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Niger govt seeks collaboration on adolescent, mental health policies

The Niger State Government has called for collaboration among governments, development partners, educators, and parents to ensure the effective implementation…

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Access Bank CEO under fire over £15m London mansion purchase

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Access Bank Plc, Roosevelt Ogbonna, is facing criticism after acquiring a £15 million mansion…

EFCC probes EazzyTranzact boss, Olusanya Olumide Adediran, gets order to seize properties

Olusanya Olumide Adediran, the founder of EazzyTranzact Payment Services and EazzyOil Petroleum Gas Energy Limited, is under probe by the…

EFCC declares Sujimoto CEO, Olasijibomi Ogundele wanted over money laundering

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared Lagos-based businessman Olasijibomi Ogundele wanted over allegations of fund diversion and…

EFCC Arrests Ahamba Tochukwu, Gavice Logistics CEO for N2 Billion Scam

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Ahamba Tochukwu, Chief Executive Officer of Gavice Logistics Limited, for allegedly…

Paulinus Iheanacho Okoronkwo, ex-NNPC staff charged with $2.1m bribery in U.S.

Former employee of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, Paulinus Okoronkwo, now risks a maximum of 25 years’ imprisonment for…

Miden Systems Sues Sterling Bank Over Alleged Fraudulent Deductions

Miden Systems Limited has dragged Sterling Bank Limited and its management staff to court over alleged conspiracy, fraudulent practices, forgery,…

Court awards N30m fines against UBA over unlawful restriction of customer’s account

The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) to pay N30 million in…

Court awards N5m in damages against Ecobank for account restriction

The Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri has delivered a landmark judgment affirming that Ecobank Nigeria Limited acted unlawfully in…

Security Lapses Exposed As Sterling Bank Admits Error In Fraud-linked Account

Sterling Bank Plc has attributed the controversial opening of a bank account in the name of a Lagos resident, who…

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Human Angle

Gunmen abduct PRNigeria journalist en route media fellowship in Kwara

A journalist with PRNigeria, Salis Manaja, has been kidnapped by gunmen while travelling to Ilorin, the Kwara State capitalfor the…

Bandits abduct four, injure many in Kwara community

Armed bandits struck on Tuesday night in Chekugi community of Lafiagi Emirate in Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State.…

Stepmother arrested in Bauchi for allegedly brutalising 5-year-old over bedwetting

A housewife, Rabi Nuhu, has been accused of inflicting severe burns on the body of her five-year-old stepdaughter for allegedly…

Early morning fire ravages canteen, building in Ibadan

A shop being used as canteen in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, has been ravaged by an early morning inferno.…

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Wema Bank officials, Others Allegedly Conspire To Tamper With Customers’ data, ‘steal N8.5 billion’

Three employees of Wema Bank Plc have been arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for allegedly defrauding…

Lagos fraudster Yomi Olaleye nabbed in U.S., convicted of $10 million COVID-19 fraud

Lagos-based fraudster Yomi Jones Olayeye faces up to 20 years in U.S. prison after pleading guilty to COVID-19 unemployment benefits…

How Halima Buba, SunTrust Bank CEO, director allegedly laundered $12m

Halima Buba, the managing director/CEO of SunTrust Bank Nigeria Limited and the bank’s Executive Director/CCO, Innocent Mbagwu are in trouble…

Access Bank Staff Secretly Films Female Colleagues In Restroom

A former Quality Assurance Specialist at Access Bank’s contact centre in Oniru, Lagos State, Stephen Ifeanyichukwu Ejezie, has been accused…

Fidelity Bank MD Engages In Insider Trading Amid N225Billion Court Judgment Pressure

The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD/CEO) of Fidelity Bank, Dr. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, is reportedly engaged in insider trading…

₦1 billion worth jewelries, $50k, N30m cash found in Aisha Achimugu’s home by EFCC

A Nigerian businesswoman who made national headlines last year for throwing a seven-day birthday party at the $132,000 per night…

Mamuda Beverages dragged to court for trademark infringement with POP Power Energy Drink

Mamuda Beverages Limited a Kano-based beverage company, has been dragged to court again with its Pop Energy drink, for allegedly…

CEO of Vale Finance, Adesola Adeyinka swims in alleged $42,000 fraud

Adesola Adeyinka, the CEO of  Vale Finance Limited, Vale Blue Limited and Coral Stone Limited, is currently facing prosecution for…

Paystack Fined N250m Over Zap Wallet Operations

Nigeria’s Central Bank has fined Paystack, one of the country’s most prominent fintech companies, ₦250 million ($190,000) for allegedly operating…

Union Bank Customers Lose N9.3 Billion to Cyber Attack

Union Bank of Nigeria Plc led by Yetunde Oni, is currently grappling with a massive N9.3 billion fraud following a…

Access Bank allegedly diverts N826m into a fraudulent account

The charges followed an investigation by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). Access Bank Plc and…

NUPRC CEO, Gbenga Komolafe, Aisha Achimugu alleged $5m oil block deal exposed

Gbenga Komolafe, the pioneer chief executive officer of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), stands accused of orchestrating a…

Fraudsters Hack Moniepoint System, Steal Depositors’ N1.1bn

Moniepoint Microfinance Bank is currently battling to recover a N1.1 billion allegedly stolen by fraudsters from the bank. The hacker,…

Court Declares UBA’s Dismissal Of Employee Wrongful, Orders Compensation

Hon. Justice Anthony Ubaka of the Lagos Judicial Division of the National Industrial Court has declared the purported summary dismissal…

Court orders arrest of Businessman, Ayodele Toyosi over ‘N600m, $50,000 fraud’

For allegedly being involved in an agribusiness investment fraud of the sum of N600 million and $50,000, Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe…