to re-arraign ex-gov. Lamiɗo, sons April 1

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Sule Lamido, sons on fraud

The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed April 1 for the fresh arraignment of a former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamiɗo, over an alleged ₦1.3 billion corruption charge filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Lamiɗo is expected to be arraigned alongside his two sons, Aminu and Mustapha, who are accused of participating in the alleged fraud through fictitious contract awards. Justice Peter Odo Lifu fixed the date yesterday, following the absence of the defendants in court. Although the fresh arraignment was scheduled to…

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Enugu: Islamic cleric, Sarkin Hausawa held for alleged ₦100m fraud

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Enugu Islamic cleric

Enugu State Police Command has arrested a 74-year-old Islamic scholar and Director of the Islamic Centre, Uwani, Enugu, Musa Ani, alongside the Sarkin Hausawa of Enugu, Suleiman Haruna Sule, for an alleged ₦100m fraud. According to reports, Ani was apprehended by operatives at the Islamic Centre last Friday, February 27, 2026, following allegations of financial mismanagement. Sule, who doubles as Chairman of the United Inter-Community Traditional Council of Chiefs, was reportedly detained on Saturday when he visited the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to secure bail for Ani. The arrests…

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Alleged ₦1.3bn Fraud: Sule Lamiɗo’s son loses S’Court appeal challenging undeclared $40,000 forfeiture

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Sule Lamido’s son loses

…To resume trial The Supreme Court yesterday delivered two far-reaching judgments involving former Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamiɗo, and his family, dismissing an appeal by his son, Aminu, over undeclared foreign currency while also ordering Lamiɗo, his two sons and others to resume trial over an alleged ₦1.35 billion fraud. In the first decision, the apex court dismissed Aminu Lamiɗo’s appeal challenging the forfeiture of $40,000 he failed to declare at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport while travelling to Egypt.  A 5-member panel of the court, led by Justice…

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Ɗangote petitions ICPC over alleged corruption, lavish lifestyle of NMDPRA Chief

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Ɗangote petitions

Chairman of Ɗangote Group, Aliko Ɗangote, has formally petitioned the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) over alleged corruption, financial impropriety, and abuse of office by the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Ahmed Farouk. The petition, dated December 16, was submitted through Ɗangote’s lawyer, Ogwu James Onoja (SAN), and acknowledged by the ICPC Chairman, Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu (SAN). Ɗangote urged the anti-graft agency to immediately arrest, investigate, and prosecute the NMDPRA boss. Central to the petition is the…

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Alleged ₦2.2bn fraud: Court remands Ngige in Kuje correctional centre

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Court remands Ngige

A Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Gwarinpa, Abuja, yesterday ordered the remand of former minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige, at the Kuje Correctional Centre following his arraignment on ₦2.2 billion fraud charges brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC).  Justice Maryam Hassan gave the order after Ngige was docked on an eight-count charge bordering on contract fraud, gratification and abuse of office, and directed that he remain in custody until Monday when the court will hear his bail application. Ngige, who served…

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EFCC detains NAHCON Finance Chiefs over alleged ₦50bn Hajj fraud

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EFCC detains

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has detained the Commissioner of Policy, Personnel and Finance at the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Aliu AbdulRazak, and the Director of Finance and Accounts, Aminu Y. Muhammed, over alleged financial mismanagement in the 2025 Hajj exercise. According to reports, the two officials honoured an EFCC invitation on Monday, but remained in custody late into the night. Their detention follows growing allegations of corruption and irregular spending linked to NAHCON’s Chairman, Prof. Abdullahi Saleh Usman (“Pakistan”), under whose watch more than ₦50…

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EFCC recovers billions in refinery turnaround maintenance fraud

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EFCC recovers

…Moves to prosecute ex-NNPCL officials The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has recovered over ₦5 billion and $10 million from contractors and former officials of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) indicted in the controversial turnaround maintenance of Nigeria’s refineries in Port Harcourt, Kaduna and Warri. Findings revealed that the anti-graft agency is also pursuing the recovery of an additional ₦10 billion and $13 million allegedly siphoned through inflated contracts awarded for the rehabilitation of the refineries in Port Harcourt, Kaduna, and Warri. Sources disclosed that EFCC Chairman,…

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