Tag: Fake
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EFCC arrests fake senator for alleged €5.7million internet fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arrested a fake Senator, Ifechukwu Tom Makwe for alleged €5.7million (Five Million, Seven Hundred Thousand euros) internet fraud. Makwe was arrested at the Guzape area of Abuja following credible intelligence about his internet- related fraud activities. It was discovered that the suspect, bearing many aliases (Fahad Makwe,…
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Boss Mustapha disowns fake programme of events in circulation
The chairman of the Presidential Transition Council (PTC) and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha, has disowned the programm of events for the presidential inauguration currently in circulation on the social media, describing it as fake. He made this known in a statement made available to newsmen on Saturday in Abuja.…
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BEWARE: Navy raises alarm over fake recruitment notice circulating in WhatsApp
The Nigerian Navy has raised an alarm over fake 2023 recruitment exercise circulating in WhatsApp platforms. TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) reports this was contained in a statement issued and signed by Director of Information, Commodore A.O Ayo-Vaughan on Monday stating that: “The attention of the Nigerian Navy has been drawn to a message circulating on social media…
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Boss Mustapha disclaims fake Twitter account
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Boss Mustapha, has refuted a fake Twitter account credited to his name. A yet-to-be-identified operator of the account used his name to utter appalling statements against the Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, and the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa state,…
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Fake LASTMA officer bags jail term
The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Mobile) Court sitting at Bolade, Oshodi, sentenced a fake LASTMA Officer, David Oluchukwu, to four-month jail term for impersonation and extortion. Mr Adebayo Taofiq, Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department. LASTMA,
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Monarch to spend 15yrs in jail for faking kidnap
A Lagos High Court in Ikeja has sentenced the dethroned Baale of Shangisha in the Magodo area of the state, Mutiu Ogundare, to 15 years imprisonment for faking his kidnap. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the trial judge, Justice Hakeem Oshodi, sentenced the monarch on Tuesday. The convict was first remanded on July 16, 2017, by an…
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SHOCKING: Court remands pregnant woman for kidnapping herself, as facebook lover pays N2m as ransom
Woman allegedly kidnapped herself for N2m ransom from her Facebook lover
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12 fake medical laboratories shut down in Akwa Ibom
Prof. Augustine Umoh, the Akwa Ibom Commissioner for Health, said that he has closed 12 medical laboratories for allegedly involving in unwholesome medical practices dangerous to excellent health care delivery services. Umoh made the disclosure to newsmen in Uyo after the Inspection Team sealed some laboratories on Sunday. He said the clampdown is in compliance…
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Lawyer charged for securing freezing of Nasarawa accounts with fake documents
A Makurdi-based lawyer, Okpale Ojikpa, has been arraigned in a Nasarawa court for allegedly using fake court judgement to freeze accounts of the Nasarawa State Government. Ojikpa, who is alleged to be acting on behalf of some group of pensioners, under the auspices of Nigeria Union of Pensioners, had filed a notice of appeal and…
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Fake customs officer bags 20-year sentence for job fraud
A Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Thursday, sentenced a 34-year-old man, Yakubu Afolayan, to 20 years’ imprisonment for impersonation and job scam. Justice Mahmood Abdulgafar sentenced Afolayan on the four counts preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The convict, who hailed from Share, in the Ifelodun…